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Verizon Offers a Trade-Off on Data Plans

Verizon Wireless, after saying it would seek to phase out unlimited data for millions of its customers, said there was one surefire way for subscribers to keep their all-you-can-eat plans: Pay full price for their smartphones.

The carrier said Wednesday that third-generation customers upgrading to the high-speed mobile broadband network known as 4G LTE would soon be required to drop their $30-a-month unlimited data plans, likely forcing them to pay more to stream video, music and download photos.

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Sony headed for fourth straight year in the red

TOKYO (AP) — Sony reported a 27 billion yen ($346 million) loss for the latest quarter and downgraded its annual earnings forecast Wednesday to stay in the red for the fourth year straight, battered by the strong yen and poor sales of flat panel TVs.

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Sports Tracker app for Nokia N9 now available

To further celebrate “Nokia week” Sports Tracker for Nokia N9 is now available as a free download from the Nokia Store. The app comes with the familiar great tracking features and support for the new Sports Tracker Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor enabling you to get more out of your tracked workouts.

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The millions strong Sports Tracker community expands to Windows Phone

The Nokia-born and now startup-based hit app Sports Tracker will launch on Windows Phone in November.

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Smartphone users hit 20 million mark in S. Korea

SEOUL (Xinhua) — The number of smartphone subscribers in South Korea surpassed 20 million last week, with about 40 percent of South Koreans carrying the mobile device, the country’ s telecom regulator said Sunday.

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