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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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.
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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.
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China’s ZTE Introduces First U.S. Tablet, the $99 Optik for Sprint

The 7-inch Honeycomb tablet is part of the Chinese device maker’s effort to expand its presence in North America.
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RadioShack Warning Sends Shares Plummeting

RadioShack Corp. said it expects its fourth-quarter results to be below analysts’ expectations, citing the underperformance of the company’s Sprint postpaid-wireless business and unanticipated changes in Sprint Nextel Corp.’s customer and credit models.

House Bill Would Require Cellphone Owners Be Notified of Tracking Software

The move follows the uproar last year over software from Carrier IQ that collected various information about cellphone usage.
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AT&T Raising Monthly Data Plan Prices, but Throwing in More Data

The company is hiking the prices of its data plans for new customers by $5 a month, but upping the amount of data in each plan.
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Exclusive: New Boss Acknowledges Windows Phone Still Has “Awareness Problem”

In his first extended interview since assuming business responsibility for Microsoft’s phone efforts, Terry Myerson says he is looking for new ways to get Windows Phone into the minds of consumers.
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Confirmed: Sprint Combining Business and Consumer Units, Ousting Four Top Execs

Looking to save money amid heavy investments in the iPhone and its network, Sprint is reorganizing itself.
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Sprint: We’re Not Really Throttling Our Customers

The carrier, which heavily touts its unlimited plans, promises that customers won’t see their data speeds slowed for excessive use. But users can be kicked off instead.
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Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your Phone