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CTIA Preview: Palm may dominate a low-key CTIA

Many industry insiders are predicting that because of the economy, longer development cycles for high-end handsets and a general abundance of caution, there will be few major handset and operating system announ    

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MediaTek enters development of Windows Mobile-enabled chipset solutions for smartphones, say sources

Microsoft has teamed up with Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek to develop Windows Mobile-enabled chipset solutions for smartphones, aiming to push 3G handsets built with MediaTek's solutions to the mar    

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MID shipments to rise nearly eightfold by 2012, says iSuppli

The definition of the mobile Internet device (MID) may be somewhat nebulous, given the category overlaps multiple products, ranging from some ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) to certain portable media players (PMPs). H    

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IDC: U.S. handset sales to decline sharply in 2009

The drop in handset sales caused by slumping demand amid the economic recession will be far worse in the United States than in the rest of the world, according to new research by IDC. The research firm predicts    

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LG receives 1 million Arena pre-orders

LG Electronics has reportedly received 1 million pre-orders for its new flagship phone, the Arena, less than one month after the phone was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The handset, whic    

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Nokia halts sales of 5800 XPress Music in the U.S.

Nokia has halted sales of its 5800 XPress Music phone in the United States, only a few days after the phone first went on sale in the company's flagship store. The launch of the North American ver    

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