Mobile WAN operators raise 'openness' bar
It was a productive week for mobile WANs, with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint all making announcements that broke new ground for the licensed operators.
Samsung Android phone gets a name, release date
After weeks of anticipation, Sprint today said that starting on Nov. 1 it will sell Samsung's first Android handset available in the United States.
It Lives! Amazon Offers Palm Pre for $100
Call it the deal that wouldn't die. Amazon has begun selling the Palm Pre smartphone for $100 -- OK, $99.99 -- provided that the buyer signs up for a two-year Sprint service plan.
First 4G Android-Based Smartphone May Arrive in '10
After talking to wireless carriers, handset makers and analysts here, I believe we'll be seeing an Android smartphone (possibly made by Samsung) and sold by Sprint next year. Sprint openly confirms plans to sell a 4G smartphone next year, but is quiet on the maker of the phone and the mobile OS.
Netbook Dead? Another IT Mag Insults Netbooks
Once again, IT execs want to kill the People's Choice of Computing, the netbook. Over and over we hear from IT people that netbooks are terrible and we should buy a “real” computer. Now Datamation asks Is the Netbook Dead? Ha! It Never Existed! and tries to throw more cold water on the hottest and brightest hardware sector.
Netbook Dead? Another IT Mag Insults Netbooks
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Apple syncing patent can't come soon enough
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
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Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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How to set up continuous podcast play on the new iTunes
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Five important Windows 7 mobility features
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
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Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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