2010 Reliability & Service Survey: Smartphone & Wireless Providers

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2010 Reliability and Service Survey: Smartphone and Wireless Providers Apple's iPhone and Verizon's wireless service are the favorites of respondents in this year's survey. Share: Confessions of an iPhone User: Why I Like Windows Phone 7 With all of the excitement generated by Windows Phone 7, I felt it was worth a deeper look, and perhaps it might be time to embrace the new Microsoft mobile platform. Share: How Secure Is Windows Phone 7 App Code? A recent glitch on Microsoft's download servers for brand new Windows Phone 7 applications has sparked widespread Internet chatter among developers and focused new attention on the best ways to protect smartphone apps from being hacked. Share: A Child-Safe Android Experience Carrie wants to let her kids play games on her Android phone. She asked the Cell Phones, Mobile Devices forum for a safe way to do that. 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As the company outlines in a new Knowledge Base entry, iOS 4.2 packs oodles of security fixes alongside that new Voice Memos icon and AirPlay stuff. Share: How To "Tether" Your iPhone For Free Without Jailbreaking The solution I came to was to write my own "NetShare"-like app for personal use. Share: Visit the Phones Topic Center Get the latest in phone news, reviews and more. Visit the Phones reviews page See our latest editorial reviews, user ratings and more. PC World's App Guide iPhone & iPod Touch app reviews from our editors--and you! Get the latest on Android Get the latest on BlackBerry Top 5 Products of the Year Readers choice! Take our Facebook poll and tell us your top 5. Vote here. Advertisement Get BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express for Free The power behind the world-class BlackBerry experience is now free. 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