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Digitimes Research: Apple to lead in 2011 smartphone shipments

Global smartphone shipments for 2011 will reach 462 million units, rising 60% from the 288 million shipped in 2010, according to Digitimes Research. Apple is expected to overtake Nokia as the top ranking vendor    

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Economic news not all bad for semiconductors, says analysis firm

The economic news lately has been bleak. US GDP grew at an anemic 0.4% in the first quarter of 2011 and 1.0% in the second quarter - leading to increased concerns about a double-dip recession, according to mark    

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Flagship smartphones tend to have bigger screens

A number of handset vendors including HTC, Acer and Samsung Electronics have unveiled their respective flagship smartphones with screen sizes of over 4.5 inches compared to the prevailing 4- to 4.3-inch models    

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China Unicom and China Mobile launch own-brand 3.5G smartphones competing with iPhones

China Unicom and China Mobile both have launched own-brand 3.5G handsets using chipset solutions from MediaTek, with prices set below CNY1,000 (US$156), or one-quarter the price of iPhone, according to industry    

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Uh Oh: iPhone 5 Prototype Lost In A San Francisco Bar

As you probably already know, Apple develops its upcoming products in absolute secrecy, meaning that all the testing needs to be done in a quiet, sneaky way. Part of testing future iPhone models, however, invol    

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US Government Moves To Stop AT&T + T-Mobile Merger, AT&T Responds

Earlier this year, AT&T announced it would purchase the US branch of German carrier T-Mobile for as much as39 Billion, merging both networks into one. In a surprising move, the US Government is filing    

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Smartphones to account for majority of handset shipments by 2015, says IHS iSuppli

Driven by booming sales of low-end models, shipments of smartphones will rise to account for more than half of the worldwide cellphone market in 2015, according to data released by IHS Isuppli.    

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Leaked iPhone 5 Parts Suggest A Thinner Design And A Better Camera [IMAGES]

Apple's fifth installment in the iPhone series is still surrounded by pockets of mystery. Whilst we have a rough idea of many of the features, there are still contradictory rumors and leaks that suggest ot    

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Digitimes Insight: Acquisition of Motorola may enhance Android services

Due to Google's recent acquisition of Motorola including the tablet vendor's mobile hardware business, market players have had growing concerns that Google may be heading toward the same business dire    

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Smartphones moving toward hardware competition

The global market competition among iOS, Android, Windows Mango and BlackBerry platforms is expected to heat up in the fourth quarter as international vendors are going to launch flagship smartphone models, wit    

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