Global smartphone shipments grew to 173.7 million units in Q3 2012,representing 44%growth from 120.4 million in Q3 2011. The statistics from Canalys revealed Samsung and Apple accounted for nearly 50%of the global market share.Samsung ...
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Breaking into the smartphone market with a new platform may seem to be a tall order, but Finnish company Jolla think it can be done and has demonstrated the user interface of its upcoming operating system Sailfish. Jolla, which means ...
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Samsung is set to become the biggest cell phone maker in the world this year eclipsing Nokia, which has held the title for 14 straight years. Samsung will end the year with a 29 percent share of global shipments, up from 24 percent in ...
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Apple today said it has sold 2 million iPhone 5 smartphones in China since Friday, setting an opening weekend sales record for the country. The announcement was Apple's first to trumpet sales in the People's Republic of China (PRC), as ...
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Panasonic Wednesday said it will end its short-lived return to the European smartphone market, pulling out less than a year after launching its first handset outside of Japan since 2005. Panasonic had high hopes for its Eluga smartphone, ...
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As Apple prepares to launch its iPhone 5 in China, some analysts expect the product to sell well in the country and possibly even top sales for Apple's previous iPhone models in the country. Apple will finally launch the iPhone 5 in China ...
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Nokia has been knocked out of IDC's list of global top five smartphone companies by mobile devices firm RIM. IDC has been running its Mobile Phone Tracker report since 2004, and this is the first time Nokia has slipped out of the ...
Mobile phones are now in the fourth generation of improving technology (also known as 4G) which makes a big difference to how casinos will advertise and promote their mobile accessibility. ESSEX, ENGLAND, December 06, 2012 ...
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Stringent iPhone 5 production specifications established by Apple and supply issues with new components like the Lightning port and larger screen could be responsible for Foxconn's delays of the handset, analysts said on Wednesday. ...
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Research in Motion (RIM) has been ordered to pay $147.2m to Mformation Technologies in damages for patent infringement. The patent ruling comes at a difficult time as the BlackBerry maker struggles to regain market share and boost ...
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Nokia continues to struggle as its third-quarter smartphone unit sales dropped by 63 percent compared to last year, while some warn that expectations for the arrival of its first phones based on Windows Phone 8 should not be too high. The ...
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Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which officially launched Monday and will ship in November on three U.S. carriers, will support 46 of the top 50 most popular smartphone apps with a Data Sense app for more efficient data usage that will first ...
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A US judge has ordered Apple to disclose details of its patent-sharing deal with HTC to rival Samsung. Earlier this month, Apple and HTC signed a 10-year licence agreement, but did not disclose the details. Samsung, which is involved in ...
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Samsung is the best-selling smartphone brand across Europe, according to research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The analyst company published a study this week claiming the South Korean firm holds 45% of the market share across the ...
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More than 17,600 users in U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) are being moved from their BlackBerry devices to Apple's iPhone, after it was found that technology from Research In Motion cannot meet the mobile technology needs of ...
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