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  An Even Bolder BlackBerry Arrives

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:53 PM ET

  as both features clearly caught love with Apple's mobile device since the start."The BlackBerry Bold 9700 builds on the success of the original BlackBerry Bold with new, state-of-the-art features and a smaller, lighter and highly optimized design that looks, feels and performs great," sai Read More

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  B&N Throws a Nook Into the E-reader Market

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:21 PM ET

  the loan time is 14 days. You can share with iPhone and iPod users (makes sense, given that AT&T is the lone seller of the iPhone) and select BlackBerry and Motorola smartphones. You can even pass on an e-book to friends who have no snazzy gadgets so they can read books on a regular old P Read More

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  Secrets Your Cell Phone Tells

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:00 AM ET

  you really, truly value your privacy you can protect it. It's not hard to do. First: limit the amount of information you store on your cell phone, BlackBerry or Palm Pilot. Second: you have security software. Turn it on.Voila: a personal information device that doesn't tell tales out o Read More

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  Smartphone Fever May Infect BlackBerry User Base

  By Judy Mottl | Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:09 PM ET

  customers say their handset is ideal for their needs.Behind the iPhone, the Palm Pre got a 77 score in satisfaction, ahead of RIM's business-centric BlackBerry (73). Palm's tenured Treo device scored a 70. Other smartphones using the Symbian operating system and Windows environment scored a 66.Th Read More

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  Sourcemap Tells You Where It's Made and What It Contains

  By Steve Tanner | Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:59 PM ET

  Sure, your fancy new phone is made by Apple (California), Nokia (Finland) or Blackberry (Canada), but where is it actually made? And what's inside that little aluminum case besides hours of wasted time? Read More

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  Walmart Pre Price May Push Smartphone Into Mass Market

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:55 PM ET

  to an amazing price point of under $99, with two rebates totaling $200.Amazing? Yes, given that smartphones on the same playing field (think iPhone, BlackBerry) are still in the $200 and upward range, more or less, and the fact that the Pre's retail purchase price is $549.99 if purchased throug Read More

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  All You Ever Wanted to Know About the BlackBerry and More

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  mobile gadget that's got the adoration of President Barack Obama.A publicity spokesperson told Tonic.com it's the first-ever book written about the BlackBerry and provides the "behind-the-scenes" story. It's written by Canadian writer Alastair Sweeny, who has authored histories on major companie Read More

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  New Microchip Detects Cancer

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:54 PM ET

  fingertip and analyze the sample within half an hour. The instrumentation required for this analysis can be contained within a unit the size of a BlackBerry."The article discusses other recent nanotechnology breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of cancer, including "nanobees" used t Read More

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  Smartphone Game Is Now a Real Name Game

  By Judy Mottl | Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:03 PM ET

  handset from a vendor struggling to gain market share from the likes of Apple and its iPhone, and the ultimate business device, Research in Motion's BlackBerry.And then along comes Motorola and maybe the cutest ever name for a smartphone, the CLIQ.I know what you're thinking, what's in a name Read More

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  Palm Steps Up Smartphone Fight With a Pixi Punch

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Sep 9, 2009 8:05 PM ET

  wars. But between its new platform (despite the name), and now its marketing smarts and design teams, I wouldn't count out Palm to still give the BlackBerry and, yes, even the iPhone, a run for big consumer market share down the road. While pricing has yet to be announced, as the product won' Read More

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