AT&T’s AVP Of Technical Research Explains The New Watson Speech API

Apr 20, 2012 No Comments

It was only yesterday that AT&T announced its Watson Speech API, meant to let developers of any kind provide products with real-time translation baked right in. I got the chance to speak with Mazin Gilbert, AT&T’s AVP of Technical Research, about what this could mean over the next few months and years, and it sounds [...]

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QNX’s Watson-connected Porsche 911, hands-on (video)

Apr 19, 2012 No Comments

Remember that QNX-loaded Porsche 911 we sat down with (in?) at CES? Well, it’s back and it learned a few new tricks en route to New Amsterdam York City. The car-friendly software company got its hooks into AT&T’s Watson Speech API and used it to power a new voice-command system for it’s own take on [...]

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AT&T Translator app hands-on: smashing the language barrier (video)

Apr 19, 2012 No Comments

Translation apps aren’t exactly the newest or sexiest thing in the world of technology, but we’ve got to hand it to AT&T with whipping up a rather impressive demo. The company showed off a next gen version of its AT&T Translator app, which may one day allow people to communicate in real time regardless of [...]

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Refresh Roundup: week of April 9th, 2012

Apr 15, 2012 No Comments

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix… Tweet This [...]

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Nokia Lumia 900 Review: This One’s A No-Brainer

Apr 15, 2012 No Comments

Short Version Guys, this one’s such a no brainer that I shouldn’t even have to lay it all out. But I will. The Nokia Lumia 900 is an excellent handset, comes packed with a fresh new operating system in the form of Windows Phone 7… Tweet This Post

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Mobile Miscellany: week of April 9th, 2012

Apr 14, 2012 No Comments

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, we’ve seen clues to suggest the Galaxy Nexus will arrive at Sprint in a matter of days, and leaked materials suggest Rogers [...]

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Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie’s very different rescue plan revealed

Apr 13, 2012 No Comments

Sources close to former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie have revealed his plans to save the company before he was shown the door, a plan that didn’t involve handsets. He’d entered into talks with AT&T, Verizon and several European carriers to offer them use of the company’s BlackBerry-exclusive network to provide limited data plans to featurephone [...]

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HTC Titan II review

Apr 12, 2012 No Comments

Titan. It’s a ballistic missile and one of Saturn’s moons. The word also plays a huge role in Greek mythology and in normal use refers to something of enormous power and influence. So it’s understandable, then, why HTC seems to prefer it as a name for its phones… Tweet This Post

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Nokia To Offer Software Fix, $100 Credit In The Wake Of Lumia 900 Data Woes

Apr 10, 2012 No Comments

Microsoft and Nokia have a lot riding on the success of their flagship Lumia 900 Windows Phone, but the usual new gadget honeymoon period has been cut short for more than a few unsatisfied customers. Shortly after devices started going home with their new owners, reports of dead data connections began appearing on Nokia’s support [...]

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Nokia makes Lumia 900 free to all AT&T customers, now through April 21st

Apr 10, 2012 No Comments

Now through April 21st, any AT&T customer who purchases a Lumia 900 will receive a $100 rebate from Nokia — effectively making the device free. The move is ostensibly a goodwill gesture from the Finnish manufacturer, which confirmed that a small number of early Lumia 900 handsets shipped from the factory with faulty software that [...]

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US carriers agree to build stolen phone database, blacklist hot handsets

Apr 09, 2012 No Comments

What’s the best way to deter a thief? Ruin the spoils, of course. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have agreed to a broad outline that will culminate in the creation of a central database for stolen cellphones… Tweet This Post

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AT&T Going Big With Lumia 900 Advertising, Could Spend As Much as $150 Million

Apr 09, 2012 No Comments

Well, after months of breathless waiting (and a Nicki Minaj concert in Times Square), Nokia’s Lumia 900 is finally sitting pretty on store shelves. If you haven’t heard about AT&T’s newest handset yet, you soon will: AdAge reports that the nation’s second largest wireless carrier will be spending up to $150 million to promote the [...]

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