What matters in the fall smartphone lineup

	Trade-in volume signals 'tremendous' sales for iPhone 6 | Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall
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	What matters in the fall smartphone lineup Given that at least five top-flight smartphones will be launched in September, would-be buyers will have plenty of choices. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Intelligent Imaging for Improved Banking Performance A new generation of "Intelligent Imaging" solutions has emerged that is helping banks remove the burden of paper in legacy processes, like loan origination and new account openings, while extending the power of document and data capture to achieve new levels of case management and business intelligence. Learn More In this Issue Trade-in volume signals 'tremendous' sales for iPhone 6 Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall Preston Gralla: Is the app gap still killing Windows Phone? First Firefox OS smartphone goes on sale in India for $33 Automakers put Apple's CarPlay in the slow lane LTE in Wi-Fi spectrum shows great potential, says NTT DoCoMo Uber builds on being 'best' by linking its ride requests to other mobile apps FDA approves tech that turns smartphone into stroke warning system Sprint drops second shoe: $60 unlimited voice, text, data plan Opera Mini becomes default browser for Microsoft's fading feature phones Google's search app gets friendlier to bilingual Android users Jonny Evans: 10 things we know about Apple's new iPhone 6 A8 chip WHITE PAPER: IBM Breaking BlackBerry: Your transition plan in 10 easy steps The move from BlackBerry should be a methodical approach that turns off the BES lights in a phased and methodical manner as you integrate iOS and Android into your mobility strategy. Learn more! Trade-in volume signals 'tremendous' sales for iPhone 6 Apple will have a 'tremendous' opening of the iPhone 6, buyback vendors said, basing their predictions on recent activity by consumers locking in prices for their old smartphones. Read More Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall Microsoft cut the prices of its Surface 2 tablets by as much as 22%, dropping the entry-level Windows 8.1 RT device to $349. Read More Preston Gralla: Is the app gap still killing Windows Phone? Apps sell phones, and Windows Phone has long lagged behind both iOS and Android in app availability. Is it finally closing the gap, or is it still being hurt by the app gap? Read More First Firefox OS smartphone goes on sale in India for $33 Mozilla announced that a smartphone powered by its Firefox OS mobile operating system went on sale in India, one of the key markets that the company has targeted. Read More Automakers put Apple's CarPlay in the slow lane Some car manufacturers are delaying their rollout of CarPlay, the software platform from Apple that synchronizes an iPhone to a vehicle's infotainment system. Read More LTE in Wi-Fi spectrum shows great potential, says NTT DoCoMo In the hunt for new ways to handle growing data volumes, NTT DoCoMo and Huawei Technologies have demonstrated that LTE can be deployed over 5GHz, which today is used for Wi-Fi networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Spanning Warning: Cloud Data at Risk Experts agree that relying on SaaS vendors to backup and restore your data is dangerous. Yet that's exactly what huge portions of the business world are doing, according to the results of an exclusive new survey from IDG Research. Learn More Uber builds on being 'best' by linking its ride requests to other mobile apps The Uber mobile app was already gaining popularity with smartphone users looking to find a ride in a big city, but now the app is on the verge of getting much bigger. Read More FDA approves tech that turns smartphone into stroke warning system The FDA approved an algorithm that allows a special iPhone case to record the heart's rhythm and detect abnormalities associated with strokes or other heart-related problems. Read More Sprint drops second shoe: $60 unlimited voice, text, data plan Sprint announced a $60-per-month unlimited talk, text and data plan -- its second price cut in four days -- that's designed to undercut competitors. Read More Opera Mini becomes default browser for Microsoft's fading feature phones Opera Software and Microsoft have struck a deal to replace Nokia's Xpress browser with Opera Mini on Microsoft's dying line of feature phones. Read More Google's search app gets friendlier to bilingual Android users Want to Google the name of a restaurant in English and then ask for the weather in Japanese? On Android it no longer requires switching back and forth between language settings. Read More Jonny Evans: 10 things we know about Apple's new iPhone 6 A8 chip Apple's iPhone 6 appears on schedule for its public reveal in September, when it begins churning off the production line into the pockets of tens of millions of customers. The smartphone will use new Apple-designed chips. Gere's what we think we know about them. Read More
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