Smartphone battery life improves with new invention
(CBS) - If you're lucky, your smartphone battery life lasts an entire day. But over time, that number could dwindle down to a handful of hours depending on use.
Now imagine that your smartphone battery could have even more juice than that thanks to a new invention? That'd be life-changing, wouldn't it?
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Which is the fastest smartphone for the web?
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Technology performance company Compuware studied the load times of several smartphones to see which one had the faster web browser load time. Over 200 million mobile measurements were taken in July of 2011.
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Droid Bionic arrives, reviews from around the web
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Sprint files lawsuit to block AT&T and T-Mobile merger
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AT&T's battle to save T-Mobile deal
Continue »Google: Android "supercharged" by Motorola deal
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/ CBS/AP(CBS/CNET) - Google has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, the search giant announced Monday, giving Google, developer of the Android mobile operating system, a direct hand in hardware manufacture for the OS. The deal will, says Google Chief Executive Larry Page, "supercharge" Android.
Continue »Gizmodo not in trouble for iPhone 4 leak, but guess who is
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The District Attorney of San Mateo County decided Wednesday not to file charges against the bloggers. In the official statement the DA stated, "After a consideration of all the evidence, it was determined that no charges would be filed against employees of Gizmodo."
Continue »10-year-old girl hacker targets smartphone games
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/ CNET/Seth RosenblattiPhone users would give up shoes and sex for phones
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(CBS/CNET) - We've all heard such tales... Man or woman loses his or her iPhone. Man or woman loses his or her mind. Imagine you met this fate? What if you leave your iPhone at a store only to return to find nothing? Heck, leaving your iPhone at home for the day - though you know you'd eventually be reunited after a few hours - can resemble a nightmare of epic proportions.
iPhone users can't help but be attached. It provides directions, diversions, even comfort.
It's no wonder a new survey finds that iPhone users would gladly trade shoes and sex for their phones.
Continue »Should you get one of these new BlackBerrys?
(CBS/CNET) - Yesterday, Research In Motion (RIM) announced the launch of five new BlackBerry smartphones. Do the iPhone and Android have themselves a rivalry here? Many tech nuts say nah.
In a CNET commentary, senior writer Roger Cheng, explains why it's not a good idea to get a BlackBerry...
Continue »Apple is no. 1 in the global smartphone market
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Strategy Analytics reported, "global smartphone shipments grew a healthy 76% annually to reach a record 110 million units in Q2 2011."
Continue »48 percent of smartphone buyers want an iPhone
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/ APIn the research network's study, 4,163 consumers primarily in the North American smartphone market were asked to reveal their mobile device preferences. With nearly half of the respondents saying they're going to get iPhones, 32 percent say they favor the Android OS. Only 4 percent said they want a BlackBerry OS device.
Continue »Android apps you've got to check out
Kent German writes about commercial aviation for our sister site CNET - and so, as he notes, "it's only natural" that aviation-related aviation apps found their way onto his picks - as CNET kicks off the first installment of its top 100 Android list today. Check it out.
Adios Verizon, hello Sprint?
If you intend to buy a smartphone running on Verizon's network, get ready to pay more for the privilege At 12:01 today, Verizon dumped its unlimited data plan leaving the congenital dawdlers among you with one fewer dollar-saving option to choose from.
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(CBS/CNET/AP) - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, is getting rid of its unlimited data plan for new smartphone customers starting Thursday, shifting instead to limited data plans that give users between 2 and 10 gigabytes of data each month.
With the change, Verizon joins the company of fellow carriers AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA, which have both set limits to monthly data usage. Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest carrier, still offers an unlimited plan.
Continue »Verizon taking all-you-can-eat data plan off the table
If you're still debating whether to sign up for Verizon's unlimited data plan, time's almost up. Starting Thursday, Verizon's all-you-can offer will be off the table.
