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<title>JD Power: poor LTE battery hurting Android rating vs. iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/15/jd.power.sees.early.4g.hurting.android.makers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/htcvivid-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The rush to have 4G for its own sake has cost Android phone designers in terms of users' "happiness" with their devices, JD Power found in its first phone satisfaction study of 2012.  Those who had LTE devices, almost all of them Android, gave noticeably lower scores to battery life, at 6.1 out of 10 on average versus 6.7 for those on 3G.  The added speed ended up itself compounding the problem, s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JD Power: iPhone staying well ahead in smartphone quality</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/08/jd.power.still.has.apple.above.htc.in.satisfaction/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/iphone4-samsunggalaxysii.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has managed to keep its significant lead in smartphone satisfaction in spite of improving performance from its Android counterparts.  JD Power in a new study saw end users give Apple a score of 838, over 40 points past its spring results and its sixth consecutive spot at the top of the ranks.  HTC also improved, but at 801 had garnered at a slightly slower rate....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon tops, Sprint and AT&amp;T trail in network quality ranks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/26/jd.power.gives.verizon.nod.in.cellular.performance/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/iphone4-verizoncr2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[JD Power late this week published an updated study that gave Verizon another win in cellular network quality rankings.  Customers gave it the lead in all but the North central US, where US Cellular had the lead.  In some cases, the margin was a wide one, with three to five fewer problems per 100 people....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Survey: DSLR buyers unhappy with shutter speed, durability</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/20/nikon.pro.series.tops.jd.power.ranks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/nikon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[DSLR buyers are reportedly mostly satisfied with cameras' image quality, though some users are left desiring improvements to shutter speed and durability, according to the JD Power and Associates 2011 DSLR survey. The report measures five groups of factors: picture quality; durability and reliability, including battery life; features, such as zoom and image stabilization; ease of operation; and sh...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iPhone tops JD Power ranks, widens lead over Android</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/iphone4-11.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple continued a winning streak on Thursday after a new JD Power study of cellphone owners gave it the lead.  For the fifth consecutive time, the iPhone had the highest satisfaction of any phone with a 795-point score.  While down slightly from the summer, Android manufactuers' scores were down significantly more; Motorola and HTC fell from 791 and 781 points each to 763 and 762, barely above the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon tops JD Power call quality study, AT&amp;T mixed</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/iphone4-verizon3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[JD Power's latest call quality study has given Verizon the lead in call quality for its 13th consecutive period.  The CDMA carrier had significantly better call quality in the US northeast, southeast, southwest and west.  It only fell short of an unambiguous lead in the mid-Atlantic, where it was tied with AT&amp;T, and in the north central area, where US Cellular had the fewest call problems....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon, T-Mobile top customer care in cell providers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/04/jd.power.says.att.still.has.below.avg.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1002/motodroid-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon and T-Mobile are still in a dead heat for the lead in customer help in the US, JD Power said today in its latest study of US carriers.  The group gave Verizon a one point lead over its rival with a score of 753 in its ability to serve customers over the phone, in person and online.  The two are the only ones to have received a full five star rating thanks to their speed and ability to solv...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon lead in call quality narrowing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/03/18/jd.power.call.quality.rise/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/lgdare.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The call quality among various wireless voice network providers has held steady over the last 18 months while the gap between the best performing networks and the worst is disappearing, says a recent JD Power and Associates report, though Verizon is still at the top of the list. On average, its customers have reported just 15 problems per 100 (PP100) calls as related to voice quality, the ability ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon ousts T-Mobile in support quality</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/14/jd.power.support.quality/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/verizonvcastmusicrhapsody.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon has just edged out long-time champion T-Mobile in its ability to help cellular customers, according to the results of a new JD Power study.  The research group gave the second-largest carrier the nod for a high score of 103 in the survey, which tracked both carriers' ability to provide an actual solution to a given problem on the phone, in person, or online, as well as the amount of hold t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JD Power survey names top cellular networks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/03/27/jd.power.network.survey/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/samsungi760-verizon2.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[J.D. Power and Associates on Thursday released the first volume of its 2008 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study, which rates the major wireless carriers in seven specific areas relating to quality based on surveys of users. The bi-annual report rates each provider on a demerit point system, measuring their performance on a problems per 100 calls (PP100) scale, with lower scores translating to ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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