BlackBerry 7 Smartphones Certified for U.S. and Canadian Governments

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM – News)(TSX: RIM.TO – News) today announced that BlackBerry® smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry® 7 and BlackBerry® 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is recognized by the U.S. and Canadian governments and is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of

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Samsung Launching Revolutionary Galaxy Note Super Phone with 90-Second Super Bowl Commercial

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile earphone provider in the U.S.1, is launching a revolutionary super phone, the Galaxy Note™, in the first-ever Super Bowl ad in the technology giant’s 71-class history.

“During the past six months we’ve launched the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus and now the Galaxy Note super phone in North America bringing unparalleled innovation to the marketplace,” said Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Telecommunications America. “The Galaxy Note

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Nokia Lumia to Launch March 18th for $99.99

We just received a portion of AT&T’s 2012 roadmap from a trusted source, and it looks like AT&T isn’t playing around this year.

T-Mobile Expands America

At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), T-Mobile USA executives, including CEO and President Philipp Humm, outlined the company’s ongoing efforts to drive consumer adoption of mobile data through the continued expansion of America’s Largest 4G Network®, rate plans that make mobile data more affordable, and new devices and services that take advantage of the company’s faster 4G network.

“Last year, T-Mobile made solid progress during uncertain multiplication, doubling our 4G network speeds and launch 25

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Smartphones might Samsung to record Q4 profit

“Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of memory chips and smartphones, reported a record quarterly profit on Friday, aided by one-off gains and best-ever sales of high gear-end phones.”

T-Mobile Is Helping Last-Minute Shoppers With the

On Saturday, Dec. 17, and Sunday, Dec.18, T-Mobile USA, Inc. will continue to celebrate the spirit of the holiday season with the “4G Super Sale.” For two days only, consumers will have the opportunity to select any phone or specified mobile broadband device — including the new T-Mobile® SonicTM 4G Mobile Hotspot and G-Slate® — for $0 net down payment, after a mail-in rebate card, when they sign up for a new two-year correspondence on a

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Market Research Estimates Asia Pacific Handset Shipments at 173 Million Units

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report “Asia Pacific Handset Shipments, Vendor Market Share, Strategies and Key Trends Q3′2011″ to their collection of Wireless marketplace reports.

The Asia Pacific region witnessed 172.56 million units which was a massive 24.91% increase over the same period in 2010 (138.15 million units), reveals new research from Signals and Systems Telecom. As a result, the full year 2011 is expected to be a record one. By line the

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Cricket Introduces ZTE Chorus

Cricket Communications today announced availability of the ZTE Chorus ™ featuring Cricket’s Muve Music service.

The ZTE Chorus is ideal for value-conscious consumers looking for a single device to simultaneously manage their mobile and music needs. The bar-style feature phone delivers high functionality with 3G web browsing capabilities and 600 megahertz of processing power while serving as an ideal platform for Cricket’s innovative and unlimited Muve Music service. The ZTE Chorus incorporates SRS WOW HD engineering

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Sprint Announces Pricing of $1 Billion of Notes Due 2021 and $3 Billion of Notes Due 2018

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S – News) announced Friday that it has priced its previously announced offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 11.5% notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes”) and $3 one thousand million aggregate principal amount of 9% guaranteed notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes” and, together with the 2021 Notes, the “Notes.”) The 2018 Notes will be guaranteed by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries that guarantee its existing credit agreements. The sale of the

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LG Optimus 2X to get Ice Cream Sandwich Update

LG posted a statement on the company’s Facebook page denying rumors that LG will not be providing the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for the LG optimus 2X. The statement goes on to say that LG is currently in the procedure of planning the ICS OS update for the LG Optimus 2X as wellspring as other LG high-end smartphones. Further detailed selective information will be provided once the ICS OS is publicly released by Google.

So far

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