IDC: Windows Phones to Knock Apple's iPhones Out of Second Place

By Jacqueline Emigh | 6/10/2011

As might well be anticipated, Android OS phones will keep picking up more market share through 2015. More surprisingly, however, Apple's iPhones will slip slightly, and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices will grow fastest of all, pushing iPhones out of second place and into third, according to IDC's latest statistics on the world smartphone market.

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HP Might Let Other Companies Make webOS Smartphones and Tablets

By Ed Hardy | 6/3/2011

The CEO of HP has opened the possibility that it might license the webOS to other device makers. This is something that Palm -- who originally developed this operating system -- was opposed to.

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Memorial Day Sales Bring Low Prices for Smartphones and Accessories

By Ed Hardy | 5/28/2011

Memorial Day sales are long tradition, and a number of retailers are offering special prices this weekend on a range of smartphones and accessories. This includes some of the latest devices, like the Samsung Droid Charge and Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY.

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Splashtop Brings Remote Desktop Access to webOS Phones

By Mark Calley | 5/17/2011

A new remote desktop app is bound for the market, courtesy of Splashtop. Splashtop Remote for webOS gives HP Palm Pre 2 and HP Palm Pre Plus owners full mobile access to their Mac or PC desktop.

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HP Veer 4G webOS Smartphone Launches from AT&T

By Ed Hardy | 5/15/2011

AT&T has just become the first wireless carrier in the world to offer the HP Veer 4G, a powerful smartphone that's smaller than a credit card. It runs the latest version of the webOS, and includes a touchscreen, keyboard, and a 5 megapixel camera.

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Verizon's HP Pre 3 Will Be A Worldphone

By Ed Hardy | 5/11/2011

The FCC has approved a device that, with a bit of reading between the lines, appears to be Verizon's version of the HP Pre 3. If so, then this carrier's version of the webOS-based smartphone will be a worldphone.

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AT&T Launching HP Veer 4G webOS Smartphone in Two Weeks

By Ed Hardy | 5/4/2011

AT&T has just made it official: it is going to be the first carrier in the U.S. to offer the HP Veer, the latest smartphone running the webOS. This device will be very small, but still have a physical keyboard and a touchscreen.

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App Stores Matter in Buying a Smartphone

By Jacqueline Emigh | 5/1/2011

Anyone can use a smartphone for phone calling, texting, and browsing the Web. Yet, what sets smartphones apart from usually cheaper featurephones is in their ability to run apps that add practically limitless extra capabilities.

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Take a Look at AT&T's Version of the HP Veer webOS Smartphone

By Ed Hardy | 4/30/2011

AT&T could release the HP Veer as early as Monday, marking the world debut of this tiny webOS smartphones. Some of the press images of AT&T's version have leaked out, showing the device in a white casing.

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Get Paid to Recycle Your Old Smartphones this Earth Day

By Mark Calley | 4/22/2011

As today is Earth Day, its the perfect opportunity to consider recycling. The mobile retailer Wirefly has an eco-conscious buyback program that not only can help save the planet but can also get participants some cash.

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Why Today's College Student Should Have a Smartphone

By Mark Calley | 4/19/2011

Phones today have become mobile connections to the entire world, doing just about anything a laptop can do. According to Brighthand's intern, a college student himself, anyone attending a university without one is going to feel more than a bit left out.

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HP Veer webOS Smartphone To Launch from AT&T in Early May

By Ed Hardy | 4/18/2011

When the wraps came off the HP Veer in February, HP said it would be on the market this spring. Now, a launch date has emerged in early May. The Veer will be the smallest smartphone running the webOS, with a display that's just 2.6-inches.

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