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Help File help: Syncing an Android phone with iTunes
All of my recent reviews of phones running Google's Android software have had to include one yes-but line, words to the effect of: Yes, this is a smart little device, but you can't sync it to an iTunes music library. That's as much Apple's fault as it is Google's or...
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November 19, 2009; 11:46 AM ET |
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Palm cuts prices with Pixi smartphone, may not clarify its prospects
Yesterday, Palm shipped the second device to run the webOS operating system it debuted this summer. Its new Pixi smartphone offers many of the same features as its Pre at a lower cost -- but in the six months since that gadget shipped, Palm's competitive position has eroded. Like the...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 16, 2009; 2:30 PM ET |
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Verizon's Droid reboots its smartphone business
Whatever happened to the Verizon Wireless we knew -- the carrier with the great network but the boring, uncompetitive phones, the company that never met a phone feature it didn't want to limit or disable? The Motorola Droid, this carrier's first phone to run Google's Android software, doesn't come from...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 6, 2009; 1:07 PM ET |
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Verizon Wireless unveils Droid smartphone
Verizon Wireless may finally have a phone that can win some respect from iPhone fans. This morning, it unveiled the Droid, a Motorola smartphone running the new, 2.0 release of Google's Android software. This device -- shipping Nov. 6 at $199 for new and renewing customers who sign up for...
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Rob Pegoraro
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October 28, 2009; 12:35 PM ET |
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E-reader news: Post readies Kindle deal, Barnes & Noble debuts an Nook tablet
The newspaper-plus-Kindle deals that Amazon heralded when it unveiled its Kindle DX electronic book reader in May--and then failed to deliver on schedule--are finally about to arrive. Later this week, the plan is for Amazon to start e-mailing select customers outside the Washington area, inviting them to buy a discounted...
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Rob Pegoraro
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October 20, 2009; 6:05 PM ET |
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Microsoft Says It Can Recover 'Most' Sidekick Data
The hundreds of thousands of users of T-Mobile's Sidekick phones may yet recover the contacts, calendars, notes and other personal data that a server meltdown had apparently vaporized last weekend. Early this morning, Microsoft, which took over the Sidekick's data-synchronization service when it bought Sidekick developer Danger Inc. last year,...
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October 15, 2009; 11:40 AM ET |
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