RCR Wireless is partnering with the good people at the Competitive Carriers Association to stream CCA 2013 Annual Convention in Las Vegas LIVE on RCR’s YouTube page. About CCA 2013 CCA events bring the decision-makers in the competitive mobile ecosystem – carriers, …
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Did Samsung’s Galaxy S4 boost sales of the iPhone during Apple’s third quarter? According to Argus Insights, analysis of consumer reviews on social media sites showed that many people who were waiting for the S4 were disappointed by the actual …
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Verizon Wireless is launching three new large-screen Android phones. The Droid Maxx, the Droid Ultra, and the Droid Mini include some of the same features expected in Motorola’s upcoming Moto X, the first smartphone to be made in the United …
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Nokia is apparently convinced that Samsung owes some of its smartphone success to bigger screen sizes; today the company launched a new Lumia with a 4.7 inch screen. The Lumia 625’s WVGA display is almost as big as that of …
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Not all hackers are bad guys. Germany’s Karsten Nohl is the coder who prompted the wireless industry to improve security for GSM networks after exposing potential security flaws, and now Nohl has demonstrated a way to hack the SIM cards …
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The Federal Communications Commission won praise from the White House and educators alike with its vote to pursue high speed broadband access for the nation’s schools by modernizing its E-rate program. The FCC says the federal program has already helped …
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Nokia (NOK) sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during the second quarter, with all but a fraction of those sales occurring outside North America. Average selling prices for handsets fell, and Nokia continued to lose share to Android phones in the …
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NEC appears ready to hang up on its smartphone business after its PC partner Lenovo declined the chance to invest, according to Japan’s Nikkei news source. The report says that NEC will retain its traditional handset business. Japan’s NEC has …
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Security consultants at iSEC Partners have demonstrated a security breach in femtocells made by Samsung and sold by Verizon Wireless. Although both companies say the breach has now been fixed, ISEC believes the problem may not be unique to one …
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Palo Alto’s Varsity Theatre doesn’t look much different on the outside than it did six months ago, but the University Avenue landmark just blocks from Stanford has been transformed on the inside and is now open for business as part …
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Samsung and HTC offered shared their best estimates for second quarter earnings over the long weekend, and Clearwire shareholders prepared to vote on Sprint Nextel’s takeover bid knowing that Softbank finally has FCC approval to buy a controlling interest in …
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ZTE and Telefonica have launched the first Firefox OS smartphone, the ZTE Open. Priced as low as $51 ($90 retail, with $39 worth of free airtime for prepaid customers), the ZTE Open is clearly designed for the mobile phone user …
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Apple has filed an application to trademark the “iWatch” name in Japan, the first known patent application for the name in any country. The application was filed early last month but was not announced until last week. It has not …
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Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is enabling the industry’s first LTE-Advanced smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A, with its Snapdragon 800 processor. Qualcomm said that the new Galaxy S4 LTE-A will be launched on all three mobile operators’ LTE networks in Korea, …
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The HTC One was one of the biggest smartphone launches at Mobile World Congress, but four months later Wall Street is wondering if sales have peaked, and HTC has already introduced a new high-end smartphone, the Butterfly S. If the …
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iPhone 4 and 4S owners are in a seller’s market. Carriers and retailers are offering customers the new iPhone 5 for little or no cost in exchange for an iPhone 4 or 4S. Now even Apple itself is reportedly preparing …
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Getting its ducks in a row for the holiday shopping season, Samsung is rolling out 1,400 “Samsung Experience Shops” in Best Buy stores nationwide this summer. All of the new shops are expected to be completed well before the fourth …
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In the clearest sign yet that it is focused on the enterprise mobility market, Samsung today introduced two new tablets that runs Windows 8. One of the tablets, the ATIV Q, also runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). The other, the …
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Hoping to capitalize on the positive reviews for the HTC One, the Taiwanese smartphone maker today launched a successor to its Butterfly smartphone – the Butterfly S. Like the HTC One, the Butterfly S features BlinkFeed, a constantly updated feed …
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Huawei may face some obstacles when it comes to selling telecom gear in the U.S., but the Chinese conglomerate continues to be aggressive in the smartphone space, particularly in Western Europe. Today Huawei launched the Ascend P6, an Android 4.2.2 …
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Apple is the latest company to disclose to its customers how much data it has shared this year with the government. The company says it does not allow the government access to its servers but does comply with specific requests …
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Apple is the latest company to disclose to its customers how much data it has shared this year with the government. The company says it does not allow the government access to its servers but does comply with specific requests …
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It seems that even the world’s top seller of smartphones is not immune to peer pressure. Samsung has added a built-in zoom lens to its Galaxy S4, apparently very aware that Nokia and HTC are both focusing on high-end camera …
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Verizon Wireless was the last of the big four carriers to get the Galaxy S4, but apparently many Verizon customers think the phone was worth waiting for. According to summarized results of consumer reviews parsed by Argus Insights, the S4’s …
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Apple announced the newest version of its iOS operating system yesterday at its Worldwide Developer Conference. iOS 7 will improve battery life for iPhones and iPads, and it will feature an iPhone control center — a finger swipe from the …