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Cloud services, mobile computing, social networking to mature and coalesce in 2011, says IDC

Transformation has been a recurring theme in the annual IDC predictions over the past several years. During this time, a wave of disruptive technologies has emerged and evolved, forged by the pressures of a glo    

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Inventec to ship 1 million Nook Color e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010

Inventec is expected to ship over one million Nook Color touch-controlled e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010. The company is also expected to land orders for 6-7 million Palm WebOS-based tabl    

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iPad impact less on smartphones than on PCs, says HTC exec

The negative impact of iPad on smartphones appears to be much less than on PCs, according to vice president Jack Tong for HTC Asia, noting that HTC has been evaluating market conditions to decide whether to lau    

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Nielsen: Android makes huge gains in US smartphone marketshare, RIM takes a backseat, Apple leads in desirability

Nielsen's just released a report finding that 29.7 percent of mobile users in the United States now own a smartphone. Of that 29.7 percent (which you can see in the pie chart above), 27.9 percent of them h    

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China market: Many smartphones at below US$100 to be available in 2011

As Qualcomm, ST-Ericsson, MediaTek and China-based IC design houses have offered cheap Android-compatible IC solutions for China-based smartphone vendors, many entry-level Android smartphones will be available    

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Apple to add 5 new features to iPad 2, says paper

A Chinese-language Economy Daily News (EDN) report citing industry sources claims Apple will add five new features to the iPad 2: video phone, better mobility, USB port, new display technology and 3-axis gyrosc    

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Toward increased mobility: Q&A with ARM president Tudor Brown

More than 20 billion ARM-powered processors have been shipped by semiconductor and system companies worldwide over the past 20 years, and the number is expected to top 100 million in the next decade, according    

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TerreStar Genus now available to anyone who wants one for just $1,150

Just how much is the promise of anywhere, anytime cellphone reception worth to you? If you answered "one thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars," well... your time has finally come. After initially l    

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Acer reveals 4.8-inch Android smartphone with 1024x480 screen resolution

Acer may be calling this "100 percent smartphone. 100 percent tablet," but something just doesn't add up there. That being said, we have to agree that a 1024x480 screen resolution on a 4.8-inch s    

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Analyzing the world's 10 largest handset makers

In a final look back at the third quarter, ABI Research analyst Michael Morgan checks out the world's 10 largest branded cell phone makers in the quarter, providing sales data as well as insight into their    

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