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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #239 51:51
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The FCC gives wireless provisions on net neutrality, Motorola teases a honeycomb tablet, and Blackberry OS6 comes to Sprint.

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FCC votes on net neutrality, wireless gets provisions
AT&T purchases spectrum from Qualcomm
Bridgeport, CT becomes 70th WiMax city for Sprint, Denver goes live
Sprint announces WiMax in San Francisco, launches Dec 28th

Playstation Phone may be 'Xperia Play'
Sprint releases 2 new iDEN phones, formally extends iDEN support

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #238 55:12
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LTE and WiMax are 4G, Tab pricing starts to fall, and software updates galore.

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Ascendo DataVault Password Manager for iOS Review
Hands on with Verizon's 4G LTE
Samsung Focus Review

News
FCC auction for 700MHz coming in July
HTC says LTE phones coming mid-2011
Broadcom announces Dual-Core Processor and NFC chipset
RIM announces Q3 earnings
ITU backpedals, says LTE and WiMax can be called 4G
US proposes cell phone ban for truck drivers
Verizon says LTE users may have a delay in 3G to LTE handoff
T-Mobile wants to standardize Long Term HSPA Evolution
MetroPCS brings LTE to Boston, New York and Sacramento
Three UK offers Unlimited data
Rogers and Fido to unlock handsets, for a fee
Pioneer Cellular on board for Verizon Rural LTE program

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Devices
Microsoft shutting down Kin Studio January 31st
Dell Venue Pro delayed
Dell Venue Pro approved by FCC with AT&T 3G bands
Nokia E7 pushed to early 2011
Huawei Ascend comes to MetroPCS
T-Mobile lowers Galaxy device pricing
US Cellular drops Galaxy Tab price to $200
LG Optimus 2X is the world's first dual-core smartphone
Nexus S now available in Best Buy stores
Carphone Warehouse lowers Google Nexus S price ahead of launch
WiMax MiFi approved by FCC

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Google Latitude comes to iOS
Google restores deleted contacts
Personal voice recognition comes to Google Voice Search for Android
Google Maps 5 for Android released
Blackberry launches News Feeds
Slingplayer Mobile for iPhone updated to version 2.0
RIM launches Amazon MP3 for Blackberry
Facebook for Android updated, adds chat and push notifications
Official OS update for the RIM Blackberry Style 9670
Microsoft updates Bing for iOS and Android
Blackberry Desktop Manager 2.0 for Mac
Word Lens instantly translates words on the go
Dropbox reaches version 1.0Sprint rolling out Froyo to Samsung Intercept
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac
Pandora for Android now supported by Ford Sync
Modern smartphone apps may be watching you

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #237 53:46
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The Google Nexus S officially announced, Sprint starts writing iDEN's obituary, and Howard Stern is going mobile.

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Visa approves mobile payment system using microSD cards
Texas Instruments announces Dual-Core 1.5 GHz processor
Consumer Reports rates carriers
Android phones are using the most data
Rubin: 300,000 Android handsets activated daily
AT&T cites A+ BBB rating, touts lowest Complaint Rate
Android dominating Verizon smartphone sales
Verizon still "undecided" on LTE pricing for Smartphones
Google shows off Chrome OS, Verizon partnership announced
Verizon cutting daily prepaid to $1.99
Sprint announces base station upgrade, iDEN phase-out
Sprint says no to tiered data
Sprint announces WiMax Roaming Agreements
Sprint launching WiMax in Denver December 19th
Leap will partner on LTE network
EU networks want manufacturers and content sites to pay usage fees
Page Plus offers 2000 minute annual plan for $80
TeliaSonera launching LTE in Denmark

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Devices
Microsoft says it will be years before low end WP7 designs are possible
RIM's Mike Lazaridis clarifies when QNX will come to Blackberry phones
Samsung Google Nexus S officially announced
US Cellular launching LG Optimus U
Samsung LTE MiFi Modem Clears FCC
Sprint announces Sanyo Taho
T-Mobile plans for 4G tablet devices in 2011

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Software
Google announces Google eBooks
Google Maps update coming soon
Android Market Updated
Maintenance Update for the Verizon Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid X Update
Gmail for Android updated
HTC Legend updated to Froyo in Europe
Comcast releases Xfinity Mobile app for Android
Skype update now supports Nokia N8, C7 and E5
Microsoft confirms only 15 active live tiles at a time
Howard Stern renews with Sirius, mobile streaming on the way

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #236 49:18
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Verizon's LTE is live, Best Buy giving away smartphones and the Epic gets Froyo.

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News
Wisconsin becomes latest state to ban texting while driving
FCC votes on reallocation of spectrum
Motorola split to be completed on January 4th
iOS 4.2 reducing network congestion
Mobile users are using apps instead of browsers
Nielsen: Apple takes the lead, Android gaining quickly in US smartphones
RIM suing Kik for patent infringement
Blackberry 6 gets US government approval
RIM purchases TAT (The Astonishing Tribe)
Verizon launching LTE December 5th
Motorola says "4G" devices will arrive early next year
Verizon testing "Home Phone Connect"
Sprint launches 6 additional WiMax cites
Clearwire seeking investment funds
Clearwire and T-Mobile negotiating an investment, Sprint in support
T-Mobile announcing unlimited international texting add on December 8th
MetroPCS launches LTE in San Francisco
US Cellular announces new prepaid plans
Rogers announces data sharing, PlayBook coming in WiFi and 3G

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White iPhone with antenna fix, as seen in Seattle
Dell Venue Pro now on sale
FCC documents reveal Blackberry Curve 8980
Blackberry Style available from TELUS
Samsung named top Android manufacturer by Garnter
Bell launches Netgear Turbo Hub
Best Buy giving away free smartphones for the holidays
RadioShack reducing iOS device prices

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Samsung releases GPS Restore app for Galaxy S
DoubleTwist adds wireless media syncing
Google Reader for Android
Official Android 2.2 update for the Sprint Epic 4G
Viber VoIP iPhone application

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