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What's on Facebook's mind? Mobile event set for November 3rd

Facebook's made no official push into the smartphone universe -- to date, we've been left using various mobile apps to connect with J. Timberlake, Marky Z. and the rest of the crew, but it looks as if    

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Apple vaults past RIM and into top 5 handset maker listings

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) jumped past BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) to become the world's No. 4 handset maker in the third quarter, according to several research firms. The move marks Apple&#    

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HTC aims to ship 8.5 million smartphones in 4Q10

Smartphone vendor HTC has set a shipment target of 8.5 million units for the fourth quarter of 2010 and revenues are projected to rise 20% sequentially to NT$90-92 billion (US$2.93-3 billion) to challenge a 10%    

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Nokia: In-Depth Analysis for the September 2010 Quarter

Neil Carvin submits: Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) earned €0.14 per diluted share on an IFRS basis in 2010's third quarter, up from a loss of €0.15 per share in the same quarter of 2009. Both q    

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Android 2.3 'next major release,' says anonymous Google engineer

Who knew a support thread on corporate WiFi login issues would lead to anything we'd care about? Cut to Google code's Android forums, where an anonymous Google engineer confirms that this problem will    

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Lenovo says no Android tablet in US until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 tablet, period

If you happen to be enthusiastic about Lenovo, tablets, and your American residency, look away now. Lenovo still plans to ship the Android-based LePad in China some time soonish, but its US roadmap can pretty m    

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Taiwan handset component makers not significantly affected by depreciation of US dollar

Most Taiwan-based component and handset makers, including Merry Electronics, Ichia Technologies and Arima Communications, indicated that the depreciation of the US dollar against the NT dollar has not brought s    

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Micron launches pico projection engine

Micron Technology has announced the V100 pico projection engine for integration in smartphones with price expected to drop under US$30. It is scheduled to begin volume production at the end of 2010, and Micron    

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RIM's Jim Balsillie hits back at the Steve Jobs rant, Apple's 'distortion field'

You had to know that Steve wouldn't get away with putting his five minute, competition-slamming manifesto out into the ether without some snap back from the competition. We've already heard responses    

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Symbian boss steps down effective immediately

Citing "personal reasons," the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executive director Lee Williams has left the company -- yes, "left," as in he's not going to stick around for a    

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