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HTC Unveils the HTC One Series

February 26, 2012 at 6:48 pm

HTC goes for a "Premium" market with the HTC One Series. At Mobile World Congress today, HTC announced the HTC One series with promises of a better phone experience.

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Nokia is Off to a Good Start in Europe

February 22, 2012 at 7:27 pm

If you live in a big city, you could probably walk the streets and find a Windows Phone in the wild eventually. In Alabama, I could walk the streets for weeks without seeing a Windows Phone in someone's hands.

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How to Hard Reset a Windows Phone

February 21, 2012 at 9:56 pm

So you want to get rid of your Windows Phone or return it. You definitely do not want to leave your data for others to find. Here’s how to ensure that it’s gone before sending it out. I’ve been reviewing smartphones for years and I have seen some really wac...

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Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 on FCC Website

February 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm

A few days ago, GSM Arena got a tip that the Samsung Galaxy Mini was getting a successor, the Galaxy Mini 2. According to their tipster, the Mini 2 has a model number of S6500 and is code-named Jena.

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Nikon D800 Pre-Orders from Amazon.com Slip to January 2013

February 14, 2012 at 3:35 pm

Amazon.com is shipping early Nikon D800 orders in January 2013. That's almost a year from now and too long to wait for the D800.

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How To Erase All Data And Factory Reset The iPad

February 10, 2012 at 8:02 am

Whenever you resell or return an iPad you should always erase the data from it completely. You can't count on the reseller or store to do it

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Nikon D800 Samples Photos: Low Light, High ISO Tested

February 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm

Will the Nikon D800 live up to your low light expectations? New Nikon D800 sample images are giving us a hint of how the new DSLR will perform in low light and with high ISO settings. We've already taken a look at standard Nikon D800 sample photos, but those were sho...

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The US Air Force is Looking to Buy 18,000 iPads (or equivalent)

February 8, 2012 at 9:43 pm

How would you like it if your work bought its employees iPads to replace one of your tools? I would be pretty stoked myself. Where I work, I serve big data pipes to business using late 90s technology to administer it all.

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Nikon D800 Pre-Orders Sold Out at Amazon

February 8, 2012 at 12:53 pm

The initial batch of Nikon D800 and D800 pre-orders appear to already be sold out at Amazon.com. The online retail giant posted pre-order pages for Nikon's hot new $3,000 DSLR just yesterday.

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Nikon D800 Sample Photos Are Mind Blowing

February 8, 2012 at 12:08 pm

Here are some amazing Nikon D800 and Nikon D800E sample photos.These sample images show exactly what the Nikon D800 and D800E are capable of.

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Nikon D800: Amazing Sample Video

February 7, 2012 at 3:46 pm

Nikon released an amazing short movie to demonstrate the D800's video chops. Most Nikon D800 buyers will be ponying up $3,000 primarily for its photo capabilities, but more and more photographers are creating videos for themselves and clients.

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Droid 4 Launches Friday for $199 on Verizon (Video)

February 7, 2012 at 8:42 am

The Motorola Droid 4 goes on sale on February 10th for $199 on Verizon Wireless. Check out our hands on video of the Droid 4.

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A White Nokia Lumia 800 Appears

February 6, 2012 at 10:45 pm

I have to admit, I used to get excited over having a device come out in white. It's not the Apple thing that draws me, it's the fact that Microsoft used to restrict Pocket PC devices to a grey color for so long that color options excite me.

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Nokia is Working on NFC for the Nokia Lumia Series

January 31, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia's head of design, sat down with the Guardian for an exclusive interview recently. During the interview, Ahtisaari discussed some of Nokia's design plans down the road which includes several innovative ideas for the Nokia Lumia line which is powe...

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Which phone announced at CES 2012 are you looking forward to most?

January 30, 2012 at 7:42 am

It's been a few weeks and the dust from a very active CES for phone announcements is beginning to settle. AT&T and pretty much every major OEM announced phones.

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Be the First to Know When the Sprint Galaxy Nexus is Available

January 30, 2012 at 6:00 am

Sprint has launched a sign-up page for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

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How Verizon Prepares for the First 4G LTE Super Bowl in Indianapolis (Video)

January 19, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Head into Lucas Oil Stadium to see how Verizon has prepared for Super Bowl 46 with Millions of dollars of 4G LTE upgrades in Indianapolis.

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Verizon Droid RAZR MAXX to launch on January 26?

January 16, 2012 at 7:04 am

Verizon and Motorola announced the Droid RAZR MAXX at CES last week with no release date or pricing. Not getting that data was no surprise and sometimes phones announced at CES don't get released for quite some time.

