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HTC sales bounce up in April, but still can't reach 2011 levels

The HTC sales numbers for April are in and the company might have finally turned the corner. After more than half a year of less than stellar market performance, the company sales are finally on a rise in April    

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Visualized: Apple and Samsung occupy the 99 percent... of phone profits

Financial maven and maker of beautiful graphs Horace Deidu has found that between the top eight mobile phone vendors, Apple and Samsung share 99 percent of the total spoils. Of RIM, LG, Sony (Ericsson), Motorol    

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Carphone Warehouse: pre-order Galaxy S III, get a free Tab 10.1

The Samsung Galaxy S III deals for the UK keep rolling in - Carphone Warehouse have it up for pre-order both on contract with several carriers and SIM free. Here's the kicker - if you go for the on-con    

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Apple and Samsung get 99% of the total mobile phone profits

Looks like it's a grim time to be a mobile phone manufacturer if you are not Apple or Samsung. According to the latest report by Asymco, Apple and Samsung accounted for 99 percent of the total mobile p    

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Rumors of Google ban on mobile devices flare up on China discussion boards

A Shenzhen-based consulting firm that helps handset makers receive government certification for their devices on May 3 posted a notice stating that the China goverment would be banning Google products (namely G    

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Samsung introduces Galaxy S III smartphone

Samsung Electronics has announced the third generation Galaxy S, the Galaxy S III. With Samsung Galaxy S III, consumers can view content on the device's 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display. An 8-megapixel cam    

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Canalys: China is now a bigger smartphone market than the US

It's a time of change in the smartphone world and we've seen various analysts chime in. Now Canalys released its report and it contains an interesting detail - the US is no longer the biggest    

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RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 platform

Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its BlackBerry 10 platform at BlackBerry World 2012, paving the way for the smartphone vendor to launch BlackBerry 10-based models before the end of the year.    

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Global smartphone shipments grow over 42% on year in 1Q12, says paper

Global shipments of smartphones have continued to grow at a rapid pace, reaching 145 million units in the first quarter of 2012, up 42.5% from 101 million units shipped a year earlier, the Chinese-language Comm    

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Could Apple become the world's biggest handset maker?

It's no secret that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is doing well in the smartphone market. The iPhone vendor became the world's largest smartphone maker in the fourth quarter of last year due to the massive succ    

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