This is why setting up push notifications for e-mail on your phone can be very beneficial.
Ironically, one consistent positive point on the GS4 was a the fact that you could turn all of these whizz-bang features off, and push the phone into Easy Mode.
Though it can be used as a phone, the BlackBerry's power lies in its ability to push e-mail automatically from the company server to the end user.
It looks like the three biggest cable companies in the US: Comcast, Time Warner, and Cox, are all working up deals with Sprint Nextel for including cellphone service in their all-in-one packages that already cover TV, internet, and a new push into VOIP phone service.
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However, Apple continues to face increasing competition in the mobile devices segment from both Google, which recently made a low-end tablet entry, as well as Microsoft, which is making a renewed push for Windows Phone as the third mobile ecosystem of choice this year.
Basically, by offering dirt-cheap calls via mobile devices, Microsoft may have an edge as it tries to push its Windows Phone 7 operating system.
For a while it was the go-to phone for CEOs and VIPs worldwide, at least until the Blackberry took over thanks to push email.
"There has been a big push for (3-D) on the TV side, but we haven't done anything on the phone side, " said spokesman Kim Titus.
So these are some the key points in the long process of design development of an HTC phone, where engineers and designers push each other to uncomfortable realm, before eventually delivering the near-final product to Peter Chou for his ultimate test on the size, feel in hand, feel in pocket and even the ringtones.
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Despite macroeconomic uncertainty, the consumer shift towards smartphones continues to be strong. iPhone and Android-based smartphones have registered incredibly high growth, and the launch of Windows Phone 8 smartphones should help push the market forward with more ecosystem choices.
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