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Apple patents ejectable SIM card tray as nano-SIM battle rages on

We're guessing it's just coincidental timing here, but it looks as if Apple has been granted a patent surrounding "ejectable component assemblies" that are designed to be "flush with th    

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Intel semiconductor market share surges to more than 10 year high in 2011, IHS says

Buoyed by chip sales growth and a major acquisition, leading semiconductor supplier Intel in 2011 attained its highest annual market share in more than 10 years, according to IHS iSuppli.    

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Apple to offer royalty-free license to nano-SIM patent

A few days ago, we reported that Apple is locking horns with other companies, primarily Nokia, regarding the design of the nano-SIM, the next generation of the SIM design that will be dramatically smaller than    

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Intel assists notebook makers to land ultrabook orders from regional vendors

Intel has recently assisted notebook makers including Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Clevo and Pegatron Technology land white-box ultrabook orders from regional vendors in emerging markets such as Brazil, ac    

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67 million LTE phones projected to ship this year

Calling 2012 a “breakout year for 4G LTE technology,” Strategy Analytics today released a report predicting tenfold growth this year in shipments of LTE phones. The firm’s Neil Sha    

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Report: LTE handset sales will soar to 67M in 2012

The LTE handset market is going to boom this year, with sales growing 10 times to 67 million units, according to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics forecasts LTE handset ship    

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Apple iPad 3 review: Hotter than ever

So, the iPad is dead, long live the iPad. That's also part of the deal. The retirement of the first-generation of the Apple tablet is nothing out of the ordinary. There used to be the iPad and the iPad    

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Reuters: Apple iPhone 5 to launch in Q2 with a 4.6-inch LCD

We are still several months away from the iPhone 5 launch, but we are still getting the occasional rumor about the next Apple smartphone. We just got a particularly juicy one, courtesy of Reuters.The internatio    

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Coolpad ships over 10 million 3G smartphones in 2011

Coolpad, a China-based handset vendor, shipped 10.75 million 3G smartphones in 2011, hiking 113% from 2010, according to Coolpad's mother company China Wireless Technologies.    

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Flurry: China's surpassed US in iOS and Android activations, but not smartphone install base (yet)

Color us unsurprised at the notion that the world's most populous country would one day be home to the greatest number of smartphones. That hasn't happened quite yet, but we're getting close per    

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