Multiple users on Apple's iPhone support forum are reporting big drops in battery life after upgrading their handsets to version 6.1 of the iOS operating system. The messages, spread over several threads on the message board, all claim ...
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BlackBerry says launch sales of its new BlackBerry 10 handsets in Canada and the U.K. have beaten previous company records, but it isn't releasing actual sales figures. "In Canada, yesterday was the best day ever for the first day of a ...
Africa has become a battleground for low-to-mid-range smartphones following high-profile launches of products from leading manufacturers in the last two months. In Kenya last month, Safaricom, the region's largest mobile carrier, launched ...
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Despite the launch of the iPhone 5 in December in China, Apple's smartphone market share in the nation barely grew during last year's fourth quarter, according to research firm Canalys. The company remained the sixth largest smartphone ...
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Huawei is now the world's third biggest smartphone maker after a strong fourth quarter, according to Gartner. Should the UK share US fears over Chinese tech firms? Apple iOS watch with smartphone features reportedly in development ...
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Nujira says the first 4G LTE smartphones to use its power efficient RF technology will be on the market next year. “In the past it was an aspiration to get envelope-tracking (ET) technology designed into volume handsets, now we know ...
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Wireless will lead IC spending this year growing by 13.5% to $69.6 billion, says IHS. Of the other six major IC application areas, five will show growth of up to 6.5% and one will decline 1.7%. Total semiconductor spending will rise ...
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BlackBerry said this week that launch sales of its new BlackBerry 10-based handsets in Canada and the U.K. have beaten previous company records. However, the company formerly known as Research In Motion has declined to release actual ...
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A number of users on Apple’s iPhone support forum last week reported a big drop in battery life after they upgraded their handsets to version 6.1 of the iOS operating system. The messages, spread over several threads on the message ...
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According to new research from Cisco, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 13-fold over the next four years, exceeding the amount of data initiated over fixed lines by three to one by 2017. Cisco estimates that mobile data traffic ...
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IDG News Service - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will release phones with screens larger than 5 inches, and develop more budget-friendly handsets for the Chinese market, its chief financial officer said Monday. "We will not limit ...
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The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is selling well and supplies are barely meeting demand in some areas, according to its Canadian manufacturer. Last week's launch of the Z10 and BB10 operating system saw Research in Motion change its name to ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has unveiled five new LTE Tx/Rx switches for smartphones and tablets. The SKY13414-485LF, SKY13415-485LF, ...
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Global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 2% annually to reach 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in ...
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With the rollout of a global mobile standard like 4G LTE there are 20 or more frequency bands and operators have found themselves struggling with RF front end circuit technologies not up to the task, writes Jeremy Hendy, v-p sales and ...