Samsung posted a record net profit of $6.6bn (£4.2bn) in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q4 earnings release, but warned of more difficult times to come. It comes one day after rival smartphone producer Apple ...
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With the latest generation of high-end smartphones sporting power-hungry 5-inch screens, a growing number of phone vendors are emphasizing bigger batteries rather than thinner devices. After HTC's introduction of a 5-inch, full-HD screen ...
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PhatWare Corporation has updated the WritePad for Android application, vastly improving text input in the user's own handwriting with a stylus or even a finger. WritePad's input method for Android OS aims to replace the on-screen ...
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U.K.-based telecoms operator O2 recently urged the mobile industry to cease selling smartphone charges with new handsets, having completed a successful trial. The operator revealed the results of a three-month-long pilot scheme in ...
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Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report. The company, perhaps best known as a manufacturer of laptop and tablet computers, is looking to expand its ...
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AT&T sold a record number of smartphones in the last three months of 2012 as consumers snapped up new products from the likes of Apple and Samsung. The company sold 10.2 million smartphones in the quarter, it said in a regulatory filing ...
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HTC's upcoming flagship smartphone called the M7 has been revealed online ahead of its launch. It seems that HTC can't keep many of its phones under wraps until launch. The latest to break cover is the M7 which is expected to be announced ...
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China's smartphone market is growing so fast that it is expected to be nearly twice as large as the U.S. market this year, according to research firm Canalys. Smartphone shipments to the Chinese market will reach 239.8 million units in ...
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British Telecom has sued 14 mobile operators because of a basic patent infringement. The lawsuit was submitted by Steelhead Licensing, LLC Company on January 4, 2013. British Telecom said, it had the patents of two technologies. One is a ...
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In response to the growing demand for high-speed mobile internet, HTC on Wednesday announced the UAE launch of the One SV smartphone, the first device in the HTC One family to feature 4G LTE technology. The firm said that the One SV was ...
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Apple iPhone 5 users consume the most cellular data, while owners of Samsung's Galaxy S III upload more data than any other smartphone, according to a survey conducted by Arieso. Growing data volumes continue to challenge operators, ...
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Apple has allegedly cut its orders by roughly half in response to lower than expected sales of the iPhone 5 this quarter. Japanese business news network Nikkei has reported that Apple has asked Japan Display, Sharp and LG Display to ...
Apple iPhone 5 users consume more cellular data than anyone else, while owners of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S III upload the most data, according to a survey conducted by Arieso, which said that growing data volumes continue to ...
In 2013, a high-end smartphone should have a full-HD 5-inch screen and a 13-megapixel camera to remain competitive, if products launched at International CES in Las Vegas this week are an indication of the state of the art for mobile ...
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Vendors are showing off a slew of wireless charging products at the CES show here, products that range from a Toyota automobile armrest built to charge enabled smartphones to multi-phone charging pads to tablet chargers. In all, 34 smart ...
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