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Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone to be called 'Xperia Play'?

We've been hoodwinked by trademark filing and domain registrations before (cough, BlackPad and SurfBook) so we wouldn't say this is anywhere near definite, but we just caught wind of a Sony Ericsson E    

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Nexus One will get Gingerbread OTA update 'in the coming weeks'

The original Google phone got us all excited a couple of weeks back when an OTA update was presumed to be the oven-hot Gingerbread upgrade, only to disappoint us. Now we've got the most lucid statement fro    

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Windows Phone 7's Marketplace grows faster than Android did at launch, doesn't mean much

An analyst note released by research firm IDC yesterday points out that in the nearly two months since Windows Phone 7's retail release, the Windows Marketplace has swelled to 4,000 applications -- a numbe    

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Will Nokia dare to release a Windows-powered device?

Here's a rumor that keeps cropping up: Nokia Corp. plans to introduce a device running on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7 operating system. While the move would be a monumental shift for Nokia it�    

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AT&T buys FLO TV spectrum for $1.92B

It turns out Qualcomm Inc.'s spectrum for FLO TV is actually worth more on its own — at least to AT&T Mobility. In a1.92 billion deal, Qualcomm gets an exit from its failed FLO TV business, s    

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Taiwan handset makers doubt competitiveness of reported Nokia-Microsoft cooperation in smartphone

In response to reports that Nokia is negotiating with Microsoft about the possibility of adopting Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with integration of Nokia elements for its new smartphone models, Taiwan-based handset mak    

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China gray-market cell phone shipments slow in 2011, says iSuppli

Stymied by a government crackdown, China's gray-market cell phone shipments are expected to expand in 2011 at a considerably slower pace compared to 2010, according to the market research firm iSuppli.    

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Apple secrets leaked early by inside traders, arrests reveal

We don't normally cover the "business crime" beat, but there's a pretty interesting gadget angle here. As part of a larger crack down on insider trading, three technology executives and a &q    

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RIM beats earnings estimates, falls just shy on subscriber growth; co-CEOs now co-chairmen, too

For now, RIM's looming mindshare problem is more theoretical than it is practical -- as far as Wall Street's concerned, at least -- on today's news that they've beaten the consensus estimate    

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HTC's Peter Chou says LTE handsets are coming next year, and the world keeps on spinning

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but a very popular handset maker will be introducing smartphones that incorporate the latest wireless technology at some point in the upcoming year. Sounds crazy, d    

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