From the it-was-only-a-matter-of-time department, smartphones now comprise the majority of all new handset purchases in the United States. In addition to leading the pack among existing smartphone devices, Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android is also driving the largest share of new smartphone sales, according to...
Chinese manufacturer ZTE Corp. said it will produce tablets in Brazil. The annoucement was given just after a July 27 meeting that ZTE’s CEO, Hou Weigui, had with the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, in Brasília.
During this meeting, Weigui guaranteed that ZTE...
The second biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer in Taiwan has sued Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) and South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNLF) alleging patent infringement.
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) alleges that AT&T and Samsung disregarded intellectual property rights in flat panel display product lines...
Penn Olson | June 27, 2011 | Willis Wee
Mobile advertising expenditure is rocketing around the world, but nowhere like it is in China. Citing eMarketer, Chinese Internet research firm iResearchproduced a graph showing rising mobile spending in China. By 2015, the figure will hit a whopping $1.4...
Austin-based tablet manufacturer Xplore Technologies Corp. (XLRT) today announced a net loss of $6.3M for the year ending on March 31, deepening a hole that was at $5.5M from the same quarter last year.
Revenues at the company listed at $17.7M for the...
InformationWeek | June 21, 2011 | Eric Zeman
BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.6 adds support for Flash Player Mobile 10.3 and Adobe AIR 2.7. Android 3.1 brings improved USB compatibility and boost Wi-Fi performance.
Research In Motion released version 1.0.6 of the BlackBerry Tablet OS ...
The Telegraph | June 24, 2011 | Dean Nelson
A mobile phone recovered during the US raid last month on Osama bin Laden’s hideout shows the al-Qaeda leader’s closest courier regularly communicated with commanders of a terrorist group linked to Pakistan’s ISI intelligence...
India Today | June 23, 2011
Micromax Q80, the first push-email (ezmail) phone from handset maker Micromax, was launched in the market on Thursday, priced at Rs 4,999.
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Huawei | June 24, 2011 | Press Release
MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kineto Wireless, the key innovator and leading supplier of Smart Wi-Fi solutions for mobile operators, today announced it is working with Huawei to pre-load its Smart Wi-Fi application onto select new Android-based...
MarketWatch | June 21, 2011 | Press Release
Intcomex, Inc. Announced the Signing of a Distribution Agreement with RIM and the Incorporation of Its Line of Mobile Phone Products for Latin America and the Caribbean
MIAMI, Jun 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Miami, Florida...
Wall Street Journal | June 22, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–Brazil mobile phone subscriptions increased to 215 million in May, up 1.16% from April, according to figures released late Tuesday by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions totaled 2.5 million in May, Anatel...
Fast Internet without wiring has become competitive and even less expensive than traditional cable and DSL offerings – but can it work for you? Clearwire Corp.'s Clear's 4G offering is coined as 'super fast take it with you' Internet.I've been working with the Clear...
Two major handset makers have been given the proverbial kiss of death in an annual list of 10 companies not expected to last through the coming year.Sony Ericsson and Nokia Corp. (NOK) both drew the short stick in 24/7 Wall St.’s latest list of...
Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNLF) is in a little more trouble with Apple Inc. (AAPL) after having a patent complaint filed by Apple amended with an extra 14 products alleging that the South Korean-based company copied, including the design of new releases of the Galaxy...
SINGAPORE — Here on the show floor at CommunicAsia, there's been a strong emphasis on quality in the wealth and breadth of phones and devices on hand. From curved screens to fast chipsets and hot-swappable SIMs to loud speakers, a flurry of new devices...
PaidContent: UK | June 17, 2011 | Ingrid Lunden
Attention mobile operators: here’s a cautionary tale for you about what happens when you try to wedge yourself into the app ecosystem created by the likes of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), but fail to engage developers.
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PadGadget | June 20, 2011
The shift in popularity from netbooks to tablet PC’s prompted Acer, the world number 2 PC maker, to announce that they are changing their focus. The company shipped 400,000-500,000 netbooks in May which represents a cut of over 50% below...
InfoSonics | June 16, 2011 | Press Release
SAN DIEGO, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoSonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IFON) today announced the launch of its new verykool® i310 handset in Latin America.
"Our new verykool® i310 is a 2G flip phone that is an upgraded version of one of our most...
India Blooms | June 20, 2011
Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) MAXX Mobiles, one of India’s largest homegrown mobile phone companies, on Monday launched a new slider QWERTY keypad phone – MAXX Vista (MS502), in three color themes of pink, orange and blue.
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Wall Street Journal | June 20, 2011 | Tess Stynes
Spansion Inc. (CODE) will receive $150 million over five years as part of a settlement of its long-running patent litigation and disputes with Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY).
Spansion shares were up 4.2% at $18.68 in...
Information Week | June 20, 2011 | Ed Hansberry
Nokia's European VP Victor Saeijs said that the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will be the first to see Nokia phones running Microsoft's Windows Phone platform.
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SINGAPORE - Huawei finally unveiled its mysterious MediaPad on Monday, one day before the start of the CommunicAsia telecoms show in Singapore.The tablet, previously teased in online ads, was revealed to be a 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb, running on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor.The...
Reuters | June 17, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin and Jungyoun Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday on fears the sputtering global economy will crimp demand for computers and TVs and hurt earnings at chip and panel makers for...
ZD Net | June 17, 2011 | Rachel King
Google already promised at the launch of Google Wallet that NFCtechnology would be coming to more Android handhelds beyond theNexus S. Sony Ericsson is helping out.
Answering the call for near field communications chips is NXP, which will provide “complete embedded, secure...
