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Mobile: Android BlackBerry WP7…  // Mobile phones, cells – Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7 (and 8) BES, and BIS news and how tos

SOLVED: What is Near Field Communication (NFC)?

Near Field Communication, or NFC as it is now commonly referred to, is very much like a two way Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) that is built into newer smart cell phones, such as the Blackberry Bold 9790 and Google Nexus S (but not any of the Apple iphones… yet).  If you have a credit or debit ...

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Microsoft 2012 Product Roadmap – Windows 8, Server 8, SQL 2012, IE10, Office 15…

Below is a quick table providing the the 2012 roadmap: Windows 8 Anticipated release: Between Q3 2012 and early 2013 (UPDATED 2/10) Windows Server 8 Anticipated release: Between Q3 2012 and early 2013 (UPDATED 1/27) System Center 2012 Anticipated release: Early 2012(UPDATED 2/7) SQL Server 2012 Anticipated release: First half of 2012 (UPDATED 1/24) Internet Explorer ...

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New Blackberry 10 ‘London’ Smartphone Pictures Leaked

“…The slide on CrackBerry.com showing London  says the industrial design will be “elegant, understated, precise, solid,  slim” and that the smartphone is the “ultimate communication device”  with “exceptional power and efficiency.” London will be released in the UK, where RIM’s BlackBerry is still the  top-selling smartphone, according to CrackBerry. Two other BlackBerry 10 models, code-named ...

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Office 15 Technical Preview Released and Is Already Full

What this means is that there is a pre-Beta of the next version of Office, but you can’t get it. “Not since Office 2003 has Microsoft taken such an “ambitious undertaking” to reinvent the productivity suite. Today, PJ Hough, CVP of development for Microsoft’s Office division, announced the “technical preview” for the suite’s next version ...

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Apple iPad Has Drastic Loss of Market Share

“…Do I have your attention yet? Apple fans needn’t worry, iPad has considerable lead over Android tablets. iPad global market share, as measured by mobile operating system, fell to 57.6 percent in fourth quarter from 68.2 percent a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Meanwhile, Android tablets rose to 39.1 percent from 29 percent. Something ...

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Samsung Sold Just As Many Phones As Apple… Now Consider All of the Other Android Device Makers

“…My reaction mirrored many others this week. Apple’s big iPhone holiday quarter seemed simply unbelievable — 37 million, up 128 percent year over year. But Samsung was close. Real close: 36.5 million smartphones, according to Strategy Analytics. Together, the two companies accounted for 47 percent of fourth-quarter smartphone shipments. The horse race between the companies ...

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Market Share of Operating Systems for Smart Phones

Note that these numbers are the share of operating systems in use… not selling today.  In other words, Apple looks like the big winner here when in fact Samsun and HTC are outselling Apple most months, thereby eating into Apples iOS overall market share. Android 42% (HTC, Samsung, Motorola) Apple iOS 28% (Apple) Blackberry 18% ...

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$199 Amazons ‘Kindle Fire’ Android Tablet Is Released But NOT To Canadians, Brits, Germans, French…

…But Canadians hoping to get their hands on Amazon’s hotly anticipated Android tablet will have to keep waiting. The device will launch November 15th in the United States — and the U.S. alone.  …International availability was not discussed… …The device looks strikingly similar to another 7-inch tablet, Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry PlayBook. And that ...

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Googles Android Continues To Crush Apples iPhone

“…According to ComScore, for the three months ending June 30, Android smartphone OS market share rose more than 5 percent — to 40.1 percent from 34.7 percent. By comparison, Apple share rose 1.1 percent to 26.6 percent. Research in Motion and Microsoft platforms lost share — 3.7 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively. Someone please explain ...

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Office 365 Information On Trends, Pricing and Configuration

Up & Running sells and supports Office 365 products. If you want prices for Office 365 STAND ALONE APPS (i.e. I just want Exchange… not Exchange with Sharepoint): surf to www.office365.com click GET OFFICE365 click ADDITIONAL SERVICES The screen shots below will be helpful in explaining some of the new services and their requirements.  Note ...

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