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Intel unveils new Atom processor platform for smartphones and tablet PCs

Benefiting from the company's power-saving architecture, transistor and circuit design expertise, plus unique manufacturing process techniques, Intel has unveiled its latest Intel Atom processor-based plat    

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Young Optics expects handset pico projector market to take off at end of 2010

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics believes shipments of pico projectors for handsets will begin to increase significantly around the end of 2010 and most handset vendors will adopt DLP-based pico pro    

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Intel reaches for the 'smartphone zone' with Moorestown-based Atom Z6, comes up shorthanded

We've seen the future of Intel's mobile platform, and it isn't all roses and sunshine. Three years after the chipmaker told us Moorestown would reduce Atom's energy consumption by a factor o    

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CyberLink to launch mobile multimedia editing applications

CyberLink will launch multimedia editing application programs for iPhone OS and Android devices as early as June 2010, according to company CEO Alice Chang.    

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IDC: The future of mobile device user input

Ten years ago, nearly every mobile phone in the United States offered an alphanumeric keypad. Demands on the mobile phone back then were simple, even singular: make and receive phone calls. No one imagined how    

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Motorola scores Q1 profit as smartphone sales rise

Motorola (NASDAQ: MOT) swung to a net profit in the first quarter, bouncing back from a year-ago loss. However, overall sales at the company's mobile devices division fell in the quarter despite a jump in    

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HP Makes Its Mobile Move, Saves Palm From Collapse

Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has stepped in as a surprise buyer for Palm (PALM). HP will buy Palm and its webOS operating system for1.2 billion, or5.70 a share. With the deal HP becomes a    

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Cell phone industry declares end of recession, says iSuppli

The cell phone industry is proclaiming the end of the recession for the segment following an outstanding final quarter of 2009 and a projected substantial growth for smartphones in 2010, according to iSuppli. A    

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Android picking up momentum in latest handsets

Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks the design and engineering trends in the handset market, and, thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures fro    

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Android Passes iPhone Web Traffic in the U.S.

TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao As we noted earlier, mobile ad network AdMob has released its monthly mobile metrics report for March, which takes a close look at Android OS traffic. One interesting stat that    

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