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US Cellular: LTE trial in late 2011, full deployment in 2012

Though fellow regional carrier MetroPCS has been arguably the most aggressive carrier in all of North America in getting LTE live, it looks like US Cellular is taking a slightly more laid-back approach. At a co    

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Gartner's global phone sales rankings match IDC's, but say the big guys have less of the pie; Android moves to number two overall

At a 30,000-foot level, the global mobile phone sales numbers for the third quarter of 2010 just released by Gartner match up with what IDC posted a few days ago, but you might say the devil's in the detai    

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HTC reports NT$32 billion consolidated revenues for October 2010

Smartphone vendor HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$32.434 billion (US$1.077 billion) for October 2010, up 157.14% on year. Consolidated revenues from January to October totaled NT$207.190 billion, r    

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eMemory cuts into supply chain of brand-name handset vendors

Taiwan's eMemory Technology has broadened its embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) IP portfolio for market segments like touch screen controllers and power management chips, and has entered the supply chain    

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Next gen smartphones driving demand for larger, higher-resolution displays

Despite the high saturation and worldwide penetration of mobile phones, manufacturers are initializing the next growth cycle in order to increase ASPs and maintain revenues, and demand for larger screen sizes a    

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Worldwide smartphone market grows 89.5% on year in 3Q10, says IDC

The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2010, with the leading vendors posting double- or even triple-digit on-year growth, according to the International Data Corpor    

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Europe drops 22M into Symbian, Harrods shopping spree seems inevitable

Don't count the Symbian Foundation out just yet, because the European Commission has emerged like a knight in shining armor thanks to a €22 million public / private joint investment and a new cons    

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Michael Dell: Developing Windows smartphones 'easier' than Android

Not much detail here, just some vagaries uttered by Michael Dell at an event in Hong Kong. According to Reuters, Mr. Dell said that it's easier to develop smartphones using Microsoft's Windows operati    

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MediaTek unable to replicate success in 3G, smartphone chip market

Although the white-box handset market has continued to grow, MediaTek is facing market share decline and margin erosion. Taiwan-based handset makers indicated that MediaTek's plan to replicate its successf    

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Samsung Galaxy Tab carries US$205 bill of materials, says iSuppli

With its new Galaxy Tab GT-P1000, Samsung Electronics has developed a product with features and component costs that position it as a large-scale smartphone, rather than as a true competitor to Apple's iPa    

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