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Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro lands FCC approval

We can imagine the conversation going something like this: "Hello, FCC speaking. How can I help you?" "Hey, Sony Ericsson here. So basically, we took this phone you guys already approved, and jus    

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China market: Handset retailer see smartphone sales jump 200% during May holidays

China-based handset retail chain Dixintong reported that smartphone sales in the country during the May holidays jumped 200% on year, according to China media reports. Smartphones now account for 50% of its rev    

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Elan sees revenues hit record high in April

Consumer IC design house Elan Microelectronics saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$570 million (US$18.1 million) in April, buoyed by shipments of touchscreen controller chips for notebook and handset appli    

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Survey says: most teens don't have a data plan, almost all send texts

Microsoft and Verizon might think all the kids want to do with their new Kin phones is pay absurd data rates for a half-baked Twitter experience, but it turns out Generation Upload is still actually just Genera    

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Kin available online starting tomorrow, in Verizon stores on May 13

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Kin_available_online_starting_tomorrow_Verizon_stores_May_13'; Dearest members of the Upload Generation: the wait to buy the Kin of your dreams is a short one -- pr    

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Microsoft's 'Menlo' working towards a mobile future without Windows CE?

Since Courier's now a mystery unearthed -- and subsequently sent six feet under -- it looks like we need new secret Microsoft projects to pique our curiosity. Enter the ever-connected Mary Jo Foley with so    

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Intel unveils new Atom processor platform for smartphones and tablet PCs

Benefiting from the company's power-saving architecture, transistor and circuit design expertise, plus unique manufacturing process techniques, Intel has unveiled its latest Intel Atom processor-based plat    

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Young Optics expects handset pico projector market to take off at end of 2010

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics believes shipments of pico projectors for handsets will begin to increase significantly around the end of 2010 and most handset vendors will adopt DLP-based pico pro    

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Intel reaches for the 'smartphone zone' with Moorestown-based Atom Z6, comes up shorthanded

We've seen the future of Intel's mobile platform, and it isn't all roses and sunshine. Three years after the chipmaker told us Moorestown would reduce Atom's energy consumption by a factor o    

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CyberLink to launch mobile multimedia editing applications

CyberLink will launch multimedia editing application programs for iPhone OS and Android devices as early as June 2010, according to company CEO Alice Chang.    

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