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Skype Confirmed for Windows Phone

January 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm

Microsoft: Skype for Windows Phone is coming soon Yesterday, Hillel Fuld wrote an interesting article on Business Insider titled, "Here's Why Robert Scoble And The Rest Of The Pundits Are Wrong: Windows Phone Will Be A Success".

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Nokia’s Windows Phone Strategy Will Win: 10 Reasons Why

January 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm

I am excited for the potential success of Microsoft's newest offering, Windows Phone as well. I don't currently use a Windows Phone device as a daily driver, but I am ready to as soon as Nokia brings a Windows Phone to Verizon.

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Staples Tablet Survey Talks about Usage Statistics

January 12, 2012 at 10:58 am

Staples loves Tablets. Or at least Staples loves customers who might be interested in Tablets and wants to sell some more. So Staple is pushing out a new infographic with some survey data about Tablet users essentially saying people love their tablets. There's some i...

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CES 2012 Headphone Highlights

January 11, 2012 at 5:10 pm

I visited with several headphone manufacturers and retailers and found three offerings to be quite interesting. I am sure I missed quite a few awesome companies, but of those that I met with, these are the ones I was most impressed with. In no particular order- Soul ...

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Intel Convertible Tablet Ultrabook Concept (Video)

January 10, 2012 at 8:14 pm

Hmmm? Convertible Tablets? Where have we heard that before. I have to admit, hybrid Tablets have always intrigued me since the bygone days of the HP tc1000 series.

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Intel Medfield Tablet Running Ice Cream Sandwich (Video)

January 10, 2012 at 7:51 pm

There's no doubt about it. Intel is arming up to wage some battles with ARM over market share in mobile devices. We've been seeing ARM this and ARM that for some time, but Intel is ready to fight back a bit, at least with some of the reference designs and concepts it is...

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Ford Unveils the 2013 Fusion Energi Plug In Car (Video)

January 10, 2012 at 5:52 pm

Watch Alan Mulally unveil the 2013 Fusion Energi at CES 2013. Capable of 100 miles per gallon equivalent, and packed with connectivity.

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Asus To Go Ultrathin with sub-$500 Ultrathin Notebook

January 10, 2012 at 10:38 am

Chuong Nguyen caught up with Andy Lusky of AMD at CES 2012 and got a quick look at something Ultra. Well, that's Ultra as in Ultrathin not Ultrabook.

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HTC Titan II for AT&T Hands-on Video

January 10, 2012 at 2:54 am

Earlier today, Chuong and I attended the 2012 AT&T Developer Summit where AT&T's Ralph de le Vega and HTC's Peter Chou announced the HTC Titan II.

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Steve Ballmer’s Final CES Keynote: Nothing New But Forging Ahead

January 9, 2012 at 8:09 pm

This was an historic year at CES 2012 if for no other reason that it was the announced last keynote by Microsoft. Announced by both Microsoft and CES, that move has caused much consternation and gnashing of teeth about Microsoft (they want to move on, they don't have th...

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Shooting Mobile Video at CES 2012 with the mCAM (Video)

January 9, 2012 at 5:20 pm

Check out how we use the ALM mCAM and the iPhone 4S to shoot and edit video on the go at CES 2012 for a faster editing & uploading process.

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Ice Cream Sandwich for Transformer Prime Coming Today

January 9, 2012 at 5:17 pm

The Asus Eee Transformer Prime is one of those devices that have turned heads, forced some to save up pennies, and well, is just eagerly awaited by many.  It has been drooled over and looked at as the possible Tablet that might give Apple a run for its money.

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Fusion Garage Ends The Saga Owing $40 Million to Creditors

January 9, 2012 at 4:56 pm

Well, let's just say we more than saw this coming. Fusion Garage of the Crunchpad/Joo Joo Tablet/Grid 10 Tablet has certainly had one of the most tumultuous journeys one can imagine trying to compete in the Great Tablet race.

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Nokia Announces Lumia 900 for AT&T LTE

January 9, 2012 at 4:45 pm

Today in Las Vegas at a press conference, Nokia announced the Lumia 900 which was teased at the AT&T Developer summit earlier in the day.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga: Ultrabook & Tablet in One Beautiful Package

January 9, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Lenovo's Windows 8 ultrabook has a twist -- a 360 degree twist. The ten-finger touchscreen folds back for use as a tablet in any position.

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Nikiski UltraBook Concept: Intel’s Stunning New Transparent Laptop (Video)

January 9, 2012 at 11:39 am

Today at CES, Intel showed off its mind-blowing Nikiski Ultrabook concept.

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Fujitsu Goes After Stall Surfers with Water Proof Tablets

January 9, 2012 at 6:33 am

Stall surfing. If you follow me, the resident GBM Stall Surfing guru, you'll know that this is the "marketing reason that shall not be mentioned" for Tablets.

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