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. >> the bigger and better smarter smartphone. in countries such as japan and the united states, more mobile carriers are getting into the iphone game. how is that expected to change things? >> well, here in japan, stock-based monopoly for the iphone ended. the same in happening in the united states where sprint has now joined mobile powerhouses, at&t and verizon wireless. what this does, with more distributors making the exact same product, it not only broadens the customer base but puts pressure on them to improve the data network to accommodate heavy traffic smartphone users who aren't just calling and texting, they're now uploading and downloading video. better yet, they may be watching us live on the nhk world live app. >> good news for us. mobile carriers and manufacturers seem to be betting on smartphones as the future of their industries. how is that changing the market in japan? >> well, catherine, for years, cell phones like these dominated the market. so much so that studies show only 9% of people signing cell phone con

. >> sunny ericsson said it will focus on the smartphone -- sony ericsson says it will focus on the smartphone. the company announced a third quarter pre-tax profit of 31 million euros. they expect slimmer margins in the future. smartphones account for 80% of its sales. apple's iphone 4s is already selling out. fans lined up outside stores in munich to get one. the line formed before opening hours, even with the cold weather. the 4s to a record 1 million orders. apple could sell as million -- as many as 30 million in this quarter alone. >> the british defense minister has resigned over his friendship with a businessman who posed as his adviser on trips abroad. an inquiry is underway as to whether he broke the rules. he made an announcement when the findings were released. he became the first conservative minister to quit the coalition. he apologized for blurring the line between personal and state activities. armed supporters of muammar gaddafi opened fire on troops of the new interim government. government forces have stepped up their attacks on the last pockets of resistance. gaddafi's home

parents on their smartphones all day will have children who want to play on those smartphones all day oh, it is a revolution out there, isn't it? very mixed feelings about all of this. thank you, cecilia. >>> and when we return, is it time for the global symbol of america, the dollar bill, to say good-bye -- to save money? good-bye -- to save money? medicare open enrollment. now through december 7th. can i stick with my old medicare plan? sure! or find a new plan with better coverage, less cost, or both. medicare plans give you free cancer screenings and wellness visits and 50% off on brand-name prescriptions when you're in the doughnut hole. it's part of the healthcare law. so it's time to look, compare... and choose the right plan for you. learn more at 1-800-medicare or medicare.gov. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! but wanted to do something m

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they're locked in legal battles in ten countries over smartphone technology. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> an encouraging display of the power of positive thinking. in canada, a 100-year-old man has become the oldes pson to complete a full marathon. indian born-faja singh ran in a crow waterfront marathon on sunday, crossing the finish line in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds after the starting gun was fired. the barricas at t finish line had already been taken down when singh reached his goal more than six hours after the first runner had crossed the line. he was greeted warmly by family members and friends who had been waiting for him patiently. guinness world records has recognized singh as the first centanarto c a full-length marathon. singh said after the race he felt like getting married again. he added his secret of longevity is a diet consisting mainly of curry and tea and stressed the importance of avoiding negative people to maintain peace of >>> hiroita isith sports. >>> hello sports fans and welcome in to today's sports report. 108 top golfers, pros an

smartphone bills can run higher than you think. brenda butner from the fox business network explains. >> it's like giving -- like you know it's coming and finally there. i don't think you will understand? >> reporter: that happy new iphone owner shares the feelings with millions of others. no less than 4 million joy joy phone 4s units were sold during the debut weekend alone, merely selling out? and have you calculated the phone or any smartphone, really take on your wallet? we're talking thousands of dollars? fox business crunched the numbers and, for example, a basic 16 gigabyte iphone with a two-year at&t contract could cost you over $3,700. that doesn't include takes, app, or accessory. and it's not much less for the same phone with a two-year verizon contract. if you can't live without your smart phone, there are some ways to save. first, do your homework. get the plan that is best for you, like a family plan or talk and text? next, say no to downloading. you can actually save money by doing it on your computer instead of your

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little toddlers, even infants enthralled by digital devices like smartphones and ipads.out today finds that very young children are spending more time than we ever imagined in front of the new technology. so, is this really good for young brains? here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: this is a 1-year-old at ease with an ipad, her hand moving the screen. but what about when she's given an old fashioned magazine? point, swipe, that doesn't work. she has no idea what to do with it. she's not alone. in fact, more than half of 5 to 8-year-olds have used devices like smartphones or ipads. 40% of 2 to 4-year-olds. even infants are now using apps. 10% of babies under age 1 have had some screen time. >> this is the reality for this generation. the genie is out of the bottle. >> reporter: and this generation of children is starting young, turning on computers for the first time at an average age of 3 1/2. just like hannah. nearly 4 years old who today showed us her favorite ipad apps, and her favorite game. angry birds. >> i made him go so far -- >> reporter: and while experts s

