IDG News Service - This year at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin vendors introduced and demonstrated a plethora of ultra-high resolution TVs, hybrid tablets based on Microsoft's upcoming operating systems, as well as the first ...
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Nokia might not be the favored vendor du jour of a Windows Phone 8 smartphone, but the Finnish cell-phone maker nonetheless issued a diplomatically worded statement in response to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's praise for HTC's 8X and 8S ...
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Users of Windows Phone 7-based phones will have to wait until the new year for the long-promised version 7.8 updates to the obsolete operating system. The update is intended to improve customisation and mimic the features and functions of ...
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Microsoft has resumed publishing applications on Marketplace, after sorting out a problem related to the certificates used to sign apps in the store, according to a post on Thursday on its Windows Phone developers' blog. The fix Microsoft ...
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Nokia reported a 39% year-on-year drop in the number of smartphones it sold in the second quarter, to 10.2 million, while its net loss more than trebled. The company's total revenue for the quarter fell 19% year over year, to 7.54 billion ...
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LetMobile , a leading provider of Secure Corporate Collaboration Solutions for Personal Mobile Devices, today announced a new version of its Secure Mobile E-mail Gateway product. LetMobile is the first to offer a gateway-based DLP and ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Monday said Windows Phone will grow quickly in the global smartphone market. “We are still relatively small … I expect the volumes on Windows Phone to really ramp quickly,” Ballmer said, as ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the company’s annual Build developer conference emphasising the momentum of the company’s new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. “In just the last three days, we have ...
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Microsoft has seen strong initial demand for Windows 8, exceeding that of its predecessor Windows 7, CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Speaking at an event to launch Windows Phone 8, a new operating system for smartphones, Ballmer said the ...
Apple's practice of releasing a new iPhone once every year is dulling the company's competitive edge, according to Chinese handset maker ZTE, as rival smartphone vendors are bringing their own cutting-edge devices at a quicker pace to meet ...
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Nokia's dismal earnings report announced Thursday has left smartphone industry observers looking for better news at the Nokia World conference Sept. 5-6 in Helsinki. There are hints that Nokia could launch Windows Phone 8 on its Lumia ...
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HTC and Microsoft, have introduced Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones that will be the signature devices for the software maker’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS. The Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones will have 4.3-inch screens and ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has branded Android ‘wild’ and Apple too ‘controlled’. During a recent conversation with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman at a Churchill Club event, Ballmer said: “The ecosystem of ...
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Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in Helsinki, Finland; its first task will be to build software for smartphones and tablets based on ...
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Nokia is planning to unveil a 10in tablet based on Windows RT at the end of February 2013,according to reports circulating in the Far East. While rumours of a tablet from Nokia have been rife for more than two years,the reports suggest ...
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