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Today, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics (LG) announced the launch of its new LG Application Store aimed at mobile devices around the world. According to the company, the new portal comes with two times more applications than before. These software solutions are aimed both at smartphones and feature pho... |
28 July 2010
13:31 GMT |
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On Monday, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics announced the release of new handsets, included in the company's Optimus series. According to LG, the new LG Optimus Series should prove a lineup of innovative devices the pack the latest advancements in the mobile space, while being meant to highlight L... |
6 July 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia was rumored a couple of days ago to plan on moving towards the newly unveiled MeeGo platform for its high-end N Series devices, and it seems the plans have been confirmed. The recently announced Nokia N8 smartphone would be the last N Series handset to run under the Symbi... |
25 June 2010
03:22 GMT |
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Today, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the release of its Adobe Flash Player 10.1 technology to the company's mobile partners. According to the company, the new solution has been built from scratch with new mobile specific features and with a great focus on the performance levels it can offer. Flash Player... |
22 June 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Mobile-phone maker Palm seems set to bring to the market new handsets powered by its webOS platform. Although the company has been recently acquired by computer maker HP, which is more interested in having the mobile operating system powering tablets and other products, it seems that Palm will still release new devic... |
19 June 2010
05:31 GMT |
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Finnish mobile-phone maker Nokia is reportedly getting ready to have the Near Field Communications (NFC) technology available on all the smartphones it would push to the market starting with 2011. The announcement was made by the company's Executive Vice President for Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, during a keynote pre... |
19 June 2010
04:09 GMT |
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Adobe Systems Inc seems pretty confident that its Flash Player will gain a lot of traction on the smartphone market. According to the company, the solution is expected to be present on a number of more than 250 million smartphones by the end of 2012. Moreover, the Flash Player should be supported by more than 53 per... |
11 June 2010
08:37 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is reportedly planning to make more Android-based devices available on the market during the ongoing year. To be more precise, the company has plans for a number of 20 such handsets before the end of 2010, a move that would enable the handset vendor to be more competiti... |
11 June 2010
04:48 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola is hard at work with the development of new handsets that would run under Google's Android operating system, with some of them already leaking into the wild. When wrapping up the ongoing year, the company might have on display 20 new Android-based devices, which should be present on ... |
8 June 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft does not plan to push the newly unveiled Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system outside the smartphone area, the company's CEO Steve Ballmer stated during a press conference in Singapore today. The platform has been intended to work on mobile phones, and this is the segme... |
26 May 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the commercial launch of its LTE network in the United States, and a few more details on the matter have just emerged into the wild. The company previously announced that it expected for its first LTE-capable handsets to hit the market in the first half of the ... |
18 May 2010
13:01 GMT |
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Leading market research company The NPD Group recently published a new market research according to which Google's Android operating system is moving closer to taking the leading position in the US. According to the research firm, the Android OS took the second position from Apple in Q1, and it accounts for 28 ... |
10 May 2010
12:23 GMT |
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According to a recently published report from Analysys Mason, the number of smartphones used around the world is expected to grow by 32 percent each year between 2010 and 2014. At the same time, the report shows that the smartphones' growth on the market will continue, and that they should account for 26 percen... |
29 April 2010
04:37 GMT |
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According to a recent report from iSuppli Corp, the cellphone industry went out of recession. The mobile phone maker had a great end quarter of 2009, and the smartphone segment is expected to increase considerably during the ongoing year, showing that the end of the recession has arrived.
The worldwide shipments... |
28 April 2010
10:58 GMT |
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The satisfaction that smartphones boasting touchscreen displays can deliver to mobile phone users in the United States is 40 index points higher that that offered by other smartphones, a recently published report from J.D. Power and Associates unveiled. According to the report, the owners of smartphones with touchsc... |
2 April 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Microsoft is weighing in on the Apple vs. HTC legal dispute over patent violation claims by the Cupertino-based hardware vendor, downplaying the relevance of the lawsuit when it comes down to the overall evolution of the mobile market. Putting in his two cents, Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy g... |
17 March 2010
08:15 GMT |
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Worldwide leading wireless platforms and semiconductors provider ST-Ericsson announced recently a partnership with Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, for the development of smartphones. According to the company, the agreement with HTC will result in the inclusion of its TD-SCDMA technology into the han... |
12 February 2010
03:31 GMT |
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The mobile segment of the telecommunications market is seen as the fastest sector in the area, as it showed growth during the past years, and is expected to rise even more in the future. According to a recent report from IDC, the area is now an $850 billion global market, accounting for around 57 percent of the worl... |
11 February 2010
15:21 GMT |
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The market of converged mobile devices, which are widely known around the world as smartphones, registered impressive growth during the fourth quarter of the last year, a recently published report from IDC shows. According to the research firm, the shipment of these devices rose to a total of 54.5 million units in Q... |
4 February 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Software company Adobe announced about a half a year ago that it planned on delivering full support for its Flash technology for the emerging market of smartphones, and most of you might know already that its Flash Player 10.1 is the one that will make this happen. Work in the area is being made, and, although we we... |
