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Synnex Offers Reseller App for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, WebOS
Looking to access product information, pricing, availability and even place orders from your smartphone while you are visiting customer sites? Synnex has introduced a mobile application for its e-commerce website, ECExpress, for use on Android, iPhone, Blackberry and HP Palm WebOS mobile devices in the United States and Canada. The mobile app lets Synnex resellers…
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It Wont Be A Modem
It Wont Be A Modem When the RIM PlayBook ships early next year, it won’t double as a 3G modem the way current BlackBerry smartphones do. In other words, folks hoping to connect to a 3G network on their laptops through the tablet are out of luck. Of course, there is one good reason for that:…
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Tablet Sales to Near 20 Million in 2010, Gartner Predicts
Driven by sales of the Apple iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to users are forecast to reach 19.5 million units in 2010, according to IT research firm Gartner. The firm said media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide user sales projected to total 54.8 million units in 2011, up 181 percent from 2010,…
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HP Hires Nokia Meego Executive to Head Up WebOS
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard has hired Ari Jaaksi, a software executive from Nokia, as a Senior Vice President of its new mobile operating system webOS, a spokeswoman for HP said on Friday. Earlier this month Nokia said Jaaksi, the head of Finnish handset makers key Meego software platform, had decided to leave the company. Nokia, once…
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1. Where’s the Connectivity?
1. Where’s the Connectivity? BlackBerry smartphones succeeded, in part, because of their the connectivity options. Owners could connect to the Web via 3G on their laptops by using the BlackBerry’s tethering modem option. Plus, the device itself connected to the Web via 3G whenever folks needed to check e-mails, surf the Web, or interact with…
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Wins Early Accolades
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s last-ditch attempt to reclaim its prominence in the smartphone market won favorable early reviews on Monday, but it may come too late to claw back customers from Apple Inc and Google Inc. The world’s largest software company, along with network carriers and handset makers, is planning to spend more than $100…
