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Samsung Replenish stocks up Boost Mobile's collection
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We saw the environmentally conscious Samsung Replenish on Sprint just over six months ago, but Boost's liking those green credentials so much, it's decided to get the Samsung Gingerbread handset on board. 82 percent recyclable materials, there's still both a 2.8-inch touchscreen and keyboard in tow. A two megapixel camera and the usual medley of GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi round out the wallet (and Mother Earth) friendly handset. The Replenish is priced at $100 and will hit Boost Mobile's stores on January 16th. Eco warriors; the press release offers itself below.
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Motorola MOTOLUXE and DEFY MINI target tight-walleted Android lovers
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Motorola has unveiled a pair of new Android smartphones, the Motorola MOTOLUXE and Motorola DEFY MINI, headed to Europe, Latin America and Greater China in the spring. The MOTOLUXE packs a 4-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen, 800MHz processor running Android 2.3.7, dualband UMTS and an 8-megapixel camera, while the DEFY MINI has a smaller, 3.2-inch 480 x 320 display, 600MHz processor and a mere 3-megapixel camera, but is wrapped up in a ruggedized casing with Gorilla Glass fascia.
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Nokia Lumia 710 Will Be Canada’s First 2nd-Gen Windows Phone
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Canada has always been a bit neglected in Microsoft’s Windows Phone push (even with competitions as awesome as this one), and so far not one second-gen device has been launched there. However, that is finally set to change, with the Nokia Lumia 710 and subseqently Lumia 900 arriving at some unknown dates, according to a tipster of MobileSyrup. It is also not known yet whether they will launch on Rogers, Bell or Telus.
The Nokia Lumia 710 is a mid-range device, featuring a 3.7″ LCD display with WVGA resolution, 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM and 5MP camera, whereas the rumored Lumia 900, codenamed Ace, will reportedly have a bigger 4.3″ ClearBlack AMOLED display, a higher-quality 8MP ...
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MetroPCS adds 197,000 subscribers in Q4 but misses expectations
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MetroPCS on Thursday announced its fourth quarter 2011 subscriber results. The carrier added 197,000 net subscribers, which missed analyst expectations that the carrier would add between 214,000 and 250,000 net customer additions, Reuters said. The company stated that it ended the year with more than 9.3 million total subscribers and said it added about 1.2 million subscribers during the 2011 calendar year. Churn took a turn for the worse since the fourth quarter of 2010, however; the company reported 3.7% churn in the fourth quarter, up from 3.5% during the same period in 2010. That figure is an improvement over the 4.5% churn the carrier reported during the third quarter of 2011, however. ...
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Apple iPhone 4S users consume twice as much data as the iPhone 4
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According to a study done by a company known as Arieso, users of the Apple iPhone 4S consume twice as much data as the Apple iPhone 4 which is more than likely the case thanks to the data hog known as Siri.
In addition to doubling up the data usage by the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S is also surpassing data used by the Apple iPad. Arieso says that the spike in data usage is due to the increasing use of online based services such as the previously mentioned Siri. For the sake of comparison iPhone 4 users consumed 1.6x the amount of data as the iPhone 3G.
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Motorola Defy Mini announced: a compact ruggedized Gingerbread warrior
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The Motorola Defy Mini is a very compact ruggedized handset running Gingerbread, but what makes it even more attractive is its affordable price tag. Motorola unveiled the Defy Mini with a 3.2-inch display, and the device is a tinier sibling of the original Motorola Defy.
The 3.2” screen is water and scratch-resistant, dust proof and comes with Gorilla Glass and a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. On the back there’s a modest 3-megapixel camera with LED flash, while up front Motorola has included a VGA snapper for video calls.
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Apple iPhone 4S to launch in China and 21 more countries on January 13th
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Apple’s iPhone 4S is set to launch in China and 21 more markets on January 13th. The popular smartphone was previously rumored to be scheduled for release in the region on January 23rd, but Apple announced on Tuesday that the launch of its latest smartphone will occur 10 days sooner. “Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. “With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries making this our fastest iPhone rollout ever.” China is seen as a key growth market for Apple’s mobile devices as well as its MacBook line of notebook computers. Apple announced in October that it sold more than 4 millio...
