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CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 wrap-up: Springboard, Atrix and CUE

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And that’s all she wrote, folks — warm and sunny San Diego was a wonderful host for this year’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications, but now it’s time to head on home. The show was tremendously affected by the news of Samsung canceling its much-an…


A look inside Verizon’s test car: we go heads-in at CTIA E&A 2011

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Imagine if Verizon’s Testman was actually the admiral of a fleet of Chevy Tahoes, all dedicated to the purpose of testing and comparing networks and asking if others can hear them now over a million times each year. The famous Testman himself is jus…


AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega: LTE phones to be leaner, retain charge longer

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Could this turn out to be a wireless case of the tortoise and the hare? According to Ralph de la Vega, that answer is a resounding yes. In his keynote address at CTIA, the AT&T Mobility CEO announced plans to bring a line of thinner, less power-…


EcoATM offers instant money for your old phone, we go hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 (video)

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Old-fashioned ATM meets modern-day phone recycling program. That’s the idea behind EcoATM, a startup aimed to help reduce electronic waste and beef up your wallet at the same time. Of course, it’s not a new concept: phone recycling programs have bee…


Kyocera DuraMax for Sprint hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 (video)

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Call us what you will, but we couldn’t resist taking a quick look at the Kyocera DuraMax, which (along with the DuraCore) represents the first of Sprint’s handsets to support Direct Connect for CDMA. It’s no smartphone, for sure, but we were intri…


LG Optimus Slider on Virgin Mobile at CTIA E&A 2011, we go hands-on (video)

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Curiously enough, the prepaid market had as much of a field day at this week’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications as anyone else; we already got our fair share of hands-on time with the Samsung Transfix for Cricket, and shortly afterward beheld our …


The Engadget Mobile Podcast, CTIA edition, live at 12 AM ET!

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What do you get when you mix together a lack of sleep, a desk full of candy and two of our mobile editors at a trade show? Late night shenanigans in San Diego, that’s what — Myriam and Brad are up to no good while attending CTIA Enterprise & …


Navigon demos upcoming MobileNavigator for iOS and Android, latest Windows Phone app (video)

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So, get this. We were cruising through the halls of Pepcom’s Mobile Focus with a horrible fever and on the brink of delirium. Unsure how much longer we could keep composure, we came upon Navigon’s booth. In addition to displaying its brand new Windo…


Pantech Pocket for AT&T hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 (video)

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It’s the glitz and glamour that typically defines shows such as this week’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011, but Pantech chose to fly under the radar this time around. Sure, the company didn’t have its own multi-million dollar booth at the e…


Samsung Stratosphere for Verizon hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 (video)

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The selection of devices to show off in the Samsung booth at this year’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications is a bit meager when compared to previous shows, but we hunted down a pearl: the Samsung Stratosphere. The newest addition to Verizon’s LTE l…