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APPLE, HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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As the year draws to a close, we take a look at winners and losers in the Smartphone and Operating System wars. This view is based on our estimates.
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SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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MWC 2011 - From new gaming capabilities to zoomed-out multitasking cards, cloud-storage integration and better browsing - here's your overview of key enhancements coming to a Windows Phone near you in 2011.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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On Wednesday, HP's Jon Rubinstein announced the Veer smartphone that is smaller than a credit card. But is too small to be comfortably used on a daily basis?
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard and Palm finally took the wraps off their inaugural webOS slate. Sized like the iPad, the TouchPad is beautiful, has tons of features and webOS truly shines on it.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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It's a "new look for business for the 24-hour life," HP said unveiling the Pre3, the first webOS smartphone aimed squarely at the legions of BlackBerry-toting corporate folks.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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SOFTWARE
NEWS
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Google is just announcing Honeycomb, the next-generation Android release and its first fully-featured tablet OS. Follow the announcement as it happens, right here on BSN.
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APPLE, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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Looks like the non-released Verizon iPhone will run iOS 4.2.6 that just hit Apple's servers. It's a slightly updated version that probably rocks last minute bug fixes and - who knows - maybe even holds a surprise or two.
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SOFTWARE
NEWS
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This image found in the official SDK signals a break from the current food-themed Android logos towards high-tech branding in line with Android 3.0's Tron-like user interface.
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SOFTWARE
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Looking for an iPad alternative? You can't go wrong with one of the slates running Google's upcoming OS tailored for tablet computing. Here's a detailed guide to rocking new features of Android 3.0 codenamed Honeycomb.
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HARDWARE, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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HP swears that webOS will run on their netbooks, in addition to smartphones and tablets. The wait will soon be over as HP hosts a public showing next month of the latest webOS software and devices that will run it.
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APPLE, HARDWARE
NEWS
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A hack gone right has paved the way for Mac OS X Snow Leopard to run on a plain vanilla Sandy Bridge PC. If you own such a system and are willing to experiment, here's how to do it.
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APPLE, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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2011 started with a bug for some iPhone users who woke up an hour late due to a new alarm clock glitch discovered in iOS 4. Apple acknowledged the problem and advised users to set recurring alarms on their handsets.
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SOFTWARE
NEWS
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A leaked video showcases Google's work-in-progress Android Music app which should become a part of Android 3.0. Oh, and it offers a glimpse of Android 3.0 UI tweaks as well.
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SOFTWARE
RUMORS
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Sources say Microsoft is pursuing a Windows version optimized for tablets and designed to run on ARM's CPU designs. A formal announcement is allegedly slated for the Consumer Electronics Show next month.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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The Windows maker is finally confident enough to publicly disclose Windows Phone 7 sales results: over a million and a half Windows Phone 7-driven devices have been sold to date and the number of apps is nearing 5,000 items.
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HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, ENTERPRISE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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RIM's boss spills the beans on the PlayBook tablet, explains why seven inches matter, and calms down a disgruntled Torch owner in the audience. And no, he ain't afraid of Google, Apple, or Steve Jobs.
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HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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Chrome OS slipped into the first half of next year as the search company kickstarts a pilot program where they're giving away a custom-made 12-1-inch notebook specifically optimized for the cloud operating system.
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GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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More than any Android version before it, Gingerbread release is meant to earn the platform credibility in handheld gaming. Here are top three enhancements that'll hopefully help Android capture some of the gaming awesomeness of Apple's iDevices.
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CLOUD COMPUTING, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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Jolicloud 1.0 just became available as a free download. This is the very first free cloud computing-based OS. As expected, Jolicloud is based on Linux and features an HTML interface.
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