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Smartphone owners say security is a concern, but few take precautions
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While smartphone owners say they are concerned about security threats, few actually do anything to secure their devices according to new data from The NPD Group. Focusing on owners of Apple’s iPhone and various Android phones, NPD’s “Emerging Technology Trends: Mobile Security” report found that security concerns are common among smartphone users. For example, 43% of users are concerned with unknowingly having their activities monitored and 42% are worried about hackers accessing personal files or information on their devices.
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LTE-enabled HTC Raider 4G (Holiday) Android smartphone with 4.5-inch qHD screen announced in Korea
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HTC has officially announced the Raider 4G in Korea. The LTE-enabled device, which will be available through AT&T as HTC Holiday, rocks a huge 4.5-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) touchscreen, dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash on the back, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, 16GB of built-in storage, GPS and other “standard for a high-end Android smartphone” goodies. All said, you could think of it as the Sensation on steroids, with more RAM and a faster CPU.
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U.S. Cellular's HTC Hero S pictured alongside Motorola Electrify
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Aside from the Motorola Electrify, U.S. Cellular will be adding another Android smartphone to its offering in the next couple of days (or weeks). It’s the HTC Hero S, which as far as we see is the carrier’s version of the Kingdom (EVO Design 4G). If that’s true (and we think it is), expect a device with specs that include a single-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, 4-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) display, 5-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing VGA camera (for video calls), GPS, 3G and Wi-Fi data, Bluetooth and so on.
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HTC Radar 4G caught on camera with T-Mobile logo printed all over
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Ever since the HTC Radar got officially announced, plenty of evidence has been popping on the web showing that the smartphone is bound to go on sale in the UK. On the other hand, whether it would ever make it across the Atlantic has been a question with no definite answer so far.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo gets Android 2.3.4 update
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Sony Ericsson released the Android 2.3.4 update for its Xperia Neo smartphone. Aside from packing the Android core changes — including support for Google Video Chat — the Swedish-Japanese handset makers decided to further sweeten the deal by including additional updates under the hood, as well. For instance, this firmware release also comes with:
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NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S II coming to Orange France in October
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Orange is betting heavily on the prospects of contactless payments, powered by NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. In the UK, they will be piloting the service using Samsung’s bada-powered Wave 578, while for its own backyard they’ll use the Samsung Galaxy S II. As far as I’ve understood, they won’t be offering some special version of the smartphone — rather they seem to talk about NFC-enabled SIM cards, something South Korea’s SK Telecom also wants to try out.
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O2's HTC Sensation gets Android 2.3.4 update, too
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Not sure what was “wrong” with O2′s version of the HTC Sensation when the carrier decided to delay the Android 2.3.4 update thus far. I guess they wanted to test it out thoroughly prior to releasing the new software to the general public…
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Microsoft boots Windows Phone manager following mini-review of Nokia's Mango handset
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The man who previously led the development of IE Mobile for Windows Phone is no longer with Microsoft, whose termination followed a series of tweets regarding one of Nokia's unreleased Mango handsets. A representative of Ballmer & Co. has confirmed to us "that Joe Marini no longer works at Microsoft," and while the company refuses to discuss the details of his termination, you be the judge. In his first tweet, Mr. Marini expressed glowing enthusiasm for the device, having called it one of Nokia's slickest ever.
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Pantech Breakout now available to bring LTE to the light-walleted
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An LTE handset on Verizon's network that doesn't feature a 4.3-inch display or a price tag that starts with a two or a three? Why, that would be the Pantech Breakout. The latest 4G phone on Big Red has finally been welcomed into the fold, available and ready to persuade more people to experience blazing-fast mobile broadband without frantically digging themselves out of debt. To recap, the Breakout features Android 2.3, a 1GHz single-core CPU and 512MB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear camera accompanied by a VGA front-facing cam and 720p HD video capture, a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) TFT LCD and a 1,500mAh juicepack. Worth a Benjamin? You make the call.
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iPad 3, LTE iPhone promise 'monster' Apple earnings next year
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Is Apple’s product pipeline too full of home runs to fail? The release of the iPhone 5, a second entry-level iPhone, the next iPad and even next year’s 4G LTE-powered iPhone will help Apple maintain its series of “monster” quarters according to Wedbush analyst Scott Sutherland. He expects Apple to ship 26 million iPhones during the first quarter of next year, up from 23 million during the first quarter of this year. New product launches are the special sauce to Apple’s success, Sutherland says. “While the iPhone 4 appears to be selling well due to existing market demand and new markets, we expect a bump up from the iPhone 5 this October, and a lower end iPhone geared towards emerging markets...
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AT&T CEO: 'We'll do very well' with iPhone 5 even when Sprint gets it
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Speaking during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Thursday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he was confident that his company “would do very well” when it offers the iPhone 5, despite the influx of competition that is expected if Sprint introduces the phone. Sprint could be in contention for data-hogging customers if it does indeed offer unlimited data with the iPhone 5 and recent rumors have suggested it will.
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UBS: iPhone's 89% retention rate crushes competition; next closest is HTC at 39%
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A whopping 89% of iPhone owners plan to stay loyal to Apple with their next smartphone purchase according to a recent survey conducted by investment bank UBS. A group of analysts from the firm recently commissioned a survey of 515 smartphone owners and determined that Apple’s iPhone is by far the most “sticky” device on the market.
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LG Optimus Hub (aka Univa / Optimus Two) earns its stripes at the FCC
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Okay, we'll totally admit that we've got something of a phone crush on LG's successor to the Optimus One lineup. Sure, it hasn't debuted in the States, and its specs already look a bit tired, but there's tons of goodwill attached to this family of devices. Should LG properly execute, the handset promises to be an iterative improvement for all smartphone buyers that need to save some coin. Now this sexy creation is making its way though the FCC, and while it's difficult to tell whether this is an international model or is bound for our domestic shores, it's easy to realize that we're one step closer to its much anticipated release. After a bit of digging, we can tell you the phone supports th...
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HTC Ruby’s first press shot leaks
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The first press shot has leaked of the HTC Ruby, which is expected to become the HTC Amaze on T-Mobile sometime later this year. We’ve already seen plenty of leaked images of the device in the wild, including a version in black and even an image of the back sides of the device revealed in the reflection of a tablet screen, so there’s not too much here that’s new.
But it is the clearest full-frontal image of the device and its leak signals an imminent launch, although we still don’t have any dates confirmed. The HTC Ruby or the HTC Amaze 4G, as it will likely be called at launch, will be a powerful device for T-Mobile, featuring a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM.
The handset will al...
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4G variant of HTC's Radar spotted in the wild, flying a magenta flag
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The Radar's arrival in this world was overshadowed by the massive Titan released on the same day. But if a batch of spy shots sent to TmoNews is to be believed, then this mid-specced 3.8-inch Windows Phone could be about to get some much needed 4G pep on T-Mobile's network. The photos also reveal plenty of magenta branding, Tango video calling and of course Mango running under the hood. Further corroboration probably won't come til we detect an HSPA+ Radar at the FCC, but with some decent 6/7Mbps real-world download speeds and hopefully some mobile hotspot action this could well be a device worth having.
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