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Data-Gobbling Android Users Will Likely See Bandwidth Capped

Android users who have been making fun of iPhone users' limited data plans might have to stop soon. Studies showing that the Android crowd taxes cell networks more than the iPhone crowd indicate that AT&T-style data limits could be coming to Android carriers too ...

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Apple hires NFC expert to manage mobile commerce, prepare to pay with your iPhone

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iTV rumors have ITV trademark holder preparing for battle?

Remember that time Apple decided to make a cell phone, and called it the iPhone? Remember how Cisco already owned that name and Apple settled a lawsuit out of court to license the rights to that name? Well, if Apple… ...

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'Signal' jailbreak app for iPhone maps out your towers, turns death gripping into a pastime

If you're familiar with Android apps like CellFinder, you've got a good idea for what this is -- and the name "Signal" is a pretty accurate representation, too. Basically, iPhone Dev Team member planetbeing has thrown together a neat little app that shows you signal strengths of your phone's connections to nearby cell towers along with their position relative to you (if the positions can be determined), an especially welcome utility considering that you can't access Apple's old "field test mode"

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PhoneSuit Primo micro iPhone and iPod battery pack impressions

We've been playing with PhoneSuit's Primo micro battery pack on our iPhone 3GS for a few days. As the name suggests, this thumb-sized battery is the smallest we've seen in its class, but somehow it still packs 800mAh of juice -- almost two-thirds of the iPhone's built-in cell. Feature-wise you'll only find battery level and charge status indicators on the front, and a mini-USB port on the back for charging. Unlike the slot-in case-style battery packs for the iPhone, this battery pack's dock

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iPhone reception issues plague O2... too (updated with AT&T's response)

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The Complete List of NewEgg Black Friday Deals [Black Friday]

We were teased with the first leaks, then with an update, but now we've got NewEgg's complete list of Black Friday and pre-Black Friday deals ... PRE-Black Friday Sale from now until 2:59PM PST Wednesday 11/25 ... $97 - TomTom XL340 GPS - Free Shipping ... $149.99 - GARMIN nüvi 1200 3.5" GPS Navigation - Free Shipping ... $49.95 - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Free Shipping ... $44.99 - Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W 80 PLUS Power Supply -

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Apple tops Nokia in cell phone profits

Perhaps it would be better to rename it the iPhone 3G$? Do you see what we did just there? Today, Reuters is reporting Apple overtook Nokia as the handset company with the highest total operating profit in the September quarter;… ...

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FCC says there's a 'looming spectrum crisis'

"What happens when every wireless user has an iPhone, a Palm Pre, or a BlackBerry Tour?" Speaking at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment in San Diego today, FCC head Julius Genachowski has said that he wants to "close the spectrum gap" -- the difference between the spectrum it's making available for wireless data versus enormous usage projections (400 petabytes a month by 2013, he says) that'll be brought about by smarter, easier-to-use devices and ubiquitous high-speed data through a handful of

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FCC to propose new net neutrality rules disallowing data discrimination

Based on what we're hearing, a slate of soon-to-be-proposed FCC rules may stop the likes of Comcast from discriminating against P2P applications on their networks, and AT&T sure will have a tougher time justifying why it won't let the iPhone's version of SlingPlayer run on 3G while giving WinMo and BlackBerry users all the bandwidth they can handle. Julius Genachowski, the new chairman of the entity, is slated to discuss the new rules on Monday, though he isn't expected to dig too deep into the

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