Tag Archive | "smartphones"

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AT&T attempts to persuade people it’s not a dumb pipe


Kevin Peters, AT&T’s CMO, has been trying to persuade people at the TM Forum that “the network matters.”

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Telstra adds another Galaxy to orbit: The Samsung Galaxy Ace


Australian telecommunication giant Telstra has announced plans to launch the new Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile phone on its Next G network. Over the past year, Samsung has launched several major Android devices in Australia from the Galaxy S, to the 7 & 10” Galaxy Tablets, however, and now the Galaxy Ace. Despite Samsung’s good reputation, [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook beats Xoom sales in first month


Knock the PlayBook all you want, but by all accounts it appears to be doing what Motorola Inc.’s Xoom did in its first two months of availability, according to RBC Capital Markets.

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Rumor: Nokia may sell handset division to Microsoft


Strategically teaming up as OS partners may not be enough for Microsoft when it comes to Nokia, according to Nokia watcher Eldar Murtazin, claiming the Finnish firm is in talks to sell off its entire handset division to the software giant.

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Facial recognition apps; creepy or cool?


Facial recognition is still a touchy subject in the tech world, all the more so when it comes to mobile and wireless. But while some balk at the idea of Big Brother in our pockets, others are already wishing it was already a feature on their smartphone.

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Elop to make Nokia third competitor in “three horse game” smart phone market


BARCELONA, Spain – Last night, Nokia Corp. CEO Stephen Elop took the stage at Mobile World Congress to discuss Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft Corp. and what it means for the future of both companies in the smart phone space. Elop, who was appointed as CEO and president at Nokia in 2010, has been talking about making major changes to [...]

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Android knocks Symbian off sales top spot


We all knew this moment was going to come sooner or later. Symbian, Nokia’s floundering mobile OS, has ruled the roost essentially forever in terms of sales (although it has been fairly absent in the mindshare stakes as of late), but that lead has been slowly crumbling as the twin forces of iOS and Android snapped at its heels. The question wasn’t if, but when, one of them would overtake it.

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DRAM cruisin’ for a bruisin’ in 2011


Despite strong growth opportunities in smart phones and tablets, poor old DRAM (global dynamic random access memory) just can’t seem to get its act together, with revenue set to see a sharp drop in 2011 according to iSuppli.

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HTC triples its bets on smart phone sales in 2011


Christmas is coming early for Taiwanese phonemaker HTC with reports the firm is expecting to triple its worldwide sales over the next year.

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High-tech teens send 3,339 texts a month


Market research outfit Nielson has put forth new data suggesting the average teen sends over 3,339 text message a month.

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