The iPhone Finds Its Voice

The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.

Get Ready for More TaskRabbit, With New Open API

There would be an obvious pun here about how TaskRabbit is going to multiply, but the New York Times already used it.
TaskRabbit

Talking Windows 8, Sprint’s iPhone and Much More on Tech News Today

Ina visits Tech News Today to recap several recent stories, including layoffs at Nokia, the coming preview version of Windows 8, and the impact of the iPhone’s arrival on Sprint’s bottom line.
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For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm

Walt reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports.
AirStash

Sprint Sells 1.8 Million iPhones in Initial Quarter, With 40 Percent Going to New Customers

That helped the company’s average revenue per customer rise $3.69 per month — a record.
Sprint Devices iPhone circled

Apple Gets the Credit (And the Cash) for Growth of Mobile Computing Revenue

What would the mobile computing industry be without Apple, had the company not entered it in June of 2007 with the iPhone?
Tim Cook at iPhone 4S event

Sprint Posts Wide Loss, Big Gain in Revenue and Customers, Thanks, in Part, to the iPhone

Sprint said it added 1.6 million customers in the quarter, including 500,000 Sprint-brand contract customers.
Sprint Hesse

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Microsoft Releases Its Latest Non-Windows Phone App: OneNote for Android

Microsoft on Tuesday released OneNote for Android, the latest in a string of app releases for non-Microsoft mobile operating systems. OneNote was one of Microsoft’s first iPhone releases, and joins a growing stable of apps in the Android Market and iTunes App Store.

Verizon Wireless Bringing Back Double Data Promotion

The deal, which Verizon also ran earlier this year, applied to new 4G customers, so iPhone buyers and those already under contract are out of luck.
verizon double data

Can There Be Another Rovio? Outfit7 Wants to Give It a Shot.

Outfit7 says its games on the iPhone and iPad have hit more than 300 million downloads since launching a year and a half ago.
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Motorola Seeks Slice of iPhone, iPad Sales

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. asked Apple Inc. to pay a potential royalty of 2.25 percent of sales for some iPhones and iPads last year, representing possibly billions of dollars in licensing fees.

Here’s the Worst Super Bowl Ad of 2012

Touchscreen vs. Keyboard, the Sequel

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The iPhone Finds Its Voice

The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.

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