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Samsung Electronics, better known for its mobile phones, has decided to launch its own open mobile operating system, called "bada," which can be used to develop applications for Sams    

Nokia said it may replace up to 14 million phone chargers for free. The chargers, which were made by a third-party manufacturer, can  come apart and cause electric shock. The company said it is not awa    

Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group submits: This commentary originally appeared in Forbes. Rumor has it that only 5,000 iPhones have been sold in China since the device's Oct. 30 debut. What hap    

Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: It seems like these aren’t the Droids they were looking for. Having blogged about the Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS launches, I walked up to t    

China Telecom plans to procure 50-80 million CDMA handsets in 2010, of which 70% will be inexpensive models with average sales prices of 200 yuan (US$29), to meet expected demand from new subscribers mainly in    

Telecom carriers around the globe have continued to push forward the deployment of LTE networks despite a growing interest among WCDMA players to upgrade their systems to HSPA+ as a stopgap before committing fu    

Handset keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies saw October revenues fall short of market expectations due to slower-than-expected keypad orders from clients in Korea, according to a Chinese-language C    

The worldwide handset market saw mild sequential growth in third-quarter 2009, according to IDC. On-year growth remained negative, but improved from the first half of 2009. Handset shipments totaled 287.1 milli    

Claude Hsu, president of Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, has predicted that shipments of pico projectors for handsets will grow to 10-25 million units in 2012, compared to 20,000-30,000 in 2009.    

Did handset makers break out of their slump in the third quarter? Not quite, but there appears to be growth on the horizon. Now that Motorola and Samsung have released their quarterly handset numbers, it's