China Poised To Overtake The United States As World's Top Smartphone Market
We Americans like thinking of ourselves as No.1 in everything, but there was simply no way we were going to stay on top of China…
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iPhone 5 Front Assembly Compared To iPhone 4S In Stunning High-Quality Photos And Video
Media invitations to Apple's (AAPL) September 12th press conference are expected to go out next week and as we near the home stretch, parts leaks…
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Samsung Debuts ATIV S Windows Phone 8 Handset
Samsung (005930) on Wednesday announced its first Windows Phone 8-powered smartphone, the Samsung ATIV S, during a press conference ahead of the IFA trade show…
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LG Announces Optimus L9 With 4.7-Inch Display, Integrated Translator
Hot on the heels of the company's Optimus Q unveiling, LG (066570) has taken the wraps off another new smartphone ahead of the annual IFA…
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The Most Annoying Things iOS 6 And The iPhone 5 Won't Fix
We're now just two weeks away from seeing Apple (AAPL) take the wraps off its sixth iPhone and while nothing is certain until Apple makes…
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IBM Envisions Its Watson Supercomputer Becoming A Supercharged Voice Assistant
Apple (AAPL) introduced its Siri voice assistant with the launch of the iPhone 4S last October and since then, a number of copycat apps have…
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Samsung Is Prepared For The Worst - Says It Will Modify Phones To Avoid Apple Ban
Samsung (005930) on Tuesday confirmed that it is willing to modify its smartphones if it cannot successfully fight Apple's (AAPL) request to have them banned…
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Apple's Triumph Over Samsung Is Intoxicating
Apple's (AAPL) triumph over Samsung (005930) seems at a first glance intoxicating. Screen bounce-back, pinch and zoom — all in all, seven of Apple's key claims…
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Shared Data Plans May Not Be So Bad: Average Smartphone Owners Use Less Than 2GB Of Data
There has been a lot of fuss going around about Verizon (VZ) and AT&T's (T) new shared data plans. While the nation's two largest carriers…
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Android To Widen Smartphone Lead In Second Half Despite iPhone 5 Launch
Shipments of smartphones running Google's (GOOG) Android operating system will continue to dominate other platforms by an overwhelming margin according to a new report. Digitimes…
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Startup Looks To The Cloud To Make Dumb Phones Smart [Video]
Nokia (NOK) had big plans to bring a more capable platform to emerging markets but three consecutive billion-dollar quarterly losses forced the company to discontinue…
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AT&T Defends Controversial FaceTime Policy Following Widespread Backlash
AT&T (T) is wasting no time hitting back at critics of its decision to limit the use of popular video chat app FaceTime over its…
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Verizon To Give Windows Phone A Second Chance Later This Year
Verizon Wireless (VZ) will reportedly offer a new Nokia (NOK) smartphone on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform later this year. Bloomberg reports that…
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Latest iPhone 5 Parts Leak Shows Dock Port And Headphone Jack Plugged Into Casing
With the next-generation Apple (AAPL) iPhone just weeks away from being announced, it's no surprise that we're getting a clearer picture of what the device…
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iPhone 5 Front Panel Leaks In New Photos
Apple's (AAPL) sixth-generation iPhone is just weeks away from become a reality and while the world waits to see how the handset will shape up…
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Apple TV Is Nothing Compared To The iPhone
Apple's (AAPL) vision of the future of television is starting to get interesting. According to recent reports, the Cupertino-based company is in talks with cable…
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Major iPhone Security Flaw Uncovered By Hacker
A major security flaw that has existed in Apple's (AAPL) iPhone since the device was first released in 2007 has been revealed by a well-known…
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Cable Spectrum Deal Shows That Verizon Is Vastly Smarter Than AT&T In The PR Department
Now that the Justice Department has signed off on Verizon's (VZ) deal to acquire Advanced Wireless Spectrum licenses from several major cable operators, it's a good…
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First, WhatsApp Ate The Netherlands...
In late July, top Dutch carrier KPN (KPN) reported another grim quarter and slashed its dividend from €0.50 to €0.35. The carrier once again cited…
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Android Is Under Attack: New Malware Threats Tripled In Q2
According to security research firm Kaspersky Labs, the volume of new malware targeting Android devices nearly tripled in the second quarter of 2012. Over the…
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BlackBerry Usage Share Plummets To Just 1% In The U.S.
Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry smartphones are still used by millions of people in the United States, but the smartphone market grew so quickly over…
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Nokia And Microsoft Schedule September 5th Event; First Windows Phone 8 Lumia Phone Expected
Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) on Wednesday delivered invitations to the media for a press conference scheduled to take place on September 5th in New…
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$100 Apps, Bibles And Big-Budget RPGs: The Strange Nature Of Nigerian Mobile App Market
With 100 million mobile subscribers, Nigeria stands among leading mobile markets in the world. Its mobile content sector is quite fascinating — this is a…
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Gartner: Apple And Samsung Exploded In Q2 While BlackBerry Sales Slid 37%
Huge growth from Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) in the second quarter wasn't enough to offset the declines seen across most of the rest of…
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Nokia's Masquerade
One reason for Nokia's (NOK) surprisingly strong share price rebound over the past two weeks is the success of its new Asha feature phones in…
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Google Beefs Up Mobile Search With Direct Answers To Common Queries
Google (GOOG) is smart enough to know that when users type "weather" into its search engine, they don't want to see a Wikipedia entry or…
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Verizon Tops Customer Loyalty For The Ninth Consecutive Quarter
Verizon Wireless (VZ) this week announced that for the ninth consecutive quarter, the nation's largest carrier has led the industry in customer loyalty. Verizon's postpaid…
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