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Europe drops 22M into Symbian, Harrods shopping spree seems inevitable

Don't count the Symbian Foundation out just yet, because the European Commission has emerged like a knight in shining armor thanks to a €22 million public / private joint investment and a new cons    

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Michael Dell: Developing Windows smartphones 'easier' than Android

Not much detail here, just some vagaries uttered by Michael Dell at an event in Hong Kong. According to Reuters, Mr. Dell said that it's easier to develop smartphones using Microsoft's Windows operati    

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MediaTek unable to replicate success in 3G, smartphone chip market

Although the white-box handset market has continued to grow, MediaTek is facing market share decline and margin erosion. Taiwan-based handset makers indicated that MediaTek's plan to replicate its successf    

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Samsung Galaxy Tab carries US$205 bill of materials, says iSuppli

With its new Galaxy Tab GT-P1000, Samsung Electronics has developed a product with features and component costs that position it as a large-scale smartphone, rather than as a true competitor to Apple's iPa    

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China September mobile phone users top 833 million, says MIIT

There were 833.30 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2010, growing by 1.24% on month and by 15.76% on year, according to statistics published by China'    

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Taiwan market: 2.1-2.5 million smartphones to be sold in 2011, says Samsung Taiwan

An estimated 7.0-7.5 million handsets will be sold in the Taiwan market in 2011 and 2.1-2.5 million units or 30% of which will be smartphones including 400,000-500,000 tablet PCs enabling video voice communicat    

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Vendors to debut Chrome-featured smartbooks later in November

Global brand vendors are expected to launch their new generation smartbooks featuring the Google Chrome operating system (OS) later this month (November), while Google also plans to launch its own-brand Chrome    

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Canalys: iPhone becomes most popular smartphone in the US, Android continues as most popular OS

The Canalys numbers are out, and with Android coming off an 886 percent jump reported at the end of the second quarter we were expecting something big. So, here it is: Android is up 1,309 percent worldwide from    

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What's on Facebook's mind? Mobile event set for November 3rd

Facebook's made no official push into the smartphone universe -- to date, we've been left using various mobile apps to connect with J. Timberlake, Marky Z. and the rest of the crew, but it looks as if    

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Apple vaults past RIM and into top 5 handset maker listings

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) jumped past BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) to become the world's No. 4 handset maker in the third quarter, according to several research firms. The move marks Apple&#    

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