IDG News Service - Apple, Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola Mobility are among 15 companies sued in the U.S. over a fundamental 3G and 4G patent on determining when devices should switch cells in a mobile network. The suits were filed ...
Tags: Apple, RIM, US telcos, mobile network
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 ...
Tags: smartphones, touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, Deloitte analysts, HTC
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 ...
Tags: HTC, Android, smartphone, CES
With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
Tags: CES Show, new products, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, smart apps
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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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 ...
Tags: Android SMS, vulnerability, phishing scheme
Computerworld-Some early users of two Windows Phone 8 smartphones have complained of recurring and random reboots on Nokia's Lumia 920 and HTC's 8X smartphones. More than 65 similar posts had been filed by users on a Microsoft support ...
Tags: Windows Phone 8, reboot, Nokia's Lumia 920, HTC's 8X smartphones
One day after the launch of its next generation mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has released the SDK (software development kit) that will allow programmers to write applications for the new platform. Microsoft released ...
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HTC has launched the Desire X smartphone, which has integrated cloud storage and a camera that can shoot video and take pictures at the same time, the company said on Thursday. Based on Android 4.0, the Desire X is powered by a 1GHz ...
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Chinese handset maker ZTE showed off a new high-end phone on Wednesday. The Z5 has a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera and a quad-core processor. The Z5 is part ZTE's new line of Nubia devices, according to the company's official ...
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IDG News Service - Sony Mobile is laying off 1,000 employees and will also move its global HQ to Tokyo, as the company tries to turn around its dwindling fortunes in the smartphone space. The reorganization comes about six months after ...
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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 ...
Tags: Samsung, smartphone market
Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets to reboot themselves unexpectedly. Hundreds of users of the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X smartphones have reported on ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, handsets, smartphones
BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, July 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a world in which people have become entirely dependant on their iPhones and Smartphones for personal and professional use, it goes hand in hand that they take their essential ...
Tags: Smartphones, iPhones, key motivator, Monetary Value
A court in California has ordered Apple to produce without delay an unredacted version of its recent patent agreement with HTC, after Samsung Electronics said the agreement was relevant to its patent infringement dispute with Apple. The ...
Tags: HTC, Apple, patent agreement, Samsung Electronics