. >> reporter: he uses the smartphone app book scouter. it lets him find out if he will make a profit. that's one of the many ways people are getting creative to make some extra money these days. another way, starting with your fridge. one company is willing to pay what you're storing. >> they will send you a free bar code cash. they ask that you scan it and it transmits the data to them and companies use the feedback to tell them what brands are popular. >> reporter: if you like texting people, make a new bucks from your couch. >> they get a range of questions on their website and via text and need people to come up with answers through a google search. you get paid per text. >> reporter: you can also rate to come up withd anywhere from company names. that's jonathan. he gets extra cash for cars. >> to go out and test drive a vehicle, have fun in it and then able to come back, write up a report. >> reporter: you're not going to get rich but jonathan will tell you it's really helpful when times are tough. >> any little bit to help, go for

the answer may be as close as your smartphone.lier i talked with tech analyst daniel seidenberg and started to ask him what sort of apps are out there to keep kids safe. >> new york state, which has a facebook app that allows you look up registered sex offenders by teepiyping in your zip code. this is a new product they put out, but not the first time they can do this thing. on a national level go to nsopw.gov. you can do a similar thing. type in juryour zip code and fi out who might be living in your neighborhood. the information varies depending on your jurisdiction. not every state releases the same type of information. it may not be as up to date as you like, but at least it's an option for parents knowing you're in a particular neighborhood. an interesting app here. this is called trick or tracker. this is for android phones. the idea is you've got two android phones, one for your child and one for the adult. use a pin code to connect those phones so they talk to each other. you can track where your child goes in a particular

smartphones could replace low and digital cameras.halloween now falls below christmas and valentine's day as one of the most offensive holidays. that can be a spooky thought, but we show you several ways to dress for less. >> so many stores have jumped on the halloween costume bandwagon and some of the prices make me want to scream. looking off the beaten path can help you create the perfect halloween outlook for a fraction of the price. my first stop is good will. i like to exercise my creative flair when it comes to dressing up. frankenstein was my son's choice. the first thing we did was find a picture online and print it out so we could fine-tune the details. we found the pants at goodwill for $1 apiece. his neck balts are a headband covered in pantyhose with a slice court glued to each side. total cost, $6. i have also created count dracula. i tried to build on the clothes he already has. the cape was $0.60 at a yard sale. the only thing else he needed was baked teeth and blood. i found a batman costume at a yard sale and found -

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. >> jobs unveiled the iphone/smartphone in 2007. the ipad tablet computer followed in 2010. both became big-hit products around the world. they introduced a new concept of a touchpad. steve jobs' charisma won apple employees and consumers. apple is now the world's largest company in terms of market capitalization. jobs battled cancer the last several years of his life and resigned as ceo last august and said he could no longer fulfill his duties as apple's top executives. apple fans in china are paying tribute to steve jobs wednesday. an apple store in shanghai, largest on mainland china set up a makeshift memorial for jobs at his storefront. some people visited and laid flowers for him. >> i'm a systems engineer. jobs was like a god to me. i'm sorry that i lost my icon. >> translator: i believe apple will be all right. because the spirit of jobs is instilled throughout the company. >> apple has five stores in shanghai and beijing. the company's smartphone, iphone, ipad tablet are popular items among young chinese. >>> japan and china have agreed to the two countries need to

samsung has 24% of the global smartphone market. and they only got serious about smartphones last year. >>> hewlett-packard is changing its mind. ceo meg whitman decided not to sell off the personal computer business. it delivers low-priced components to other parts of the company. whitman says lieu let pack card's units are simply stronger together. >>-lantern is going to cost you more this halloween. the agriculture department blames bad weather for the pumpkin crops. retail prices are up an average of 40%. >> wow. all right. >>> when we come back this morning, a true fall classic. on the brink of elimination, the st. louis cardinals force a final game seven. >>> and will the house that will be rocking this halloween. stay with us. for me, bedtime was tough. the problem? right here. i couldn't breathe... i couldn't sleep and mornings? rough. i tried tissues and neti pot thingy and even more tissues then i said enough! and i found the solution. [ female announcer ] drug-free breathe right nasal strips. i put it on and...wow! instan

