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Review: Motorola Atrix 4G with Lapdock and HD Multimedia Dock

Review: Motorola Atrix 4G with Lapdock and HD Multimedia Dock | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Easily one of the biggest stars coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year was the Motorola ATRIX Android smartphone.
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Apple May Delay iPad 3 Thanks To A General Lack of Competition

Apple May Delay iPad 3 Thanks To A General Lack of Competition | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Apple's iPad 3 is currently expected to drop early in 2012, but some analysts are suggesting that the launch window could slip, mostly due to the fact that no one has managed to even dent the iPad 2's market share.
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Virgin Mobile rolls out new Flex Plan for Tablets

Virgin Mobile rolls out new Flex Plan for Tablets | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Virgin Mobile is one of the carriers that just released the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and they also just announced a new set of Tablet Flex data plans.
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Google increases war effort against Apple, buys 1000+ patents from IBM

Google increases war effort against Apple, buys 1000+ patents from IBM | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
In a conventional modern war, you want to arm yourself with guns, tanks, and fighter jets. In the war between Apple and Google, the ammunition comes in the form of patents and let’s just say that Google has been busy with some stockpiling.
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AppsFire: iOS and Android developers have created 1 million apps, only 80% currently active

AppsFire: iOS and Android developers have created 1 million apps, only 80% currently active | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
The race for app dominance is ongoing,  manufactures have been promoting the sheer number of apps they have for the past number of years. Everything from the time wasters to the productivity enhancers have been highlighted.
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Apple snubs Samsung, looks to TSMC for next-gen iPhone and iPad chips

Apple snubs Samsung, looks to TSMC for next-gen iPhone and iPad chips | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Apple will favor Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company over Samsung to power its next-generation iOS devices, DigiTimes said on Friday.
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@ pcAds: Social Media Is Growing, Becoming More Helpful

@ pcAds: Social Media Is Growing, Becoming More Helpful | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
People are getting more social and more altruistic. That’s the simple part of the takeaway from Nielsen SVP of consumer insights and analytics Radha Subramanyam‘s presentation at paidContent Advertising.
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Social project uses pop bottles to provide indoor lighting for the poor

Social project uses pop bottles to provide indoor lighting for the poor | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Perhaps you’ve performed that old camping trick before, where you created a lantern by shining a flashlight into a water-filled bottle.
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PayPal pitches its wider vision for mobile payments

PayPal pitches its wider vision for mobile payments | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
PayPal has been a powerhouse in online payments but it hasn’t really cracked the much bigger market for payments for goods in the real world.
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@ pcAds: How Brands Use Social Media

@ pcAds: How Brands Use Social Media | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
When it comes to social media, an area dominated by the consumer, where do brands fit in?
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Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms

Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
We can imagine Apple won't be particularly happy about that, but the CEO of Orange might have just spilled the beans on the availability of the iPhone 5.
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‘RIM overplayed the PlayBook’ analyst says; tablet expected to miss sales estimates

‘RIM overplayed the PlayBook’ analyst says; tablet expected to miss sales estimates | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Research In Motion will report its quarterly earnings on Thursday and analysts predict that it will miss sales estimates for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
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Tech Buzz: Windows 8 Will Have A Dedicated App Store For Downloading Apps, Confirms Microsoft

Tech Buzz: Windows 8 Will Have A Dedicated App Store For Downloading Apps, Confirms Microsoft | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it

Daily Tech Review - Windows 8 Will Have A Dedicated App Store For Downloading Apps, Confirms Microsoft: 


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Sprint And Google Launch NFC "Wallet" Payments On Nexus S 4G

Sprint And Google Launch NFC "Wallet" Payments On Nexus S 4G | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
An easier way to pay? Depends on how many merchants sign up, how many phone makers sign up, and how many phones ship with an NFC module within. But this is one heck of a start.
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Quest.li: the social mobile gaming platform for smarties

Quest.li: the social mobile gaming platform for smarties | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
There are a number of gaming platforms out there in the market, and you might be getting confused as to which one suits you. Your friends make recommendations, but these recommendations change.
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Planning on picking up an iPhone 5? Better sell your old iPhone now

Planning on picking up an iPhone 5? Better sell your old iPhone now | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Regardless of any potential delays, shortages or other impediments, Apple’s upcoming next-generation iPhone models will fly off the shelves following launch. This is a given.
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BlackBerry Bold 9980 surfaces again, compares itself to the Bold 9900

BlackBerry Bold 9980 surfaces again, compares itself to the Bold 9900 | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
We’re not sure how many people will be waiting for this BlackBerry device, hopefully RIM has something sleeker with the upcoming QNX-based smartphones.
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 Metro apps on video

Microsoft shows off Windows 8 Metro apps on video | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
We’ve already seen an 11-minute walk-through video comparing a new Windows 8 beta tablet to an iPad 2 running iOS 5, but there are plenty of features Microsoft is cooking up that didn’t make it into the beta release of the OS.
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Archos To Ship Sub-$400 "G9" Tablets With Android 3.2

Archos To Ship Sub-$400 "G9" Tablets With Android 3.2 | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Tablets, and a few more tablets. That seems to be the story these days, but we aren't complaining. It seems that the more we see, the lower the prices go, and that's good for everyone on this side of the buying fence.
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Archos G9 80 1GHz Pre-orders Start Sept. 20, "World's Fastest" In October

Archos G9 80 1GHz Pre-orders Start Sept. 20, "World's Fastest" In October | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
 

 



Ready to experience "the fastest tablets in the world?" Well you'll have to wait just a little longer. Archos announced that their new 80 G9 tablet would go on presale through Archos.com on September 20th.
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Windows 8 Hands-On Video Preview, Blindingly Fast Boot-Ups

Windows 8 Hands-On Video Preview, Blindingly Fast Boot-Ups | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
There has been no shortage of buzz and chatter about the Windows 8 Developer Preview that Microsoft let fly during their BUILD Developer's conference this week.  What's even more interesting is that they made their new beta baby available for...
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Apple’s iPad 2 and new Windows 8 tablet face off in 11-minute video

Apple’s iPad 2 and new Windows 8 tablet face off in 11-minute video | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Microsoft’s OS of the future will make its way to a range of devices, but all eyes are on one market in particular: tablets.
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RIM suffers as it waits for a turnaround

RIM suffers as it waits for a turnaround | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Research in Motion struggled through a tough transitional quarter — with revenue, profits and shipments down as it waited for a new generation of handsets to kickstart sales.
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RIM loses BES boss to software company

RIM loses BES boss to software company | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
Research In Motion vice president of BlackBerry Enterprise Server John Vandermay has left the company to assume a new position with Gemcom Software International, the Financial Post reported on Wednesday.
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HTC Considers Purchasing a Mobile Operating System [REPORT]

HTC Considers Purchasing a Mobile Operating System [REPORT] | MobileandSocial | Scoop.it
HTC is mulling a purchase of a new a mobile OS, HTC CEO Cher Wang told the Economic Observer of China.

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