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Smartphone makers optimistic about differentiation in Android camp

Smartphone makers, commenting on Samsung Electronics' recent announcement that its Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab tablet PC will have difficulties supporting Android 4.0, have pointed out that product    

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Intel adjusts Atom development focus, say sources

Intel reportedly plans to launch new members of its Atom CPU-lineup for network-attached storage devices and entry-level servers in the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources.    

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Foxconn to set up smartphone factory in western China

Foxconn Group has started construction of a factory for making 3G smartphones in Mianyang, western China, on a joint venture basis with A Hong Communication & Digital Information, a subsidiary of China-base    

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China market: Handset demand weak

Demand for feature phones in China has turned weaker than expected since the middle of October, according to sources at Taiwan's LCD driver IC design houses. Smartphone demand in China is also slowing down    

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Acer to not give up tablet PCs, says founder

In response to the rumor that Acer will withdraw from the tablet PC and smartphone markets, the company's founder, Stan Shih, has said that although Acer's tablet operation has not performed well, it    

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Best Buy rewards your procrastination with buy-one-get-one iPhone 4 deal

Sure it's Christmas Eve and we're more than halfway through Hanukkah, but it's never too late to score some last minute deals -- and heck, why not get a little something for yourself, while you&#    

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RIM gets kicked while down, sued over BBM trademark (update: RIM comments)

It's been a long December for RIM, and there's reason to believe this year won't be any better than the last. This month, the company was sued for its use of the BBX trademark and was forced to c    

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Atom bomb does not detonate Intel CPU business in 3Q11, says IHS

Despite a plunge in sales of its Atom chips destined for the moribund netbook market, Intel in the third quarter managed to expand its leadership position in the global microprocessor business on the strength o    

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Microsoft's CES 2012 keynote won't deliver 'significant news,' more of 'a wrap-up'

After learning of Microsoft's plans to stop holding CES keynotes following the 2012 edition, the immediate attention turned to this: would it use its last opportunity on the main stage to make a lasting im    

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Microsoft's final CES keynote will be in 2012, bad timing to blame

Woo, boy. The CEA's none too happy about this, we're sure. Microsoft has just announced that its final CES keynote will happen in 2012. After that? "We'll continue to participate in CES as a    

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