Smartphone shipments will pass the one billion mark in a single calender year for the first time in 2013,while the number in use could reach two billion,suggests research by Deloitte analysts. The study,which defines smartphone as a ...
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Beleaguered smartphone producer HTC has seen its profits drop by 91 per cent year-on-year,according to the Taiwanese firm's unaudited results for the fourth quarter of 2012. The$34.5 million(£21.44m)profit represents HTC's worst ...
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Apple will launch the next iPhone in May or June 2013, offering a swath of colors and multiple screen sizes in a move that would depart from a six-year practice, a Wall Street analyst said today. "Apple has the option to go up [in screen ...
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Apple has dropped its patent-infringement accusations against the Galaxy S III Mini, a mid-market Android smartphone that Samsung Electronics says it is not selling in the U.S. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for Northern ...
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Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China. 24-year-old Wang Hong Wei knows what it's like: He and about four to six others would collectively ...
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Computerworld-NEW YORK--Performer Kanye West was on hand Wednesday night when Samsung officially launched the 5.5-in.Galaxy Note II at an elaborate New York event that capped weeks of pre-release disclosures about the device's capabilities. ...
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Smartphone manufacturer HTC is confident it can turn its fortunes around after a poor 2012. Shares in the Taiwanese firm have dropped by as much as 80 per cent since 2010, as sales of devices such as the HTC Desire have suffered at the ...
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Computerworld-Soaring iPhone 5 sales in the U.S.have helped make iOS the top smartphone operating system in the country,edging out Android,according to market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Kantar Tuesday said its research found ...
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IDG News Service-We had the opportunity to go hands-on with the Nokia Lumia 920 before the device was officially unveiled in Australia last week.What did we think?We've always been fond of the build quality of Nokia handsets and the Lumia ...
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Network World-A researcher at North Carolina State University has uncovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to send deceptive text messages from some Android devices,as part of a phishing scheme. MORE ON ANDROID:Hottest Android ...
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The Wi-Fi Direct standard may get a much-needed boost next year from work by the Wi-Fi Alliance to make it easier to use for both consumers and developers. The specification for peer-to-peer links among devices debuted in 2010 and has ...
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On June 28,Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins announced the company's latest financials in a particularly grim earnings call.Heins reported a first-quarter loss of$518 million,or 99 cents a share.Overall sales for the period were$2.8 ...
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IDG News Service - Telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson has asked a U.S. court to block sales of a variety of Samsung Electronics cameras, Blu-ray Disc players, televisions and phones, including the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note ...
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Computerworld - AT&T's version of the quad-core LG Optimus G will go on sale Nov. 2 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders will start Tuesday, AT&T announced in a blog post. The $200 price puts the Optimus G at the same pricing ...
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PC World-If there were any doubts that Samsung's Galaxy S III is the hottest smartphone in the Android world,the latest sales figures for the handset should put those doubts to rest. In the just two months,the Samsung smartphone has ...