Amazon Might Buy the webOS from HP

By Ed Hardy | 9/30/2011

Ever since HP announced that it was abruptly ending production of smartphones and tablets running webOS, there have been a series of unconfirmed reports saying that this company or that is interested in buying this operating system. The latest of these is Amazon.

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Skype for Android Update Adds More Smartphones, Tap-to-Zoom Capabilities

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/29/2011

Skype has recently released an update to its Skype for Android app, adding support for several new Android devices. Some of the new smartphone additions include the Motorola Droid Bionic, the LG Optimus 2x and the original Google Nexus One.

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Sprint Still Committed to Unlimited Data Plans

By Ed Hardy | 9/27/2011

Sprint's Chief Technology Officer told the attendees at a technology conference yesterday that his company is going to continue to offer unlimited data plans to its customers for the foreseeable future.

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Samsung Galaxy Player Mini-Tablet Headed for the U.S. in Two Sizes

By Ed Hardy | 9/26/2011

Samsung has just announced that it's going to release two versions of the Galaxy Player in the U.S. next month. This device won't be a smartphone, instead it is going to be an Android-based handheld computer focused on games, video, and music.

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Google Urges App Developers To Get Ready for Android Ice Cream Sandwich

By Ed Hardy | 9/19/2011

Google used a blog post today to remind developers that the next version of the Android OS is going to be released soon, and some of them need to take steps to ensure their apps will run on what's been dubbed "Ice Cream Sandwich".

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Verizon Has Begun Throttling Connections of Heaviest Users

By Ed Hardy | 9/19/2011

Verizon Wireless has begun slowing down the connection speeds of its customers who use much more data than average. This is intended to reduce congestion on heavily used cell towers.

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Mobile Internet Users Will Soon Outnumber PC Users in the U.S.

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/18/2011

The market-analysis firm IDC predicts that by 2015 more people in the U.S. will access the Internet through a phone or a tablet than through a desktop or laptop.

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Qualcomm Prepping 2.5GHz Snapdragon Processors for Next-Generation Smartphones

By Ed Hardy | 9/16/2011

Qualcomm, chip provider for HTC and BlackBerry smartphones, has revealed some of the details on its next-generation processors. The Snapdragon S4 line will be significantly faster than the current version.

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Android OS 4.0 May Go Down To Just One Hardware Button

By Ed Hardy | 9/15/2011

A tipster who got a preview of the first smartphone running Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) claims that this device will have only one button, rather than the four that are standard now.

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HTC Might Buy HP's webOS

By Ed Hardy | 9/12/2011

HTC's Chairwoman says her company might purchase an operating system for its smartphones and tablets. The name at the top of the list is almost certainly webOS, which HP is shopping around.

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Adobe Makes Streaming Flash Video to the iPhone a Snap

By Ed Hardy | 9/10/2011

Plenty of iPhone users complain that their smartphone can't play many of the Flash videos embedded in web sites. Adobe has now taken a big step toward fixing this problem.

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Google CEO Promises Android OS 4.0 on Schedule for Fall Debut

By Ed Hardy | 9/7/2011

The CEO of Google says that the next version of the Android OS is going to be released in October or November. This is the most specific timetable yet for the debut of this version, which is code-named "Ice Cream Sandwich".

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