| Editor's note: See how Motorola -- not Microsoft or Apple -- became the first tech company to deliver on the vision of turning a phone into a desktop PC. Also, see my picks for winners and losers of CES 2010, the CIO litmus test, and the coming fallout from the Verizon iPhone. -Jason Breakthrough device of CES: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC The idea of a smartphone that could also be a desktop PC has been around for years, but Motorola surprised us at CES 2011 by delivering the first product that brings that idea to life. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | Verizon's iPhone: Here comes the fallout Verizon Wireless will finally get Apple's iPhone on Tuesday and the network and sales machine appears to be ready to roll, but the launch is only the beginning. The fallout will take quarters to play out for the likes of Motorola Mobility, AT&T and others. Read more | | Verizon iPhone: How important is 4G LTE capability? Verizon Wireless will launch its iPhone on Tuesday and the tech industry is abuzz about the possibilities. The most interesting item of the Verizon iPhone launch may revolve around support for Long-Term Evolution connectivity. Read more | | Cisco launches compact Catalyst switches; Tackles wiring Cisco launched a compact set of Catalyst switches designed to cut out wireless clutter in remote offices, kiosks, point-of-sale areas and other tight spots. Read more | | The Giffords Tragedy and Social Media Most everyone in the wake of the Giffords shooting wants to "do the right thing" in their online behavior. But in this instance, social media and tragedy reveal monstrous behavior. Read more | | Your second subsidized VZW iPhone will probably be the iPhone 6 If you get a Verizon iPhone on Tuesday, you won't be eligible to upgrade to the iPhone 5, but you will be eligible to upgrade to the iPhone 6 -- in September 2012. Read more | | Android runs down iPhone in the Smartphone Races Blackberry is still number one, but Android has passed the iPhone iOS for second place in the race to the top of the smartphone operating system hill. Read more | | HP Thin Clients - discussion with Eric Croswhite Thin clients are the "period at the end of HP's sentence" Read more | | A Day in the Life of the Samsung Galaxy Tab You get more than mobile news coverage here on Mobile News, you also get read-world reviews of important gadgets. Here is a day in the life of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Read more | | Microsoft rolls out latest release of its operating system for ruggedized mobile devices Microsoft is making available as of January 10 its Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 operating system -- its offering for ruggedized enterprise phones and devices. Read more | | CES 2011: New gaming laptops galore from Acer, Asus, MSI, Toshiba With Intel's Sandy Bridge rollout including a few Core i7 quad-core mobile processors, it was inevitable that a heavy dose of gaming laptops would be among the first portables announced using Intel's latest CPUs. Here are some heavy hitters from some heavy hitters in the notebook world. While the... Read more | | Three reasons to dump your cable provider: Boxee, Roku, Apple TV I don't know of anyone that doesn't want to cut the cord with their cable provider and now it's possible thanks to several inexpensive solutions like: Boxee, Roku and Apple TV. Read more | | Apple dropping restocking fees on January 11 While everyone is talking about the potential of a Verizon iPhone to be announced tomorrow, here's some other Apple news: the Cupertino-based company is set to drop those pesky restocking fees. Read more |
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