Apple’s iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone around, according to SquareTrade. In a report released Wednesday, the warranty provider says the iPhone 4 is about three times less likely to malfunction in the first year of own…
Sprint Nextel (S) is aiming to undercut Verizon Wireless by offering Samsung’s (SSNHY) Galaxy Tab for one third less than its rival.
There’s a catch.
Sprint will offer the Galaxy for $400 starting Nov. 14, Reuters said. To get that price, customers…
Tony Bates, the incoming CEO of Skype, is a serious player aiming to crack the corporate market. But solving the many problems of wild child Skype won’t be easy for the ex-Cisco exec.
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Phone manufacturer HTC Corp. (HTCXF) almost doubled quarterly profited as demand for smartphones surged.
Third-quarter profit jumped to NT$11.1 billion ($360 million) from NT$5.7 billion a year earlier, Bloomberg News reported. The Taiwanese company easily beat the NT$9.2 billion forecast by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Sales more than doubled from the third quarter of 2009, as…
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HTC Profit Almost Doubles on Smartphone Sales originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:45:00.
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Skype released its app for Android phones today.
Phones using Google’s (GOOG) Android 2.1 and 2.2 operating systems can download the free app now, Electronista reported. The app lets users make free Skype-to-Skype calls over wireless Internet in the U.S. In Europe, users can make Skype calls over GPRS, EDGE and 3G.
Skype also lets users make low-cost calls to landlines and mobile…
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Skype Releases Android Smartphone App originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:53:00.
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