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China market: Smartphone sales to top 500-600 million units in 2014, says MediaTek president
Nov 05, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

Sales of smartphones in China are expected to top 500-600 million units in 2014, an increase of 25-50% from 400 million units projected for 2013, according to estimates from Hsieh Ching-chiang, president of Med    

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BlackBerry's new CEO plans to keep making smartphones

BlackBerry startled many when it booted Thorsten Heins, particularly smartphone owners -- would interim chief John Chen want to preserve the company's handset business? Those customers can relax, at least     1 comment(s)

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GSMArena shopping guide: November 2013
Nov 04, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

One of the most common questions we encounter as writers and editors for mobile tech revolves around which phone to buy. We've taken it upon ourselves to share our insight with more than just our frien    

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iPad Air selling at 5X iPad 4s launch rate, and 3X iPad Minis

Nov. 12 - 13, 2013San Francisco, CATickets On Sale NowFour days after its release, the iPad Air is selling at a much faster pace than Apple’s previous models. In fact, within two days of launch, the i    

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BlackBerry abandons $4.7 billion rescue deal and replaces CEO Thorsten Heins

If you were looking for positive news about BlackBerry's future, we'd suggest you look away. Canada's favorite smartphone maker has announced that its4.7 billion rescue deal with Fairfax has coll    

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Analysts: Huawei booms to No. 3 worldwide smartphone maker with P6, G610 success

The global smartphone market has calcified at the top, with Samsung Electronics and Apple continuing to lead the field by large margins, according to the latest reports from research firms Strategy Ana    

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Nokia Lumia sales hit a record last quarter
Oct 21, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

After a bit of rough times it seems things are finally looking up for Nokia and the Windows Phone platform in general. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company managed to sell "at least eight    

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Average lifecycle of new IT products drops to only 3 months
Oct 21, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

The average lifecycle of new consumer electronics products such as tablets, smartphones and notebooks, has shrunk significantly to only about three months currently, down from six months originally, according t    

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Direct current distribution networks will surpass US$24 billion in annual revenues by 2025, says firm
Oct 18, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

The market for direct current (DC) distribution networks is not a single, cohesive sector. Rather, it consists of several disparate opportunities, including data centers, mobile telecommunications towers, DC su    

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Android 4.4 KitKat and Nexus 5 to go official on October 28
Oct 16, 2013 (Updated Jan 12, 2016) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

The official name for Android 4.4 - KitKat - was made official a while ago, but back then we got no release date or feature details. Last year Google announced the Android 4.2 and Nexus 4 on October 29, so many    

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