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List of alleged Windows Phones reveals Nokia Dogphone, Fluid and P4301, working titles we hope

It looks like Nokia has been playing the blindfolded dictionary game again. Well, that's if the image we see above is correct. It's purportedly a table containing names of upcoming Windows Phone 8 dev    

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China market: Nearly 195 million handsets shipped in 1H12

There were 194.913 million handsets shipped in the China market during the first half of 2012, consisting of 106.874 million (54.83%) 3G handsets in 801 models and 88.039 million (45.17%) 2G handsets in 1,298 m    

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Korea smartphone vendors eager to launch 5-inch models in 2H12

Three Korea-based handset vendors – Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech – all plan to launch smartphones with a display size of 5-inch in the second half of 2012, according to industry s    

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More reports suggest a smaller iPad is coming

A new round of Apple rumors and leaks are suggesting what some tech observers have been predicting for the past year: that a smaller, less expensive iPad is on the way.    

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ACTA rejected by European Union vote

European Parliament has rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, by a heady 478 to 39, with 146 votes abstaining. While this doesn't mean ACTA can't become a reality elsewhere, it's a sm    

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Nokia says Google Nexus 7 tablet infringes its patents

It appears that the patent wars between smartphone manufacturers are far from over as virtually every new device is said to infringe on someone else's patents now. And it appears that we are going to h    

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CERN confirms existence of new particle consistent with Higgs boson (video)

Physics' big announcement had more in common with a leaky product launch than the serious business of re-writing the science books. But slack asset management aside, it's official: a new boson has bee    

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High-resolution smartphones are the new mobile phone standard

High-resolution 4- to 5-inch sized smartphones will be the standard for phone makers to compete in the future due to increasing market competition and consumer requirements.    

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Samsung to begin shipping memory products to HTC directly from October

Samsung Electronics will begin to ship its memory products to HTC directly from October 2012, while taking back the distribution rights from its sales agent CoAsia Microelectronics, according to the Taiwan-base    

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China market: HTC, Sony Mobile launch dual-SIM smartphones

HTC and Sony Mobile Communications have both enhanced their strengths in the dual-SIM smartphone segment in China with the launch of the HTC Desire VC and Xperia Tipo Dual, respectively, according to industry s    

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