Digital Trends – The Internet blackout continues in Egypt, but BlackBerry service has been restored in the largely disconnected country. Egyptian authorities shut down BlackBerry access after initially blocking social media sites like Twitter and Faebook to control political protests, and all cell phone and Internet connection quickly followed. There are now reports that BlackBerry and Vodafone are working in Cairo and in other parts of the country. It is unknown whether this is true for all of Egypt, however.
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NewsFactor – Android smartphone shipments from multiple vendors reached 32.9 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter — topping the 31 million Symbian OS units shipped by former market leader Nokia, Canalys reported Monday. However, Nokia retained its lead as the world’s number-one smartphone vendor with a 28 percent market share.
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PC World – Android Honeycomb won’t be officially introduced until Google’s big event on February 2nd, but it’s already been hacked onto a tablet. And who else would be behind the hack other than a member of the XDA Developers Forum?
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PC Magazine – America’s third-largest network, Sprint, has launched international 4G roaming plans in Jamaica and Taiwan.
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PC World – Android has surged past Symbian to become the world’s best-selling smartphone operating system, according to Canalys.



