CTIA Wireless 2009: U.S. goes mobile
CTIA Wireless, the U.S. trade show and conference held every spring, is where the biggest and most influential players in the U.S. mobile market gather.
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Image Gallery: A walk through the BlackBerry App World
RIM launched their BlackBerry App World onboard application store at CTIA on 1 April 2009. The App World application lets you purchase and download applications to your supported RIM BlackBerry device. Apps can be free (30% were at launch) or priced from US$2.99 and up. You can read reviews, download some trials, view screenshots, and provide feedback for the applications.

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Nokia, AT&T debut thinnest smartphone ever
Nokia has unveiled its E71x, just 10 millimeters thin and coming to AT&T in "coming weeks" for $99.99.

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Image Gallery: Hands on with the Samsung OMNIA HD, Nokia E75, N86, HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Snap
The Samsung OMNIA HD has a beautiful 3.7 inch AMOLED display. The Nokia E75 has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard in a compact package while the N86 takes the dual slider form factor to the next level. The HTC Snap was announced at CTIA 2009 and is the true successor to the HTC Excalibur/T-Mobile Dash. The keyboard is fantastic and the device feels great in your hand. The HTC Touch Pro2 is the latest full QWERTY keyboard device with an amazing display and some excellent features that make it a very compelling device for the power user.

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AT&T phones at CTIA photos
AT&T got a head start on CTIA by announcing six new messaging cell phones.

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Inside Skype for iPhone--photos
The free Skype for iPhone is here, and it's sporting some iPhone-only duds. Check out our screenshots of the popular VoIP app, Apple-style.

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The week ahead: Demo, TechCrunch 50, Apple; SAP TechEd; CTIA
Programming note: We have a busy week ahead and it's truly a demo fiesta. Here's a look at the moving parts. Sam Diaz will be covering Demo; Andrew Mager will be covering TechCrunch 50 (which...
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News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade. Gallery Tour: Sneaky iTunes install,...
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CTIA 09: Microsoft announces Marketplace partners, removes application update charges
To kick off the CTIA news, Microsoft announced some official support for Windows phones as well as a change in policy, for the better, in regards to developers and the Windows Marketplace. The...
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News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; Facebook
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason O'Grady: Developers...
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CTIA 09: Hands-on walk through BlackBerry App World, 30% of apps are free
We knew the BlackBerry App World launch was coming soon and rumors had it for 1 April. While in a conversation with fellow writers at the Showstoppers event an email appeared on my phone that the...
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CTIA 09: HTC announces the sleek Snap non-touchscreen device
The T-Mobile Dash remains one of my favorite smartphones of all time and after I get home from CTIA I am going with my wife to pick up a new all black one for her for $50 at T-Mobile since she...
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CTIA: Jabra introduces new Bluetooth headset, speakerphone
Mobile accessories favorite Jabra is kicking off this year's CTIA with two new Bluetooth devices: one wireless headset with noise reduction, and one mobile speakerphone. Jabra's HALO stereo...
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Mobile showdown at CTIA: WiMax vs LTE, apps and more
As if the lineup of too many operating systems wasn't enough for the wireless phone industry, here comes 4G and a battle of its own: WiMax vs. LTE. Actually, I've heard the battle better...
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News to know: Firefox.Next; Google; Palm's plans; Web 2.0 Expo; CTIA
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Paula Rooney: Firefox.Next:...
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CTIA 09: Walk through some 3rd party apps on the Palm Pre
The one device that I have not yet had a chance to see in person was the Palm Pre and all of that changed at the Mobile Focus event last night. Kevin Tofel and I were able to corner Matt Crowley,...



