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 | Saturday, March 13, 2010 - China's new generation picky about factory jobs
(AP)
AP - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - iPad Will Read Books Aloud, Support Open EPUB Format
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Eager to be the first on your block with an iPad? Apple started taking orders for the tablets on Friday. Wi-Fi models running from $499 to $699 will be available on April 3; 3G models, costing $629 to $829, won't be available until late April. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - GDC: AFK Interactive Brings the MMO Experience to Your Phone
(PC World)
PC World - Some of you World of Warcraft addicts may be familiar with Blizzard's Armory app for iPhone that lets you keep track of your character and guild, and generally blurs the line between your online and offline world. Running with that same concept is AFK Interactive, which has created a mobile development platform that will bring similar functionality to all kinds of mobile phones, including "dumb" ones. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - Does the iPhone OS Need Multitasking?
(PC World)
PC World - As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of the iPhone 3GS, rumors are beginning to circulate about what we can expect from an iPhone 4G. One of the most-wanted, and most-speculated features for the next-generation iPhone OS is the ability to truly multitask between apps. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - Smartphones Spread Slowly in China, Despite 3G and IPhone
(PC World)
PC World - China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but few buyers overall are choosing smartphones despite promotion by China's mobile carriers. |
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| Friday, March 12, 2010 - Apple iPad 3G Options Include a Data Monitor
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In addition to kicking off its iPad pre-sale on Friday, Apple also provided some details on how the device's 3G capabilities will work, including alerts when users are running low on their 3G data. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones
(PC World)
PC World - Do you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Verizon Expects a 4G Smartphone Earlier Than Planned
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless hopes to debut its first 4G smartphone in the middle of next year, months earlier than planned, a company executive revealed Wednesday. The new handset will debut about three to six months after its Long-Term Evolution network launches, Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone told The Wall Street Journal. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Bing for Motorola's Android Phones Is a Bad Idea
(PC World)
PC World - If you like bloatware, you'll love the idea of Motorola pre-loading Bing services onto its Android phones in China. Otherwise, pray that the partnership between Motorola and Microsoft never comes stateside. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Will Verizon 4G Mean the End of "All You Can Eat" Data?
(PC World)
PC World - Verizon Wireless expects to have its first 4G smartphone out by the middle of next year, but the subtext is you may end up paying more for your wireless data. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Opera Software launched an Android version of the company's Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company's campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a global basis. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Android Keeps Climbing in Mobile OS Share
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Industry research firm comScore has unveiled the latest round of wireless industry numbers, and it's looking better and better for Google's smartphone OS. |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android
(Reuters)
Reuters - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Motorola to Put Bing Search on Android Phones
(PC World)
PC World - Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
(PC World)
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Hands On with Opera Mini for Android
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Norway's Opera Software on Thursday launched the latest beta of its Opera Mini browser, Opera Mini 5, for the Android platform. We got our hands on the new beta and took it for a test drive. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Android Dominates, Windows Mobile Plummets, iPhone Stagnant
(PC World)
PC World - The results are in from comScore for the most recent quarter for smartphone usage in the United States. With smartphone use up 18 percent over the previous quarter, topping 42 million users, Google's Android mobile operating system stands out as the dominant winner for this quarter. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - China Mobile investing $5.8B in Chinese bank
(AP)
AP - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones
(Reuters)
 Reuters - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate.
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