take a look at the smartphone market share back then.. now fast forward to august 2011, google with 43%, apple at 27 and rim at just under 20%. it lost nearly half of its market share in two years. so blackberry tried to do something dramatic today but the first thing the ceo did, he wanted to apologize for the mass e-mail outage we saw last week. take a look at that. >> i want to address some recent news items. first, the worldwide outages we experienced this week were unfortunate. we restored full service as quickly as we could. now we're focused on the root cause analysis, our internal systems audits and making this right for more than 7 million blackberry users around the world. >> reporter: so blackberry trying to do something dramatic to get the users back. one thing it's doing, it's giving $100 to all of its 70 million users to try to download some apps, hopefully at least from their point of view, hopefully that will bring customers back into their tent and keep the blackberry name alive. but it's tough going for this company. on

smartphones, all the rage these days, but japan was slow to ride the wave. sony is trying to change that. >> thanks, catherine, sony's ten-year partnership with ericson, sony is looking to gain control of swedish electronicsmaker ericsson to beef up mobile phone operations as competition heats up worldwide. sources say sony is in talks with its swedish partner. the japanese firm aims to take over the gent venture to make it a wholly owned group company or boost its shareholding. sony ericsson mobile communications was set up ten years ago as a 50/50 partnership. it sells cell phones and markets around the world. through an effective buyout of the joint enterprise, sony aims to boost its mobile phone operations and speed up decision making. >>> in other news, the eu has begun discussing efforts to boost the capital of european commercial banks. the measures may include the injection of public money. german chancellor angela merkel added that europe should not hesitate to recapitalize its banks if it prevents greater economic damage. concerns are rising in eur

they claim it shipped more than 20 million smartphones of the three months since september. it beat apple's 70 million and nokia's 16.8 million. -- apple's 17 million parent looking at the markets, the story we are seeing all week, volatility. one day losing and one day gaining. ahead of those talks between the zero leaders and the weekend and going into next week, looking for a solution to the euro crisis. putting a fire wall around a great situation and deal with the banks as well. >> a busy weekend for european leaders. the moment has arrived in libya that the interim government has been waiting, to pick up the pieces and begin rebuilding. our reporter looks now at the difficulties ahead in embracing the next phase of the revolution. democratic reforms leading to free elections. >> it is only two days since the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was in tripoli, the most senior u.s. official to bring support to the national transitional council. she received assurances from libya's new leaders about their desire to move toward democracy quickly. that process begins no

. >>> your smartphone might be able to save you money on taxis.ere's jonathan bloom with the app that helps you share a ride and split the cost. >> i touch this window like this >> reporter: he wanted to solve a problem that is much older than smartphones. the problem of finding a taxi. >> no open cabs to be found. cab after cab going by with one person in it, going downtown. >> reporter: on the days he was lucky enough to get a cab he decided to fry something. >> i would pull over for people who were trying to -- hail a cab and asked if they wanted to share a cab. i was never turned down. >> reporter: dan had found a need and set about creating an app for that. >> you see another rider. you can tap their icon and chat with them. >> reporter: taxi share is social networking meets transportation. already live in chicago now launching in san francisco. you tap where you are headed and finds people along the way who want to share a ride. with help from a few willing conferencegoers dan showed us how it works. >> you can tell by the color coded do the

new survey predicting that 41% of smartphone users lobbying this new iphone. a -- users will be buying this new iphone. predictions from whether the screen will be bigger, faster, better camera, all kinds of ideas. it will be unveiled here at 10:00 this morning. live in coup toon know, amy hollyfield, -- in cupertino, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> a frustrated community poised to pack an east palo alto council meeting tonight over the dangers at one intersection where a 6-year-old girl was hit and kill by a car. terry mcsweeney is live with the story. >> reporter: the east palo alto city council meeting tonight should be emotional if the past is any indication. they want answers, they want to know why nothing was done to make it safer despite an injury to a child six months ago and a warning a year ago. last night's memorial for 6-year-old sioreli torres. she was walking to school with her mom and sisters when a car driven by felicia white-parker a teacher at a different school struck and kill her. the teacher has been interviewed by police and released. poli

