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Apple's FaceTime finally goes cellular, says so long to WiFi restrictions

We all wanted it, and Apple took its sweet time to give it to us, but FaceTime has finally been let loose from its WiFi bonds, leaving us all free to video chat over cellular data. Great news for all your Apple    

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Apple brags: sells 365 million iOS devices, 140 million iMessage users

Apple has never shied away from taking a few shots at Android during its WWDC keynotes, and why would 2012 be any different. Just before taking the wraps off iOS 6, Apple took some time to toss out a few number    

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Apple unveils iOS 6 at WWDC, launch apps with Siri, Facebook integration

Looks like they didn't print the banner out for nothing -- as anticipated, it's not just refreshed MacBook Airs or Mountain Lion getting the red carpet treatment at today's World Wide Developer&#    

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Samsung officially denies planning to acquire Nokia

Rumors that the ailing Nokia is up for sale keep cropping up and they keep getting shot down. Last we heard that Samsung is looking to buy the Finnish company, but that was quickly refuted by the Koreans.In a r    

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Apple all set to announce iOS 6 tomorrow, but what else?

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is about to start tomorrow and as usual, it's a big industry event - one, which has seen the announcements of new iPhones, new iPods and iOS vers    

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Samsung Galaxy S III to launch on five US carriers this June

Samsung has announced that it will be launching the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone in US on not two or three but five major carriers. The phones will go on sale beginning this June and will have a s    

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Lenovo aims to triple smartphone shipments in 2012

Lenovo plans to launch as many as 40 new models of smartphones in 2012, aiming to ramp up its smartphone shipments to 18 million units in the year compared to six million units shipped in 2011, according to the    

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HTC to continue focusing on One series smartphones in 2H12

HTC has received good market response to its HTC One series smartphones since their launch in early May, and will continue to focus marketing on the series in the global market in the second half of 2012, accor    

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Analyzing the world's 11 biggest handset makers in Q1

The numbers are in, and it's time to make sense of the data. ABI Research's Michael Morgan checks out the world's 11 largest branded cell phone makers in the first quarter of 2012, providing sale    

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Facebook allegedly planning on releasing a phone next year

Once again, we are hearing reports of Facebook working on making their own mobile phone. The latest one comes from The New York Times, who have spoken to several Facebook employees and engineers who have been b    

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