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OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless than PC in 2011, says IHS

In another sign of the technology industry's fundamental shift away from PCs and toward mobile communications, the wireless segment is expected to overtake computers to become the world's leading appl    

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Sales of mobile devices grow 16.5% on year in 2Q11; smartphone sales up 74%, says Gartner

Worldwide sales of mobile devices to end users totaled 428.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 16.5% increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.    

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Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to launch sub-US$999 ultrabooks in 4Q11, says Intel

Intel has indicated that notebook vendors Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo, among others, will roll out ultrabooks with suggested retail prices to be set below US$999 in the fourth quarter of 2011.    

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Nokia to ditch U.S. Symbian business to focus on Windows Phone

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) will stop selling both feature phones and Symbian-based smartphones in the United States and Canada as it gears up to launch its first smartphones running its platform of the future, Microsoft&    

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Grading the top 10 U.S. carriers in the second quarter of 2011

The following charts the top U.S. wireless carriers in the second quarter of 2011 by subscriber base, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, and includes major metrics--such as churn, ARPU and revenue--    

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Influence Of The iPhone Design On Other Mobile Phones Since 2007

Picture yourself back in the 2006 holiday season: if you were a geek, you were most likely struggling with your Windows Vista upgrade (those were the days!) and dreaming of owning that then-brand-new smartphone    

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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom relies on iPad 2 to hit 2011 tablet sales target

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a contract-bundled sales goal of 100,000 tablet PCs, including iPad 2, in the Taiwan market in 2011 but sold only nearly 20,000 units in the first half of the year. Therefore CHT    

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HTC July sales up 83% on year, announcing acquisition of Dashwire

HTC has announces consolidated revenues of NT$45.11 billion (US$1.56 billion) for July, up 83.29% on year, while total revenues from January to July 2011 were NT$273.67 billion, up 121.56% from a year earlier.    

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Handset keypad maker Silitech to post 30% on-quarter growth in 3Q11 revenues

Handset keypad maker Silitech Technology is expected to see its revenues expand by over 30% sequentially in the third quarter thanks to the launch of a series of new smartphones from Research in Motion (RIM) du    

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AT&T Is Going To Move Jailbroken iPhone Hotspots Users To Tiered Data Plan Soon

Are you using your iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot using an unofficial tool without AT&T’s permission? According to a warning issued by the carrier, if you’re still using AT&T’s di    

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