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Motorola ships 5.1M smartphones in Q1, still awaiting close of Google acquisition

Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) said it shipped 5.1 million smartphones during the first quarter. The company, which reported a slightly larger net loss than it did in the year-ago period, is still waiting for Goo    

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RIM: Don't worry, BlackBerry 10 devices with keyboards are on their way

Those decrying the death of the BlackBerry keyboard can officially put their mourning on hold. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins addressed the matter during today's keynote -- but just in case the QWERTY-inclined wer    

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comScore: Android tips the 51% mark in US share, iPhone nips its heels with 31%

The March smartphone market share tally for the US is in from comScore, and it paints a familiar picture that's rosy for Apple, Google and Samsung, but not so flush-cheeked for everyone else. Android is st    

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IDC: LG drops to No. 5 in global handset maker rankings

LG Electronics fell to No. 5 in the global handset vendor rankings in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC, another marker of the struggles for the South Korean vendor, which had perennially been r    

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RIM's BlackBerry World keynote roundup: the OS, the hardware, everything else (video)

So, if all of the news about BlackBerry 10 got a little too overwhelming for you then this is the place to be. There's detailed impressions of the company's new development device, cool new software f    

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Rumor Mill: Nokia close to selling luxury Vertu unit for $265M

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is close to selling its luxury Vertu unit to private equity firm Permira in a deal that could net the struggling Finnish handset vendor around265 million, according to a report in the Financial    

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Samsung dethrones Nokia, but can it wear the crown?

Samsung Electronics overtook Nokia (NYSE:NOK) as the world's largest handset maker by shipment volumes in the first quarter of 2012, according to several analyst reports, dethroning Nokia after its 14-year    

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iPhone 5 hopes dim for June

It's a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple's invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: "It's the week we've all been waiting for."    

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Analysts: Samsung pummels Nokia, takes handset crown in Q1

Samsung Electronics overtook Nokia (NYSE:NOK) as the world's largest handset maker by shipment volumes, according to several analyst reports, dethroning Nokia after the Finnish cell phone giant's 14-y    

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Samsung soars to record Q1 on the back of smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics rode rising smartphone sales to a record first-quarter profit and also used its muscle to overtake Nokia (NYSE:NOK) as the world's largest handset maker by volume, stripping Nokia of it    

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