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Will Nokia dare to release a Windows-powered device?

Here's a rumor that keeps cropping up: Nokia Corp. plans to introduce a device running on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7 operating system. While the move would be a monumental shift for Nokia it�    

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AT&T buys FLO TV spectrum for $1.92B

It turns out Qualcomm Inc.'s spectrum for FLO TV is actually worth more on its own — at least to AT&T Mobility. In a1.92 billion deal, Qualcomm gets an exit from its failed FLO TV business, s    

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Taiwan handset makers doubt competitiveness of reported Nokia-Microsoft cooperation in smartphone

In response to reports that Nokia is negotiating with Microsoft about the possibility of adopting Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with integration of Nokia elements for its new smartphone models, Taiwan-based handset mak    

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China gray-market cell phone shipments slow in 2011, says iSuppli

Stymied by a government crackdown, China's gray-market cell phone shipments are expected to expand in 2011 at a considerably slower pace compared to 2010, according to the market research firm iSuppli.    

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Apple secrets leaked early by inside traders, arrests reveal

We don't normally cover the "business crime" beat, but there's a pretty interesting gadget angle here. As part of a larger crack down on insider trading, three technology executives and a &q    

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RIM beats earnings estimates, falls just shy on subscriber growth; co-CEOs now co-chairmen, too

For now, RIM's looming mindshare problem is more theoretical than it is practical -- as far as Wall Street's concerned, at least -- on today's news that they've beaten the consensus estimate    

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HTC's Peter Chou says LTE handsets are coming next year, and the world keeps on spinning

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but a very popular handset maker will be introducing smartphones that incorporate the latest wireless technology at some point in the upcoming year. Sounds crazy, d    

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Best Buy tells the Nexus S retail story: 8AM online sales, two per customer maximum

Want a Nexus S this Thursday? Yeah, well, welcome to the club, pal -- you're not alone, so you're going to want to be armed with the right information to figure out your plan of attack. Best Buy has a    

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Toshiba building new factory to churn out iPhone LCDs, says Nikkei

Word on the street -- and by that we mean a Nikkei Business Daily report -- is that Toshiba's dropping a cool 100 billion yen (around1.2 billion in US currencies) for a new factory in the Ishikawa prefectu    

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Microsoft to demo new slate PCs, Windows 8 tablet functionality at CES?

The CES 2010 Ballmernote has become something of a black mark for Microsoft -- the company's delivered almost nothing in the year after Steve demoed the HP Slate and talked about future Windows 7 Slate PCs    

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