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Motorola falls to Samsung, Apple in Q4

Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) announced it will report results below expectations for the fourth quarter--typically the company's biggest quarter--a situation it blamed on "increased competitive enviro    

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Nielsen's 2011 media usage report: conventional TV still rules, but online viewing is skyrocketing

2011's come and gone, but Nielsen's media report on the year remains. The latest figures from the year that was have been published, and conventional television is still riding a wave of popularity. W    

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Nokia went and bought itself another mobile OS

Nordic investor Ferd Capital says Nokia has purchased Smarterphone, which makes an operating system capable of giving basic phones a smartphone-like user experience.    

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AMOLED revenues surge 169% in 2011 from smartphone adoption, says DisplaySearch

The year 2011 was pivotal for OLED displays, particularly AMOLED displays. With strong growth in smartphones, AMOLED shipments are estimated to have reached 90 million units in 2011, up 97% on year, while reven    

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Nokia to produce high-end Lumia 900 Mango phones in house, say sources

Having outsourced the production of its Lumia 800 and 710 Mango phones to Compal Communications, Nokia apparently has decided to manufacture its upcoming high-end Lumia 900 smartphones in house, according to so    

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Spreadtrum intros 1GHz chips for low-cost Android phones

Spreadtrum Communications has introduced a 1GHz low-cost Android smartphone platform for TD-SCDMA and EDGE/WiFi, which are now sampling with customers. The new solutions allow manufacturers to produce smartphon    

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Taiwan market: Handset shipments to grow only 5% on year in 2012

Handset sales, including both smartphone and feature phones, in the Taiwan market are expected to only grow slightly by 5% on year in 2012 due to the uncertainty over macro economic conditions, according to sou    

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Analysts: Samsung primed for record smartphone shipments in Q4

Samsung Electronics is poised to retain its global smartphone crown in the fourth quarter on the back of record smartphone shipments, according estimates from financial analysts.Samsung's handset division    

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