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do you know how much your smartphone is really costing you? seems everyone has one these days and with apple's iphone 4 -- iphone 4s units selling like hotcakes, smartphones are more popular than ever before. the long term costs of owning one of these might leave you in sticker shock. joining us is fox business network's shibani joshi. shibani. >> we're at no loss of choices. get iphone 4s, a droid phone. a lot of tech fans are talking about the new nexus prime out from google that will be out there. most of us when we make decisions we just think about the sticker price of the actual handset unit that we're considering buying. it is a lot more fun. a lot more personal to make those decisions but there is bigger financial commitment involved if you're thinking about getting a new smartphone, signing up for a new commitment. we dug into the numbers to do a little bit of homework for you. not meaning to pick on the iphone 4 s because it is quite representative what will is cost to get a smartphone no matter who makes it. verizon, not picking on

or look for mobideals on your smartphone. smartphone.broadcaat group. 3coming up... the i-phone 4-s s breaking records... how many smartphones weee sold in just features... that set it apaat from other models. and he wws the man who terrorized our areas for months.the ee wife of the d-c sniper... shares her story live in studio.. next.you're watching fox 45 morninggnews.. all local.. all morning. p(break 6)) jñ3 3 new this morning... the i-phone 4-ssis setting records.... apple sold more than 4-million smartphones... in just three days.that's more than twice the number apple opening weekend.the new i-phone appears physically the same aa the i-phone 4... buu it is faster and has a better activated personal assistant. the iooa republican party has made it official... its caucuses will nnw be heed on tuesday, january third... instead of in february.the move comes after florida moved its primary to january 311t. iowa republicans say they had no choice but to move theirs up too... since iowa is the first state to hold caucuses. nine years ago

the incident was a black eye for rim as the smartphone maker continues to lose market share to apple and android phones. rim says the free downloads will be available for about a month on the blackberry app world site. with the 2012 race for the white house heating up, tonight's commentator weighs in on the economic cornerstone of the latest republican front-runner. here's jared bernstein. he's with the center on budget and policy priorities, and as former chief economist to vice president joe biden, he's no stranger to presidential politics. >> the long american election cycle is upon us. i do not take the privilege of democracy lightly. what matters most to the future of our country is that voters clearly understand the issues at hand. there is too much at stake to throw up our hands in confusion on the policy, only to decide which candidate we'd like to share a beer with. so lets talk facts. candidate herman cain claims that his 9-9-9 tax plan will lower the federal tax bill for the middle class. yet every independent analysis i've seen shows this to be false. the tax bill for a $

but it gives research in motion social networking tools for smartphones and tablets. investors aren't that excited by the deal though. shares of rimmm lost 4%. the company has seen its smartphone business erode byon apple and android phones and their apps for users. finally, commodity losers. coffee fell more than 4%. vietnam and brazil coffee crops are expected to be near-record harvests. natural gas was down 3% as was silver. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: more now on the nation's jobs picture, colorado is one of the few states in the country with an unemployment rate below the national average. and part of the reason is its role as a launching pad for small businesses, especially restaurants. chipotle and red robin gourmet burgers are just two examples of colorado start-ups that became big success stories and big employers. cynthia hessin from our bureau at rocky mountain pbs introduces us to some new denver food entrepreneurs hoping to do the same. >> reporter: lunch time is fast at smashburger-- a pace that matches the company's steep growth. named

it redesigned the smartphone. it changed the way that smartphones look and operate.st and had a large touch screen and had a solid operating system right from the beginning. something that had plagued inventors of these things for some time. then there is the. i'm definitely not getting a job at apple. then there was the eco system. put that back. the integration between software and hardware. this was a big deal, but the idea was simple and it really, really paid off for apple. create a system where the products all work together. think about itunes and how easy it is to buy music and then upload it to an ipod or iphone or mac or any computer that you need. that integration, i have to tell you, that was the curse for most peep. >> now, let's go over to the operating system, which is supposed to be right here. easy to use and stable operating system, big part of their reputation. a reliable platform something that couldn't be said of windows throughout the years. the whole idea of the apple store. the store layout. 345 stores across the globe. the key to these locati

something that's between a laptop and a smartphone? of course we've pondered this question for years as well. the bar is pretty high. in order to really create a new category of devices, those devices are going to have to be far better at doing some key tasks. and we call it the ipad. and what this device does is extraordinary. you can browse the web with it. it is the best browsing experience you've ever had. it's phenomenal to see a whole web page right in front of you and you can manipulate it with your fingers. it's unbelievably great, way better than a laptop, way better than a smartphone. for 2010, we're going to take the biggest leap since the original iphone. and so today -- [ applause ] today we're introducing iphone 4. the fourth generation iphone. stop me if you've already seen this. believe me, you ain't seen it. you've got to see this thing in person. it is one of the most beautiful designs you've ever seen. hey, johnny. [ applause ] i grew up here in the u.s. with the jetsons and "star trek" and communicators and just dre