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The Zune lives on! Well, at least on other devices

Zune lovers, please, don’t fret just yet. In a recent interview with our good friend Steve Ballmer, the WSJ quoted Ballmer as saying they are “going to keep going with Zune” but “I won’t say full steam ahead, because that implies acceleration of investment, but we’re going to sustain our investment.” In deciphering the paraphrasing, [...]

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Dell phones rejected by carriers, lack ‘differentiation’

Dell’s first attempts at putting a dent in the cell phone market went out with a bang; as predicted back in January, Dell’s efforts were shot down. Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Bros, is quoted as saying that essentially, the two Android and WinMo phones were rejected by multiple mobile phone carriers. The reason? [...]

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iPhone responsible for over 66% of all mobile web use; leaves competition in the dust

It’s no question that the Apple iPhone is an extremely popular handset; with millions sold within the first couple years of release, there was some notion that web browsing on the device would be high. However, I don’t think we were prepared to see how high compared with other competitors, such as Android, Symbian, Java [...]

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ETW #13 - Stolen WinMo Phones and More!

Show notes will start back up next week. Sorry.

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Wrap up time: Mobile World Congress 2009

Another Mobile World Congress has come and gone, so I decided to be a nice guy and share all the ETN coverage of the event. We saw some awesome new phones, lost hope in a few companies, and even witnessed a crime. Either way, it was a good show in Barcelona. Enjoy.
February 16th:
Samsung creates a [...]

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Dell moving into the cellphone market like everyone else

With our failing economy it would seem many companies, specifically computer companies, are looking to the smartphone and cellular market for the answer to all their problems. God for bid these markets take a dive; then we really are in some trouble. As alluded to earlier this week, we had a feeling Dell would enter [...]

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