Smartphone

Reuters | January 31, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds (Reuters) – Japan‘s Toshiba Corp (6502.T) more than doubled its quarterly operating profit on booming sales of NAND flash memory chips and robust …

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.

Bloomberg | January 27, 2011 | Jun Yang KT Corp., South Korea’s largest phone and Internet company, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates after marketing and smartphone costs increased. …

NTT DoCoMo | January 28, 2011 | Press Release Similar billing for data-only devices also to be introduced TOKYO, JAPAN, January 28, 2011 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that …

BBC News | January 28, 2011 Demand for smartphones has helped South Korea’s Samsung Electronics to a strong fourth quarter profit. Net profit was 3.42 trillion won ($3.1bn; £1.9bn) compared …

The Nikkei | January 26, 2011 TOKYO (Nikkei)–KDDI Corp. (9433) is teaming up with 52 FM radio broadcasters to stream programming via the Internet to its smartphone and cellular phone …

Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Brisk sales of smart phones and proceeds from a stake sale helped SK Telecom Co. (017670.SE) Tuesday post …

Taiwan Economic News | January 25, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 25, 2011 (CENS)–While actively expanding its capacity, the Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)., a globally leading vendor …

RIM | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – U Mobile Sdn Bhd (“U Mobile”) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the …

Nvidia’s dual-core Tegra 2 chip is about to be followed up with a stunningly powerful 1.5 gigahertz Tegra 3 chip by the end of 2011.

Times of India | January 24, 2011 SHANGHAI: Sale of mobile phones in China showed a growth of 57 percent in 2010 due to the popularity of internet and television …

Kunekt | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Kunekt to Design, Build and Market Quality Mobile Phones and Android Smartphones and Tablets in Developed and Developing Countries HONG KONG, Jan. …

Kunekt | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Kunekt to Design, Build and Market Quality Mobile Phones and Android Smartphones and Tablets in Developed and Developing Countries HONG KONG, Jan. …

Reuters | Janaury 21, 2011 | Clare Jim * Sees Q1 revenue T$94 bln, shipments 8.5 mln units * Guidance quite conservative-analyst (Adds comment, details) TAIPEI Jan 21 (Reuters) – …

New York Times | January 20, 2011 | Keith Bradsher HONG KONG — The Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has invoked a seldom-used law to take control of 11 …

Times of India | January 13, 2011 TOKYO: Japan’s top mobile operator, NTT Docomo, is likely to boast two million smartphone contracts by the end of March, compared with a …

Report to highlight $3.6 billion expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor AUSTIN, Texas–The old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is often true, and the boastful economic figures reported by the …

DigiTimes | January 4, 2011 | Siu Han and Yvonne Yu Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has landed OEM orders of smartphones and tablets for US-based LCD TV vendor …