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Samsung Galaxy S2 vs HTC Amaze 4G: T-Mobile Smartphone Shootout

Two of T-Mobile's finest offerings, the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze, are both around $200 with a new two year contract, but which should you choose? They are both 4G enabled with eight megapixel cameras and large four inch plus screens. The Amaze has better resolution, but it doesn't have the brilliance or contrast featured in the Galaxy S2's Super AMOLED Plus display.

iPhone 4 Catches Fire, Combusts Midflight on Australian Airline

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The Apple product was glowing red and emitting a significant amount of black smoke when it suffered a minor explosion on a Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney, Australia. This is not the first time Apple's lithium batteries overheating have caused fires and combustion, and the burning iPhone 4 incident still has no definite cause from Australian authorities.
BlackBerry PlayBook

Cyber Monday 2011: BlackBerry PlayBook Sold Out on BestBuy.com

Research In Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry Playbook recently cut the tablet's price to $200, and Best Buy seems to have sold out their online stock. Additionally, RIM employees get to add their yearly $100 off in house products to the already discounted PlayBook
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Struggling ST-Ericsson replaces CEO

Loss-making mobile chip venture ST-Ericsson said on Monday its operations chief Didier Lamouche would replace its Chief Executive Gilles Delfassy from the start of December.
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HTC shares turn positive after recent falls

HTC Corp, the world's No.4 smartphone maker, opened lower for a third session on Monday after news that it could face a sales ban in Germany, but soon turned positive to rise as much over 1 percent.
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Patent firm IPCom says to stop HTC German sales

German patent firm IPCom plans to halt as quickly as possible the sale of all HTC smartphones in Germany, another blow to the Taiwanese firm just two days after it shocked markets by cutting its fourth-quarter outlook.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Galaxy Nexus vs Droid Bionic: What Verizon Phone is Best?

Galaxy Nexus from Verizon, does not have an announced price yet, but it will likely be in the $200 to $400 range. Droid Bionic is $200 on contract now, but the price could go down when the Nexus is released because it would hard to justify paying almost as much for the Bionic as for the next generation Nexus.
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Top 10 Smartphones with Large Screen Size

The smartphone market is seeing a rapid growth as new devices are being released every now and then. Apart from the advanced specifications, the manufacturers are increasing the screen size of smartphones.
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Top 10 Thanksgiving Day Themed Apps

If you've finished off the last bit of gravy and green beans on Thanksgiving, and you're not ready for a nap or a football game, check out these fun apps. This list of 10 is not complete, but there apps for both Apple and Android devices, including games, cooking apps and, of course, shopping apps.
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HTC Cuts Q4 Revenue Growth Forecast to Flat

Taiwan's HTC Corp cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter to no growth over the same period a year earlier from around 20 percent to 30 percent year on year growth previously, but forecast a pick up in the first half of 2012.
Droid Razr

Droid Razr: Ten Things You Need to Know

Motorola's Droid Razr has been out for a couple weeks now, and if you're still on the fence, here are 10 things you need to know about the device before buying. First, it costs $300 with a new two year contract from Verizon.
Samsung Focus S

Samsung Focus S: Top 10 Smartphones with Windows Phone System

Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone, now has around 40,000 apps as more and more smartphone makers pair with the tech giant to run their new devices. So far, Nokia is perhaps the biggest manufacturer to pair with Microsoft, but Samsung and HTC both have some nice devices running the year old system.
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RIM, Spain's Telefonica to test electronic wallet

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and Spanish telecom Telefonica are teaming up to test a payment system that turns a mobile phone into an electronic wallet and identity card, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Black Friday Deals: Top 10 Shopping Apps

Black Friday deals are popular because it's the busiest shopping day of the year. You don't have to get up at five in the morning to be a shopping beast this year because your smartphone can help you find the best deals even if you boycott the shopping holiday. Besides, the following Monday is a popular day for Web sites to have their last minute sales.
iPhone 4S

iPhone 4S Dominates Flickr: Are Apple Cameras 'Re-inventing' Photography?

In just over a month, the iPhone 4S has shot near the top of Flickr's Camera Finder, which tracks camera phone usage online, while the iPhone 4 has bested Nokia and Canon models to be the most popular camera on Flickr overall. As Annie Leibovitz and other photography greats take on the iPhone 4S, some worry traditional cameras are on the way out.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Amazon Wireless Selling All Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Phones for a Penny

Black Friday news: Amazon has just expanded its smartphones-for-a-penny deal to include all non-iPhone products. Find out details on the Black Friday 2011 sale, the contract catch for buying from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, and what products will sell fastest as Amazon extends it phone deal into Cyber Monday. Click and buy before all the smartphones are gone!
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Amazon vs Facebook: Who Would Make a Better Smartphone?

Facebook is said to be teaming up with smartphone maker HTC to develop an Android based phone codenamed Buffy. But there is also a rumor (started by an industry analyst) that Amazon is poised to get itself into the smartphone business, possibly one running the Microsoft system. These two Internet powerhouses could be facing off in the smartphone arena if Buffy and the Kindle Phone come to fruition.

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