MIIT Says No Need to Package Chargers with Phones, Consumers Rejoice?

Tweet Tweet MIIT, the Chinese government body that inspects all your favorite mobile gadgets and toys, has announced that starting December 1st, mobile phone makers do not need to provide a charging cord to them along with the phones they submit for testing. What does that mean for consumers? It means that mobile phone vendors …

Price Check by Amazon App Expands to Android Platform

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ:AMZN) – Amazon.com, inc. today announced that the Price Check by Amazon app, originally released for the iPhone, is now available for Android mobile phones. Price Check by Amazon is a price comparison app that provides shoppers the easiest way yet to compare in-store prices with the low prices on Amazon.com and its more …

Wall Street Daily

If you own a BlackBerry, you’re already aware that Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) experienced its biggest network blackout in the company’s history this week. The shutdown began on Monday, hitting customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, South America, parts of Asia and the United States at different times over the course of …

Mac News: AAPL Financial: A Tale of Two Launches

Eager iPhone users got one step closer to laying hands on the latest generation of the smartphone as invites to an Oct. 4 press event went out on Tuesday. Graphics on the invitations show four typical iPhone icons — a calendar date showing Tuesday the fourth, a clock displaying 10:00, a map that points to …