Visa and Samsung yesterday announced a global alliance that they said has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of mobile payments globally. According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to ...
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Has Sony finally nailed it? From our time using the Xperia Z handset, Sony seems to have achieved exactly that. We found the Xperia Z to be a sophisticated phone. Its 5-inch full HD screen is ultra sharp with 441 pixels per inch ...
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Global financial groups have intensified their war to control the lucrative future of the digital wallet, which will let people use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that several OEMs and smartphone providers are leveraging its SkyOne front-end solution. The SkyOne platform, ...
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GLOBAL financial groups are competing to control the lucrative future of "mobile money", which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service PayPal ...
Chinese handset maker ZTE said it will consider releasing smartphones built with eight-core processors in the future as the company prioritizes the high-end market this year. ZTE plans to launch before mid-year in China so-called "super ...
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Intel will start shipping its high-performance Atom smartphone chip with 3D transistors to device makers later this year, who will then test the chip for use in handsets. The Atom chip, code-named Merrifield, will improve performance and ...
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HTC showed off some capabilities of its new premium HTC One Android handset at a ritzy Australian launch in Sydney last night. You could be mistaken for thinking the silver version of the One was an Apple device: its thin ...
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They are probably the biggest cellphone makers most people have never heard of. Despite ranking third and fourth in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter, mention Huawei and ZTE to many Americans or Europeans and you're likely ...
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Chinese technology firm ZTE said on Thursday that it will be the first vendor to launch smartphones using Nvidia‘s Tegra 4 processor, with new models slated to arrive in China before mid-year. Unveiled in January, the Tegra 4 ...
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HTC, the struggling Taiwanese maker of smartphones, is taking a page from longtime partner Microsoft as it launches a new phone under the One brand. The phone runs Google's Android software, but HTC is grafting its own home screen on ...
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HTC and Nokia are separately expected to announce super-high-quality cameras in new smartphones expected to be unveiled over the next week. It remains unclear whether the new cameras alone can lure new customers to either smartphone ...
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LG Electronics has unveiled the latest version of its flagship smartphone, boasting a higher-resolution screen aimed at gaining a technical edge over bigger rivals like Samsung. The Optimus G Pro - the newest version of the Optimus G ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK has released details of test results that demonstrate how its envelope tracking (ET) technology can unlocks the potential of RF CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) for high-end 3G and 4G ...
LG Electronics has taken the fight to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2, having revealed its new Optimus G Pro on Monday, which, LG says, is a direct competitor to the hugely successful phablet. The new device will have a 5.5-inch screen, ...
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