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Stephen Elop: Nokia Lumia coming to China on March 28th

China recently greeted its first Windows Phone (on pre-order, anyway), but if Stephen Elop has his way, Nokia will be hot on HTC's heels. The company's CEO has revealed that Nokia will unleash its Lum    

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AT&T looks to refarm 2G spectrum, urges customers to upgrade

AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) has started telling a small number of customers using 2G-only phones that they should upgrade their devices--part of a move by the carrier to lay the groundwork for refarming its    

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Mobile World Congress 2012: best of show

Mobile World Congress 2012 was a massively exciting show and true to form brought us so much new kit to be excited about in early 2012. From Intel's Medfield launch, a 41-megapixel smartphone, a new genera    

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BlackBerry PlayBook bestseller at major Canadian retailer

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook is a hot item at a large national Canadian reseller this week. Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog    

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Adu, Barcelona: Mobile World Congress 2012 comes to a close

The mobile world's biggest players have exhausted themselves again, taking us with them in the process. While HTC and Nokia seemed to grab a lot of the attention, Samsung stayed quiet -- at least for now -    

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Smartphones spread out: Pew says 46 percent of US adults now own one

Our master plan is slowly working, and soon every man and woman in our great nation will own a smartphone. Pew Research Center reports that just under half of adult Americans, or 46 percent, own smartphones cur    

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Apple crosses 25 billion App Store downloads, thanks all the little people

If you've ever downloaded an app from iTunes then congratulations, you are a part of history. Just a few minutes ago Apple notched its 25 billionth download, thanking all involved for getting there, and of    

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A billion mobile subscribers in China; still below world average

Americans are still more obsessed with our mobile phones. Originally posted at Crave    

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China market: Handset-based online game users top 30 million in 4Q11

The China market had an estimated 30.28 million users of handset-based online games in fourth-quarter 2011, growing 12.1% sequentially and 49.4% on year, according to Analysys International.    

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Booming iPhone and iPad sales make gyros top consumer and mobile MEMS device in 2011, says IHS

Gyroscopes were the top revenue generator in 2011 in the dominant consumer and mobile segment of the MEMS market, thanks to record sales of Apple's iPhone and iPad devices from during the final quarter of    

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