Macworld-The release of the fourth-generation iPad so soon after the third-generation iPad ,but the device itself won't.By now,we all know what an iPad looks like,and the fourth-generation iPad looks nearly identical to a third-generation ...
Tags: Ipad, Apple, iPad mini, MacBook Air
IDG News Service-Nextel,an upstart mobile operator formed in the 1990s that attracted a loyal following in construction and other trades,looks set to disappear after Japan's Softbank buys 70 percent of Sprint Nextel. After the closing of ...
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AT&T will sell two Samsung tablets starting Friday:the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for$499.99 and the ATIV Smart PC for$799.99. Both are eligible for a$100 discount when purchased with any Samsung Galaxy smartphone on a two-year contract. The ...
IDG News Service-Microsoft said Thursday it will team up with Japan's largest mobile operator,NTT DoCoMo,to push Windows 8 on tablets to corporate customers. The companies said they will work together to come up with business solutions ...
Tags: mobile operator, Microsoft, Windows 8
Softbank, which announced a $20 billion deal to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel earlier this month, said it booked a record operating profit in the first half of its fiscal year. Softbank said its sales in the April-September ...
Tags: Softbank, mobile, domestic operating profit, mobile networks
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has launched a range of 50V gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)devices that,it is claimed,enable a significant reduction in the energy needed to power cellular networks. The world's ...
Tags: GaN RF, HEMT technology, cost saving, cellular-network
IDG News Service-Sprint Nextel's deployment of its ambitious Network Vision infrastructure,which includes the gradual rollout of 4G LTE technology,is about three months behind schedule due to several factors,the company said during its ...
Tags: Sprint Nextel, Network Vision infrastructure, LTE Rollout
AT&T reported revenue of $31.5 billion for the third quarter of this year, flat compared to the third quarter of 2011, while net income was up slightly to $3.6 billion. Revenue in AT&T's wireless division grew 6.6% to $16.6 billion but ...
Tags: AT&T, wireless, advertising, wireless service, smartphones
IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$499,matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen,weighs 635 grams,and provides ...
Tags: Dell, XPS 10, Microsoft, Surface Tablet
Board members at Sprint Nextel are expected to discuss whether to pursue a merger with rival mobile carrier MetroPCS during a meeting Friday,according to a news report. Sprint,which considered a merger with MetroPCS earlier this year,may ...
IDG News Service-Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark"the end"of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives,Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff predicted Friday. Windows 8 is a ...
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Computerworld-Verizon Wireless'Share Everything plan,introduced in June,has helped boost the average Verizon wireless phone bill by 6.5%to$145 a month. That bill increase,reported in third-quarter results on Thursday,helped Verizon ...
Tags: Verizon, Wireless'Share, revenues, smartphones
Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...
Tags: TSMC, Apple, ASIC order, chips
IDG News Service - If $8 billion shows up in Sprint Nextel's wallet as planned in Softbank's proposed takeover, the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator may pay off debt, speed up its rollout of LTE, or even buy its network partner, Clearwire. ...
Computerworld - Research in Motion CIO Robin Bienfait's last name means "well done" in French. She's hoping those two words apply to BlackBerry 10 smartphones once they ship in the first quarter of 2013. "We're committed to our customers ...
Tags: BlackBerry, smartphones, Bienfait