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February 6-8, 2012

Smartphones, Handhelds & Gear
White Nokia N9 hands-on video (Engadget)
LG Miracle mid-level Windows Phone revealed, doesn't excite (PocketNow)
Verizon's Motorola DROID 4 launches on February 10th for $200 (BGR)
7mm thin Samsung Galaxy S III coming, says Korean report (Pocket-lint)
Samsung Galaxy Note now available for pre-order from AT&T (BGR)
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Tablets, Laptops, & Gear
Tips to extend your Mac laptop's battery life (Laptop Mag)
Tips to increase your Windows 7 laptop’s battery life (Laptop Mag)
Apple takes down OSX updates due to stability issues (Notebooks.com)
The best laptops under $500 (Gizmodo)
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Mobile Apps & Platforms
BlackBerry OS 7.1 features "Battery Saving Mode" (CrackBerry)
Google Voice adds new features, new icon (Android Central)
Google's new Chrome browser for Android 4.0 does/will not support Flash (Android Central)
Microsoft brings OneNote to arch-rival OS Android (Cnet)
Calendar Search fills yet another gap on Windows Phone (WP Central)
GPS Calculator Windows Phone app review: 'really nice' (WP Central)
Nokia Belle update now available for N8, C7, E6, X7 and C6-01 (All About Symbian)
Pomodoro apps promise cheap and easy productivity boost (PC World)
iPhone 4 incapable of handling Siri, says chip chap (The Register)
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Mobile Enterprise
Halliburton is the latest biz to dump BlackBerry for iPhone (The Register)
Microsoft prepares native mobile apps for its Dynamics CRM software (ReadWriteWeb)
Apple requires digital certificate to activate MDM software for iDevices (Network World)
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Developer News
HP releases Android kernel for TouchPad, makes hackers' lives easier (Engadget)
Appsfire offers developers an in-app notification inbox (GigaOM)
BlackBerry App World Stats: Over 2 billion downloads; 60,000 apps available (CrackBerry)
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Industry News
Sprint starts Nextel unload, posts Q4 $1.3B loss on iPhone, network upgrades (GigaOM)
Nokia: 'We don't have a Plan B' (Engadget)
Facebook teams up with Bango for mobile payments (Techworld)
EA hopes to become more like Apple and Amazon (Cnet)
Apple pleaded for fairness in mobile patent war (The Register)
Background checks in apps may be against the law, says U.S. FTC (IDG)
Acer sues former CEO Lanci for violating non-compete agreement (BGR)
F-Secure offers operators an iCloud Competitor (Light Reading)
Chinese company demands $38m from Apple over iPad trademark (The Register)
Google limits Android support for CDMA phones (The Register)
HTC disappoints with financial results, forecast (Cnet)
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Trends & Analysis
Study credits 'app economy' with creating 466,000 US jobs (The Register)
Apple claimed a staggering 80 percent of mobile profit in Q4 (BGR)
The dark side of Apple's dominance (InfoWorld)
Aren't smartphones fast enough? Cores are the new megapixels (Pocket-lint)
Opinion: 7 signs that Android is faltering as iOS strengthens (GigaOM)
Wi-Fi in flight has yet to soar (Computerworld)
New Study claims iOS apps crash more than Android apps (Mashable)

January 30 - February 3, 2012

Smartphones, Handhelds & Gear
LG Spectrum review (Engadget)
Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx review (Engadget)
BlackBerry 10 superphone image leaked (CrackBerry)
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S Advance; global roll-out begins next month (BGR)
Motorola announces new RAZR with an unlockable bootloader (BGR)
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Tablets, Laptops, & Gear
iPad 3 rumor roundup: specs leaked, Amazon hints at March 29 launch (Mashable)
Samsung shows 'retina' tablet LCD, 2GHz chip before Apple (Electronista)
TypeWay iPad keyboard adapts to fit your hands perfectly (Gizmodo)
ASUS Zenbook vs. Toshiba Portege Z835: Ultrabook showdown (Notebook Review)
Lenovo IdeaPad U400 review (Notebooks.com)
Lenovo IdeaPad Y470p pushes gaming with Radeon HD 7690M (Electronista)
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Wireless Networks
Ting cell phone service turns contracts on their head (Cnet)
T-Mobile customers to get domestic data roaming limits (Cnet)
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Mobile Apps & Platforms
Windows Phone 8 detailed: dual cores, Skype Integration and NFC (WP Central)
Babylon translator app released for Windows Phone (WP Central)
Google Docs for Android adds offline support, better tablet experience (Engadget)
MEDL Mobile Secret Lock keeps your Android data safer (Appmodo)
Appafolio lets you create interactive iOS portfolio apps (Appmodo)
Tout App adds analytics to email management (AppScout)
Waze 3.0 traffic app integrates Yelp and Foursquare (Android Central)
Shape Services updates IM+ for BlackBerry (Appmodo)
How to enable home screen shortcuts in BlackBerry 7 (CrackBerry)
McAfee updates Mobile Security to 2.0, keeps you protected on the go (Engadget)
ByteSquared's Office Squared for iPhone adds new document editing tools (Appmodo)
How Evi compares to Siri: Evi's clever, too, but slow (Mashable)
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Mobile Enterprise
BlackBerry 7 devices now certified for Canadian and U.S. governments (Engadget)
Five ways to mix business and personal data on your smartphone (PC World)
Zultys IP PBX software adds Android client for VoIP phone calls (Techworld)
RIM launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for MS Office 365 (CrackBerry)
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Developer News
Nokia releases Qt SDK 1.2 (All About Symbian)
Study: Android fragmentation is not as bad as you think, says Localytics (ReadWriteWeb)
PhoneGap build support comes to version 1.4 (ReadWriteWeb)
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Industry News
Facebook files $5 billion IPO, values the company at nearly $100 billion (NY Times)
LG reports second straight loss in Q4 (BGR)
Qualcomm announces Q1 earnings: revenues up 40%, $1.4 billion in profit (Engadget)
America Movil overcharging Mexicans billions, says report (Cnet)
IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform (IDG)
RIM's cartoon superheroes inspire caustic Tweet-storm (The Register)
EU starts formal antitrust probe of Samsung (The Register)
How LevelUp aims to shake up mobile payments (Cnet)
NEC to cut 10,000 jobs as iPhone continues assault on Japan (Cnet)
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Trends & Analysis
Five ways Microsoft can rescue Windows Phone (The Register)
This is NASA's cancer-sniffing cellphone sensor (Gizmodo)
Infographic: Mobile ads show staggering growth, clicks up 711 percent (GigaOM)
Apple was the leading PC maker in Q4 2011, if you count tablets (Engadget)
Post-PC data shows rise of the iPad and mobility's meaning (Network World)
Tablet sales will surge fivefold in five years, says NPD (The Register)
Apple, the Internet, and the constant new normal (GigaOM)
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