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Verizon's record iPhone sales in Q4 have lowered its profit margins, Apple might have moved 35 million in total
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Analysts believed that Verizon's mentioned record 4.2 million iPhones sold yesterday, will be affecting its profit margins for the last quarter in a negative way, and the carrier confirmed that suspicion.
We know that the iPhone is the most heavily susidized phone by carriers, to the tune of $400+ per unit, which brings in Apple's fat profit margins. Therefore it isn't rocket science to conclude that the more iPhones sold for the sake of Androids and others, where Verizon subsidizes less, the bigger the carrier's total expenses, hence smaller profits.
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RIM now working on only one BlackBerry 10 smartphone; Colt, Milan cancelled
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We already reported that the BlackBerry Colt — the handset that was originally intended to be the Research In Motion’s first BlackBerry 10 smartphone — has been cancelled. In addition, we have heard from multiple sources that the BlackBerry Milan that leaked last month was in fact was never a QNX smartphone, but a BlackBerry 7 device with a slightly different design identity. Regardless, the Milan has been cancelled as well. We’re told carriers balked at the idea of carrying a BlackBerry 7 phone so similar to the BlackBerry Torch at this point in time.
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Nokia: charging cellphones using a solar panel is possible but challenging
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The results are in from Nokia's solar charging experiment, and it doesn't look good for those hoping to charge up their cellphones from sun rays in future. The Finnish handset maker has been using prototype solar panels for the past six months, across a variety of countries, to test the viability of sun driven cellphone charging. Nokia's tests involved a customized C1-02 device (dumbphone), and five participants with different lifestyles and local weather conditions.
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HTC to reveal two quad-core smartphones at MWC 2012?
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HTC is looking to reinvigorate its smartphone line-up with not one but two quad-core smartphones, which it will show off at this year's Mobile World Congress.
This is according to Digitimes, which is reporting that there will not just be the HTC Edge on display – a phone that's said to have Nvidia's Tegra 3 processer inside – but a number of new smartphones packing some quad love.
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Sprint Intros the M370, A Simple Samsung Flip Phone
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Sprint today announced the Samsung M370, an entry-level flip phone. The M370 features 3G data, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS, a 3.5mm headset jack, speakerphone, and other tools. It has two displays, and the main display measures 2.4 inches with 240 x 320 pixels. It will be available Sunday, January 8 for $19.99 with a new contract.
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Atom chip on Android smartphones expected at CES
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LG Electronics and Samsung are expected to unveil Android smartphones next week that use Intel's latest Atom chip, dubbed Medfield, analysts said. The move, if it pans out, could portend a shift away from ARM-based chips, which are in 95 percent of smartphones.
The arrival of Atom-based smartphones at the International CES show in Las Vegas would join Google and Intel at the hip, said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. With Google in the midst of acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, at least some Motorola smartphones could be soon running Atom chips, as well.
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Chile bans sale of SIM-locked cellphones starting January 16
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The country of Chile has announced that it will require all cellphones sold to be unlocked starting January 16. Owners who purchased their phones before January 16 will be able to unlock them through a web interface with their IMEI and device information.
Chile says that this move is to designed to make cellphones more portable between carriers in the country. Both Singapore and Israel have similar laws on the books already, but most countries do not outlaw SIM-card locking by carriers.
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Verizon activated more iPhones than 4G LTE devices last quarter
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Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo revealed that the carrier activated a record 4.2 million Apple iPhones during the holiday season. The largest carrier in the United States set another record, as the company turned on service for 2.2 million LTE devices in the fourth quarter.
Verizon barely missed its lofty goal of 11 million iPhones sold in 2011 by only a few thousand, ending the year with 10.7 million sold. This was the highest number of activations since the company first rolled out LTE in late 2010. The spike in activations would likely suggest the double data promotion Big Red ran for its LTE devices during the holidays was a major success. With the release of Motorola’s Droid Razr, the ...
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