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Apple iPhone 5 to sport 4G

Theories abound as to what Apple is packing into its next generation smartphone, but one industry expert believes the iPhone 5 will feature hardware to connect to ultra-fast 4G networks.
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Apple's WWDC event: SOLD OUT

Apple sets sales record for WWDC

Tickets to Apple's annual Worldwide Developer's Conference sold out just as quickly as they were made available on yesterday. After the date and pricing were unveiled by the company early Monday morning, tickets sold out within 12 hours of the announcement, marking the fastest selling WWDC to date.
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RIM Adds Android Apps To Playbook

During its fourth-quarter earnings call, Research In Motion revealed that its upcoming BlackBerry Playbook tablet would be compatible with applications developed for Google's Android operating system.
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Real-time, dynamic social networks with Color

A new app has hit the smartphone market aiming to allow users to take and share photos in social networks but there's a twist: the networks you create are with complete strangers.
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Instant view: RIM issues weak outlook, shares tumble

Research In Motion's net profit jumped 32 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, boosted by strong global BlackBerry smartphone sales as it readies next month's North American launch of its PlayBook tablet computer.
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iPad 2 Stock-Outs Continue

Barclays Capital said Apple Inc.'s iPad 2, which began shipping in the U.S. on March 11, remains sold out across retailers with limited sporadic availability at Apple stores themselves and 4-5 week wait times via Apple.com.
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Gameloft looks to app stores, TV for growth: CEO

Gameloft SA , a French video game publisher, sees its growth coming from the just-launched Amazon AppStore and from games played on televisions without consoles, the top executive told Reuters.
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RIM's PlayBook to take on iPad from April 19

Research In Motion's long-awaited tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, will go on sale in North America on April 19 at a base price of $499, matching the pricing for Apple's latest iPad.
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Nokia's tablet path may exclude Microsoft: source

Nokia's strategy for entering the tablet computer market may not include Microsoft, its recently announced partner for smartphones, according to a person with knowledge of the company's thinking.
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Can Adobe Preserve Its Flash?

Adobe Flash may struggle to gain adoption on the Post-PC devices including smartphones and tablets as behavioral shift of consumers to apps from web browsing may make Flash less relevant on these devices, according to Global Equities Research.

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