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Apple's iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25

Turns out the rumors weren't too far off. After fighting for ages to get the iPhone 3G to Chinese shores, citizens of the aforementioned nation will soon be able to pick up one of Apple's latest (the    

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Skyhook: Google forced Motorola to drop our location service, delay the Droid X

We figured Skyhook's business interference and patent infringement lawsuits against Google would turn up some dirt, and we didn't have long to wait: the location-services company's complaint flat    

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Spreadtrum launches single-chip solution for triple-SIM handsets

China-based chip design house Spreadtrum Communications has announced its new SC6600L7 single-chip solution designed for handsets that feature support for three GSM SIM cards.    

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LG Electronics CEO resigns in wake of waning mobile phone sales

Times are tough for top-level executives these days, from HP to Nokia and even this side of Dell. The latest in that dubious list is LG Electronics. Wanting to "take responsibility for the slack performanc    

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Verizon won't sell Windows Phone 7 until 2011

Uh, oh, looks like Verizon has indeed distanced itself from Microsoft after the Kin debacle: the carrier confirmed to Bloomberg Businessweek today that it won't offer any Windows Phone 7 devices at launch    

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Verizon to light up LTE network in 30 'NFL cities' this year

We already knew Verizon was planning to hit one third of the country with LTE this year with plans to expand dramatically after that, but things are starting to come into sharper focus: the carrier today said t    

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HTC touch panel suppliers expect record monthly revenues in 3Q10, says report

With Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC continuing to launch new smartphone models to compete with Apple's iPhone, the vendor's touch panel suppliers Young Fast Optoelectronics, J Touch and TPK Touch    

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Nokia's VP of Design has a plan to crack the US market with MeeGo, and we're all accomplices

One look at the N8 and E7 should be enough to convince the casual observer that Nokia is serious about design. The man behind Nokia's hardware and software design for the last year is Marko Ahtisaari, Seni    

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Acer, HTC, Asus valued as top-3 Taiwan-based global brands

Acer, HTC, Asus (the brand owned by Asustek Computer) have been appraised as the three most valuable Taiwan-based global brands in 2010 with overall brand values of US$1.401 billion, US$1.371 billion and US$1.2    

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HTC to offer Android 3.0 tablet PC in 1Q11, say Taiwan component makers

HTC plans to launch a tablet PC, possibly equipped with Android 3, in the first quarter of 2011, according to Taiwan-based component makers.    

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