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Production of medium- and large-size touch panels increasing

The prevailing trend for the production of touch panels has migrated from small-sizes, to medium- and large-size models, as evidenced by the launch of 4-inch mainstream smartphones, Dell's 5- and 7-inch St    

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China market: NFC handsets to be available in 2H11

Nokia, Taiwan-based HTC as well as China-based vendors Lenovo and TCL Communication Technology have been developing handsets with NFC (near field communication) functionality through cooperation with China UniP    

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Apple second largest buyer of consumer, mobile MEMS sensors in 2010, says IHS iSuppli

Apple in 2010 rose one rank to become the world's second largest buyer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors for consumer electronics products and mobile handsets, as it snapped up parts for prod    

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HTC 1Q11 revenues, net profit hit records

Taiwan smartphone vendor HTC posted historically highest quarterly revenues of NT$104.16 billion (US$3.50 billion) and net profit of NT$14.83 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to the company at an    

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White iPhone arrives April 28

Apple has announced that the white iPhone 4 will be available beginning April 28 from Apple's online store, at Apple's retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized R    

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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet leaks out with Honeycomb, IPS screen, optional stylus and keyboard folio?

Remember the ultra-thin Lenovo ThinkPad X1 we detailed just a few hours ago? The document that dished those secrets also mentioned an "X Slate," which made us wonder if Lenovo's LePad was finally    

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Dell's 10-inch Android and Windows tablets get names, specs, release dates

Well, well, what have we here? A pair of 10-inch Dell tablets, one running Windows 7 on those fancy new Oak Trail chips from Intel and the other pushing Android 3.0 with a Tegra T25. We already saw these device    

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Exclusive: White iPhone 4 lands at Vodafone UK

Well, would you have a gander at that? That, friends, is Apple's long-awaited, hardly-forgotten white iPhone 4, and so far as we can tell, this is actually the real deal. We've seen retailers making s    

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iOS and Android continue chipping away at mobile gaming market, consoles remain strong

Let's face it -- smartphones (namely, iOS and Android devices) are slowly chipping away at the portable gaming market. If you recall, Apple took a nice slice of the market-share pie -- and as you'll n    

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UAE plans enterprise-class messaging ban for individuals and small companies?

Seems the United Arab Emirates wasn't satisfied with the spying agreements that RIM put in place -- now, the government's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority will reportedly restrict BlackBerry En    

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