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Galaxy Quest: Samsung Now King of the Androids

in News on December 3, 2010 at 12:17 pm PT

Motorola’s Droid is no longer the doer it once was when it first debuted–in market share terms, anyway. The company has ceded its Android crown to Samsung, which now ranks as first in the United States among Android manufacturers.

Sprint CEO to Pre Buyers: Get Your Sleeping Bags Ready

in News on May 20, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

One of the simplest ways to create a shortage, and the buying frenzy that typically accompanies it, is to announce that there will be one. And this is precisely what Sprint CEO Dan Hesse did for the Palm Pre Tuesday. Speaking at J.P. Morgan’s Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference shortly after Sprint announced the handset’s street date, Hesse said he anticipates that supplies will be limited, at least initially.
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