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The next iPhone should have a bigger screen

Spending some time with a Galaxy Note to play Words with Friends shows the value of a bigger screen

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Quick! Dispatch out that gazpacho, Ms. Siri

Apple's new TV ads for Siri exaggerate what's clearly beta technology.

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Three years to every mobile decade

Service costs and a smartphone's price are part of the technology evolution, just like quad cores and high res cameras.

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Adjusting to iPad instead of laptop

This could work: an iPad with a Bluetooth, instead of a heavier laptop

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Barcelona, smartphones and faithful dogs

Share tapas with friends at the end of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and the discourse runs afield

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When in doubt with wireless, use Ethernet

Reporters at Mobile World Congress hearing about new wireless phones from HTC got quick access to Ethernet at their seats

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CES and trade show serendipity will live on, Microsoft or not

The best things that happen at big trade shows like CES can go unnoticed.

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Galaxy Nexus on Verizon LTE; maybe the bigger battery isn't really needed

Testing out battery life and 4G LTE speeds on Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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Time Travel, that continuing, evolving genre in "11/22/63"

Stephen King reaches back to Jack Finney, back to H.G. Wells and to all of us

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Banning cell phone usage while driving won't happen nationwide

The NTSB has its heart in the right place, but its proposed ban on electronics usage while driving is too little, too late.

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Safe bet: Mobile stays hot in 2012, among other predictions

Take these 2012 mobile predictions or leave them: RIM hangs in; AT&T flops on T-Mobile; iPhone 5 gets NFC; mobile campaigns will be key to electing the next U.S. president.

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Verizon's spectrum slam dunk over AT&T

While AT&T's been busy trying to get its merger with T-Mobile approved, Verizon's raced down court and bought cable spectrum. Insider (registration required)

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Smartphone speed tests and weighing network performance

What matters with a smartphone in a wireless network is how it works where you live and work.

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Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet: What you need to know

Low cost tablets from Amazon and Barnes & Noble are bringing in a new category of users, democratizing tablet tech.

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The dark side of Mobile World Congress 2011

While exciting new smartphones and tablets prevailed at MWC, some major vendors are raising troubling concerns.

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