Blog » February 2012

ZTE announces new quad-core ICS-powered Era

The Era will have a robust QHD (960 x 540) 4.3 inch screen and 8GB of internal memory, all running on a Tegra 3 chipset. It will also feature HD Voice wideband audio as well as Dolby sound.The press release als    

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MWC 2012: Samsung overview

While Samsung did not have a huge presence like in past years, they still showed off two new 10.1-inch tablets - the Galaxy Note 10.1, which brings the S-Pen to the large screen, and the simpler Galaxy Tab 2 10    

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MWC 2012: Nokia overview

Nokia announced the Belle-running Nokia 808 PureView, a jaw-dropping 41MP cameraphone. A global version of the Lumia 900 was announced too along with more affordable phones like the Nokia Lumia 610, as well as    

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MWC 2012: HTC overview

HTC enter the MWC with a brand new lineup: the HTC One series. The most impressive is the oft-leaked One X. A 1.5Ghz quad-core makes it the company's most powerful smartphone to date. The other smartph    

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Arima Communications looks to ship 23-25 million handsets in 2012

Arima Communications is expected to ship a total of 23-25 million handsets in 2012, of which 15-16 million units will be feature phones and the remaining 8-10 million units smartphone models.    

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Digitimes Research: Non-certified Android hardware may still become mainstream

Google is currently focusing on designing Android in a direction to better suit smartphones and tablet PCs, the products that enjoy high volume shipments, but since Android is open source software, many hardwar    

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20 million Samsung Galaxy S II sold in 10 months

The Samsung Galaxy S II has grown from a single phone to a diverse family of mobiles in all shapes and sizes. It took Samsung about three months to ship 5 million units and another two months for sales to reach    

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Demand for 2.5G/2.75G handset solutions picking up

Demand for feature phones has experienced a rebound recently, which will help boost sales of 2.5G/2.75G handset solutions for suppliers such as MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor in February and March, according    

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China handset players pessimistic about Microsoft pushing Tango OS in China

As Microsoft is set to push its Tango operating system into China's smartphone market in 2012, domestic handset players in China are pessimistic about the plan and believe the operating system may not achi    

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MediaTek reiterates 3G chip shipment goal for 2012

MediaTek is maintaining its goal of shipping 50 million 3G handset chips in 2012, and could potentially exceed the targeted number, according to the IC design house.    

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