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Microsoft launches Kin social networking phone

Microsoft today announced Kin, a new Windows-based social networking phone.    

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Rumor Mill: Microsoft unveiling 'Project Pink' phones next week

Microsoft is planning to introduce the phones it has been developing as part of its much-rumored "Project Pink" initiative next week, according to multiple reports.Both Reuters and the Wall Street Jou    

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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to procure 2 million handsets in 2010

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to procure two million handset in 2010, with 600,000 units, 30%, to be smartphones, according to company chairman Lu Shyue-ching.    

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Brisk sales of smartphones boosting demand for FPCBs, say sources

Flexible PCB (FPCB) makers have seen their order visibility extend from 4-6 weeks to more than seven weeks thanks to strong sales of smartphones, according to industry sources.    

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Handset solution vendors poised for strong sales on high demand in mature and emerging markets

Global handset solution vendors are poised for strong sales in the second quarter as well as the second half of 2010 due to a surge of the replacement purchases of mid-range to high-end handsets (including smar    

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Nokia renews handset deals in China worth $2B

Nokia said it renewed handset distribution deals for 2010 in China that are worth more than2 billion, but the value of one of the deals fell for the third straight year.The company said it inked the deals with    

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Palm: Zero Price Target May Open Special Buy Opportunity

Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek) submits: Palm's (Nasdaq: PALM) future is uncertain and its stock price can now be counted in dollars on the palm of one hand. I would AVOID Palm in the very near term, due e    

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Telegent partners with Samsung for free-to-air mobile TV

Telegent Systems has announced that its analog mobile TV receiver is shipping in Samsung's Star TV S5233T handset that was recently launched in Southeast Asia. With this handset, Samsung adds free-to-air T    

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Shipments of GPS-enabled handsets almost doubles in 2009, says Berg Insight

Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92% in 2009 to 150 million units, according to a new research report by Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.7%, shipm    

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Compal Communications handset shipments to be halved in 2010, says paper

Handset shipments from Taiwan-based Compal Communications are likely to drop 50% to eight million units in 2010 as compared to 16 million units shipped in 2009, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) qu    

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