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Google, Amazon and other vendors in China to lead pricing in low-cost smartphone segment, say sources

While sales of low-cost smartphones are expected to continue growing in the next few years, Google, Amazon and other Internet service companies in China may lead price competition in the segment, according to i    

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Uncertain Windows 8 future may relatively affect Windows Phone 8

Although Microsoft has been aggressive promoting its new Windows 8 operating system (OS), a weak global economy has the notebook supply chain remaining conservative about the OS' contribution to their perf    

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Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE faced with challenges to reach quarterly shipments of 10 million smartphones, say Taiwan makers

A total of 60 million smartphones were shipped to the China market in the third quarter of 2012, and Lenovo, Huawei and ZTE shipped nine million units, 8.5 million units and 7.5 million units, respectively, wit    

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Microsoft said to be testing its own smartphone

Ever since Microsoft announced the Surface tablet earlier this year, there have been rumors and speculations regarding Microsoft entering the smartphone hardware market as well.Well, it seems they might. Accord    

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Apple issues iOS 6.0.1 update, fixes mainly iPhone 5 issues

Today Apple released a minor update for its iOS 6 mobile platform. This is the first OTA update to come since iOS 6 was seeded to users and it comes to fix an issue with horizontal lines over the keyboard of th    

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50 carriers testing BlackBerry 10

Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) says 50 carriers are now testing its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone, which is expected to hit the market in the early months of next year. BlackBerry 10 will miss the holiday sho    

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Lenovo K860, P700i, S880, S560 and A60+ hands-on: First look

Lenovo held an event in India where they announced five new Android smartphones will be hitting the local market. The A60+, the K860, P700i, S560 and the S880. The phones span a wide price range, starting from    

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