IDG News Service - LG Electronics has launched an LTE smartphone with a quad-core processor, the Optimus G, which it hopes will set it apart from the competition as the smartphone market starts to ramp up for the holiday season. The next ...
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Chinese telco equipment and smartphone maker ZTE is struggling to sell its wares in a sluggish market, and in face of EU and US government investigations. Chinese telco equipment and smartphone maker ZTE is struggling to sell its wares in ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn,MA,USA(which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors)says it is capturing additional content in smartphone platforms with its light emitting diode(LED)camera flash driver ...
Nokia has posted another near-€1bn loss following a collapse in sales in its key market of Greater China in a third quarter report,published today. The mobile phone handset maker's results had been eagerly awaited as a key indicator ...
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IDG News Service - Android continued to increase its dominance of the smartphone market during the second quarter, powered by Samsung's success. Competitor Apple in contrast struggled somewhat as consumers held out for the next iteration of ...
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Ascent launches EnerPlex solar-powered charger for Samsung Galaxy S III Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible ...
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Fujitsu,NEC and Docomo are to set up a Yen 100m jv calledAccess Network Technology,to develop baseband ICs for 4G. The rationale is that,with Qualcomm becoming ever more dominant,and ST-E sinking like a stone,it is vital that Qualcomm ...
Tags: Fujitsu and Docomo set up LTE IC JV, baseband ICs for 4G
Samsung has rejected Apple's claim that it copied the iPhone during opening arguments in the first court clash between the two technology companies before a US jury in San Jose, California. The technology firms have each accused the other ...
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Apple and Samsung Electronics hurled strong statements at each other in the opening rounds of their Silicon Valley patent trial on Tuesday,kicking off a case that could result in billions of dollars in damages. In a packed federal ...
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IDG News Service-Mobile malware is rising fast,infecting nearly 13 million phones in the world during the year first half of 2012,up 177%from the same period a year ago,according to Beijing-based security vendor NetQin. In a report ...
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Apple is falling sharply behind Samsung in smartphones as Samsung out-shipped Apple 2-to-1 in the quarter,according to IDC. IDC estimated Samsung's Q2 shipments at 50.2m units with a market share of 32.6.Apple says it sold 26m iPhones ...
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Quarterly earnings from some of the biggest tech companies in the world this week were decidedly mixed,but showed some signs of strength,particularly in enterprise IT spending. Tech vendors with exposure to the hardware market have ...
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A court in California denied Samsung on Tuesday a stay on a preliminary injunction against sales in the U.S. of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone running Android, a day after the same court refused to stay a similar injunction against the ...
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Nokia is to sell its UK-based Vertu,luxury mobile phone business,as part of major changes to its mobile business which will see 10,000 jobs go. Nokia has agreed terms for private equity group,EQT VI to acquireVertu which is headquartered ...
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