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Google Nexus One Delayed In UK
“Google’s attempt to break into the mobile phone market has hit serious problems in Britain with the launch of its flagship Nexus One device understood to have been delayed until the middle of next month. The setback means that by the time Google’s first own-branded foray into the market this side of the Atlantic is available to consumers, its local network partner Vodafone will have launched a competing product, which analysts say is better, called the HTC Legend.” Link
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Goldman Sachs Cuts Nexus One Sales Forecast
“Investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs is more or less giving up on Google’s Nexus One. A note Goldman Sachs published this week indicates that it’s cut its 2010 sales forecast by a whopping 71.4 percent. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the note stated, “We previously estimated that Google might sell 3.5 mn Nexus One units in 2010.” Now, after seeing some data from Flurry, “We forecast that Google sells 1.0 mn Nexus One units in FY2010 . . .”" Link
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20% Of Korean Students Are Sexting
“Following research on 1,612 middle and high school students nationwide, 323 respondents, accounting for 20 percent of the total, have engaged sexting, a combination of sex and texting. About 21.9 percent had taken nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves or their peers, while 2.8 percent recorded themselves or their friends’ masturbating or having sex. About 5.2 percent had sent sexually explicit text messages or emails. Many of them said it was just for fun or out of curiosity but about 17 percent said sexting could be a way to flirt with their love interests in the online world. ” [Link]
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Apple Sues HTC Over User Interface & More
“Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents ‘related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.’ The guns are out. Steve Jobs’ biting take on the lawsuit: ‘We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.’” [Link]
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Report: Google Nexus One Coming To Verizon
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“Google’s Nexus One is coming to Verizon on March 23rd, according to a report. The launch announcement is expected during CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas.” [Link]
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Sprint Launching 4G WiMax Cellphone By Summer 2010
“Sprint tells Forbes its first 4G handset will launch in the first half of 2010–a few months earlier than many expected. The phone will run on the 4G WiMax network Sprint has been building with wireless Internet service provider Clearwire Corp. (Sprint owns 51% of Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire.) This 4G service is currently available in 27 U.S. markets covering more than 30 million people and will extend to Houston, Tex. in the next few weeks. By the end of the year, the network is expected to include Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington and cover up to 120 million people.” [Link]
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Saudi Girl To Be Flogged For Taking Cell Phone To School
“A 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 90 lashes and two months’ prison in Saudi Arabia after she took a mobile phone to school. A court ordered the girl to be flogged in front of her classmates following an assault on the school principal, according to the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan.” Link
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Google Delays Nexus One Launch In China
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“Google on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its mobile phone in China amid a dispute with the government over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking that the search giant says may force it to leave the country.” Link
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Shanghai Mobile Users Could Lose Numbers In China Porn Crackdown
“Mobile users in Shanghai caught sending dirty short messages, photos or videos by phone could have their numbers cancelled as part of China’s crackdown on pornography, state media reported Monday. An employee at the Shanghai subsidiary of China Mobile, the world’s biggest phone operator by market value, said the company would search for keywords and then forward the offending messages to the police to investigate.” Link
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Apple Wants Nokia Phones Banned From U.S.
“The ongoing patent battle between Apple and Nokia escalated Friday, when Apple moved to block imports of Nokia cell phones to the U.S. Apple made its request in a complaint filed with the International Trade Commission, an independent federal agency that examines issues including unfair trade practices involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.” Link
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$11 Million Raised In Texting For Haiti
“The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a ‘mobile-giving record’ for funds raised for a single cause. Donations are rising swiftly, it said, as former President Bill Clinton and other politicians urge the American people to give.” Link
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Vodafone Sells 50,000 iPhones At UK Launch
“The newest iPhone provider in the UK, which joins recent entrant Orange and original exclusive carrier O2, sold a reported 50,000 handsets when it officially started selling the iPhone on January 14. It’s an impressive number for a launch this late, when the iPhone 3GS has already been on the market for six months. Even more impressive is the fact that it beat Orange’s launch day total of 30,000 by a wide, 20,000 handset margin, only two months after that company’s introduction of the device.” Link
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Steve Wozniak Switches From iPhone To Google Nexus One
“The cofounder of Apple — the company that made him millions — told NBC Bay Area a dirty little secret. He’s ditched the iPhone for Google’s Nexus One. Well, not ditched, exactly — but he did say it was his favorite gadget.” Link
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Teen Arrested For Cell Phone Porn
“A Muscle Shoals High School student who is accused of sending pornographic material to minors from his cell phone was arrested just before lunch Thursday at the high school, officials said. Colbert County Sheriff Ronnie May said members of his department along with Muscle Shoals police made the arrest. The 18-year-old is charged with distribution of obscene materials to minors.” Link
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Verizon Chops Cost Of Wireless Plans, Pushes Data
“Verizon Wireless introduced new wireless-pricing plans Friday that charge less for making calls but would require more customers to buy data plans, in a move aimed at taking business from AT&T Inc. and boosting revenue from data services.” Link
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$350 Early Termination Fee For Google Nexus One
“As a number of people have noticed, Google’s got its own Early Termination Fee (ETF) equivalent, here called the Equipment Recovery Fee, in the terms of sale, to the tune of $350 if you cancel within the first 120 days.” Link
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London Church Blesses Cell Phones, Laptops
“Laptops and Blackberry mobile phones have been blessed in a church ceremony in the City of London. Canon David Parrott blessed the gadgets at the St Lawrence Jewry church in an updated version of a traditional ‘Plough Monday’ back-to-work ceremony.” Link
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Study: iPhone Touchscreen Accuracy Higher Than Droid Phones
“A test comparing the accuracy and sensitivity of smartphone touchscreens across various makers gave the iPhone top marks ahead of HTC’s Droid Eris and the Google-branded Nexus One, and much better results than the Motorola Droid. ” Link
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Google Swamped With Nexus One Complaints
“Google support forums are awash with people looking for help for problems with their Nexus One phones — and unable to find it. The volume of complaints points to a problem that Google faces now that it has decided to try to push a new cell-phone-buying model in the U.S.” Link
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AT&T Stops iPhone Sales In New York City
“Online sales of the phone were apparently suspended Sunday. Prospective customers attempting to buy an iPhone through the Web site and using a New York area ZIP code get a message saying, ‘We’re sorry, there are no Packages & Deals available at this time. Please check back later.’ However, changing ZIP codes to other U.S. metro areas yields a bevy of iPhone choices.” Link
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