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New figures from research firm comScore show Motorola and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion commanding the U.S. device market. According to the firm's January numbers, close to 23 percent of the 234 mill    

The world's handset makers are looking forward to a stronger year in 2010 than they had in 2009. ABI Research's Michael Morgan checks out the world's 10 largest branded cell phone makers in the f    

Culminating a neck-and-neck race, Nintendo in 2009 surpassed Samsung to become the world's top purchaser of MEMS used in consumer electronics products and handsets, according to iSuppli.    

Vibo Telecom plans to purchase 400,000 handsets in 2010 compared to 480,000 units in 2009, according to the company. 25% of the handsets to be purchased will be smartphones, Vibo added.    

Three major Taiwan-based handset component makers – Merry Electronics, Ichia Technologies and Silitech Technology – have all turned more conservative over their revenue out    

High-Flying silicon MEMS microphone installations, which nearly doubled between 2006 and 2008, hit a head wind in 2009, according to The Information Network. However, the research firm expects to see the silico    

ZTE is planning to release at least four smartphones this year running Google's Android platform. The company discussed the devices at Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona, Spain, and now has prov    

Verizon Wireless will launch two phones from Microsoft in the late spring or early summer that are aimed at teenagers and are being developed under the software giant's "Project Pink" initiative,    

TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Research reports forecasting future market sizes should always be taken with a grain of salt, but it occasionally helps to see the estimates of research organizations in ord    

The worldwide market for touchscreen mobile devices will surpass 362.7 million units in 2010, a 96.8% increase from 2009 sales of 184.3 million units, according to Gartner. By 2013, touchscreen mobile devices w