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Oddly Innovative Products Released at CES 2011
Oddly Innovative Products Released at CES 2011 Dry-All Wet Smartphone Emergency Kit For the clumsy among us, this kit’s contents provide a “hyperfast dry time and a patent pending absorption chamber” that the company claims can dry wet cell phones in as little as six hours. “A good idea to have on hand in case…
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T-Mobile USA to Double Speed of Network This Year
(Reuters) – T-Mobile USA plans to start doubling the speed of its high-speed wireless data network this year to 42 megabits per second, joining a race toward higher-speed networks to make its service competitive with Verizon Wireless’. T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom, also told reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show it would not…
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Microsoft’s ARM Move Essential to Success in Mobile, ARM President Says
(Reuters) – Microsoft’s plan to make Windows compatible with ARM Holdings chip designs will help the software giant establish a major presence in smartphones and tablets, ARM’s president said. Microsoft has been slow to make a splash in the mobile market, dominated by Apple, Google and Research In Motion, but it’s not too late, Tudor…
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Verizon’s Data Use Pricing Set to Expire, But Executives Weigh Options
(Reuters) – Verizon Wireless is experiencing a boost in higher-margin wireless data subscribers thanks to a $10 limited data service it is offering, potentially encouraging the top U.S. operator to make such an offer more permanent. While rival AT&T Inc had eliminated unlimited data services and been selling useage-based data pricing plans to smartphone customers…
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Sony Aims to Win in Tablet Market
(Reuters) – Sony Corp aims to slide in behind Apple Inc as the world’s second-largest maker of tablet devices by 2012, a senior executive said on Thursday, adding that a PlayStation phone was also a potential opportunity. Separately, Sony CEO Howard Stringer denied he was a candidate for the chairmanship of the BBC, after a…
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Cisco, Skype Bring Video Conferencing to Your TV at CES
The television. It isn’t just for watching anymore. Skype and Cisco both launched new products at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show that allow users to turn their televisions into videoconferencing hubs. Skype announced that Skype-enabled TVs were in the works at last year’s CES, and this year it’s partnered with Sony and Vizio on…
