Archive | May 7th, 2012
Verizon pushing Android 4G handsets over the iPhone
A few days ago, CNN ran a story detailing how Verizon sales representatives are aggressively marketing Android smartphones instead of the iPhone. David Goldman writes: Here’s what I found: Next time you walk into a Verizon store looking to buy a smartphone, expect the hard sell on a 4G Android device. In each of the […]
Continue reading...Liquidmetal co-inventor anticipates technology being used in “breakthrough” Apple product
7. May 2012
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A few weeks ago, a report surfaced claiming that Apple’s next-gen iPhone will make use of liquid metal alloys as a means to create a device that’s thinner, lighter, and more robust than previous models. If your recall, Apple back in 2010 signed a deal with Liquidmetal Technologies for the exclusive right to the company’s […]
Continue reading...China overtakes US in terms of smartphone shipments
7. May 2012
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The iPhone is currently available on two of the top 3 carriers in China. The lone holdout is China Mobile which just so happens to be the biggest carrier in the world, featuring over 655 million subscribers as of January 2012. To put that into perspective, that’s about six times as many subscribers as Verizon, […]
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7. May 2012
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