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Verizon Now Sells Subsidized Netbook With Cell Service
As laptops have shrunk in size and price, and cellphones have expanded in size and capability, the two are increasingly overlapping in function. Now, their pricing and sales models are blurring, too....
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FINALLY: Palm Pre Shipping June 6 for $199.99
At long last, the Palm Pre has a price and a release date. Ending months of rumor and speculation, Palm and Sprint (S) said this morning that the device will arrive at market nationwide June 6 (I know,...
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Palm Pre: $199 After a $100 Rebate We Hope You Lose
“[The Pre is ] extremely competitively priced.” – Sprint exec. Kevin Packingham The great truism about rebates is that anything less than 100 percent redemption is free money for the companies...
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Sprint CFO: What iPhone?
It’s been three weeks since the Palm Pre debuted and Sprint is still having trouble keeping it in stock. This according to Sprint Nextel CFO Bob Brust, who says supplies of the new handset continue to...
View ArticleFTC Warns of Cash for Clunkers Scams
The future of the cash for clunkers program is in doubt, but consumers should remain wary of fraudulent sites that claim to be associated with it. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer...
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The EC Pay Intel's Legal Expenses? Uh, Good Luck With That One.
“Manifestly disproportionate.” That’s how Intel describes the record $1.45 billion antitrust fine levied against it by the European Union, one the company evidently believes was meted out in error. In...
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EC to Intel: How's This for "Manifestly Disproportionate?"
Intel’s criticism of the European Commission’s legal acumen clearly has not gone over well in Brussels. The EC today responded to Intel’s claims that the Commission’s antitrust ruling against the...
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HTC's Hero May Be Your Scene
Super-smart phones based on Google’s Android operating system have been relatively slow to take off since the first one appeared a year ago. Despite Google’s iconic brand, they have yet to develop the...
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Pixi or Pre? $99 Will Get You Either.
The Pixi, Palm’s (PALM) second webOS-powered smart phone, finally has a price and a U.S. street date. This morning, Sprint (S) said the device will arrive at market Nov. 15. Price: $99.99 with a...
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A Downsized BlackBerry Bold With Oomph
Almost exactly one year ago, Research In Motion introduced what I then called the Buick of BlackBerrys: the BlackBerry Bold. It was bulky, heavy and seemed made for the holster-wearing set. But what it...
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iPad Pricing: How Low Can You Go, Apple?
The iPad’s lower-than-expected price may go lower still if the device doesn’t perform as well at market as Apple hopes. Recounting his recent meeting with some executives from the company in a research...
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AT&T Gets Its Android On
AT&T has finally added an Android smartphone to its lineup–the Motorola Backflip. Announced this past January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the device is similar to Verizon’s Droid...
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In Mobile Gymnastics, the Motorola Backflip Scores a 6
Touch screens are now prevalent enough on mobile devices that I find myself touching the screens of every new gadget I see. My trusty index finger of a stylus is ready at all times to swipe, pinch,...
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Exercise in Futility? Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus Headed to AT&T
Palm’s partnership with Verizon hasn’t done much to bolster flagging sales of the company’s smartphones. Perhaps they will fare a bit better with AT&T. Or perhaps not. Against the backdrop of the...
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Good Luck Competing on the iPhone's Home Turf, Palm
After plunging last week to their lowest level in more than a year, Palm’s shares have come back slightly on news of the company’s distribution deal with AT&T. Investors, it seems, are hoping the...
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Palm Pre Plus Priced to Not Move at AT&T
How will Palm’s Pre Plus fare against Apple’s iPhone on the latter’s home turf? We’ll soon out. AT&T said today that it will begin peddling the Palm (PALM) Pre Plus on May 16. Price: $150 after...
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Sprint 4G Phone Hits New Speeds, but Battery Lags
The major wireless phone companies have begun building out the next generation of cellular phone systems, called 4G, or fourth-generation, networks. These networks are designed to offer much faster...
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Intel and FTC in Antitrust Settlement Talks
Intel and the Federal Trade Commission may end up settling their differences out of court. In a statement issued late Monday, the chip maker said the two parties have filed a joint motion to suspend...
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