4 February 2010
04:04 GMT |
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Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has reportedly cut the price tag of some of its handsets in an attempt to lure more consumers into buying its products. The company is said to have performed a price cut for a series of its devices in late January, and that its cheapest smartphones are now sporting about... |
2 February 2010
13:01 GMT |
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According to a recently published report from ABI Research, around 87 of the Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones on the market in 2014 should include the 802.11n Wi-Fi technology. This still marks a great increase in the availability of the standard, which was present on only one percent of the Wi-Fi-capable smartphones last ... |
13 January 2010
06:41 GMT |
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South Korean mobile-phone maker LG Electronics came to this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with a series of new mobile phones, including one that boasts Intel's Moorestown platform, and unveiled a series of details on its plans for the ongoing year too, such as the fact that it ... |
9 January 2010
04:48 GMT |
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Augmented reality (AR) is one area that is expected to grow a lot during the following few years, a series of previous reports have showed already, and now Juniper Research provides a series of estimated figures for the area. According to the research firm, the number of mobile downloads that include augmented reali... |
5 January 2010
10:22 GMT |
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Before we'll tell you a Happy New Year, we wanted to share our impressions on some of the smartphones that were launched on the market during the ongoing year. This top 10 smartphones of the year includes what we believe to be the hottest smartphones that were pushed on shelves by makers around the world, regard... |
31 December 2009
08:01 GMT |
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According to the November 2009 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, throughout 2009, smartphones have become more commonly used for Internet traffic, and the same applies to the Wi-Fi connectivity. When it comes to mobile Web and application requests, the report shows that smartphones have seen a great growth, reaching 48 p... |
18 December 2009
17:41 GMT |
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This year was undoubtedly a good one for advanced technologies, in spite of the global economic downturn that saw a lot less money being spent on electronics. But experts estimate that 2010 will be even better. Sneak previews of the products to be displayed at next year's shows and conventions reveal a huge push... |
17 December 2009
11:04 GMT |
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Smartphones are already an indispensable commodity to a lot of people, and have become an integrated part of their daily lives. Some use them to surf the Web and post updates on Facebook and Twitter, while others use facilities such as document viewers and editor, and slideshow presentations. But now, researchers at ... |
28 November 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Apple's iPhone, the most popular handset available on the market at the moment, is set to become available on the South Korean mobile phone market as soon as today. Not only does its arrival offer users in the country the possibility to choose yet another appealing device, beside those already present on the ma... |
28 November 2009
03:38 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung, the second largest handset vendor around the world, is reportedly getting ready to deliver to the market an increased number of devices powered by Google's Android operating system. In addition, the company is also said to plan leaving aside the development of Symbian-bas... |
10 November 2009
09:02 GMT |
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The popularity of netbook systems continues to grow as new technologies will enable vendors to further diversify their designs and provide customers with a few more options when choosing a new, low-power, ultraportable, Internet-capable device. We have already seen a number of companies joining the race for a better ... |
6 November 2009
06:29 GMT |
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The mobile retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Mobile, has revealed the signing of an agreement with Google for the delivery of Google Mobile App to more customers. According to the company, this way, it becomes the first retailer in the US that partners with Google for the distribution of Google Mobile App o... |
6 November 2009
04:41 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola is said to plan on releasing a wide range of mobile phones next year, with the newly launched Motorola CLIQ and Motorola DROID being only the first handsets the company has in store for its users. At least this is what CEO Sanjay Jha seems to have stated during the press conference that an... |
30 October 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Search engine company Google announced on Thursday a new feature available with its Google Custom Search, namely the fact that it now formats search results to fit on mobile phones. Google Custom Search, as many of you might already be aware of, enables web site owners to add Google-powered search boxes to their site... |
23 October 2009
04:18 GMT |
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Leading provider of communications and consumer silicon solutions Marvell announced on Monday its ARMADA family of processors aimed at next-generation ARM instruction set smartphones, smartbooks, as well as consumer and embedded devices. The chips come with great mobility, featuring both lightweight designs and great... |
20 October 2009
04:56 GMT |
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Acer is one of the companies that announced earlier this year that they would come to the market with a mobile phone powered by Google's Android system. The handset hasn't been officially unveiled yet, though reports show that it should become available for purchase sometime in November, hitting the shelves... |
2 October 2009
10:49 GMT |
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According to a recently published study from Wireless Expertise, a UK-based research firm, the smartphone sales around the world are expected to rise from about 165.2 million in 2009 to 422.96 million in 2013, driving the mobile application market to increase from $4.66 billion this year to $16.60 billion in 2013. ... |
25 September 2009
10:28 GMT |
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Redmond-based Microsoft is getting ready to release on the market the latest flavor of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, on October 6, and seems to be very optimistic about the market availability of the platform. According to the software giant, a number of more than 30 mobile phones are expected to h... |
24 September 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Santa Clara-based Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is about to make the first steps into the smartphone world, and it seems that it plans on walking both the software and the hardware roads at the same time. The company's Linux-based Moblin 2.1 operating system has just made an appearance, and it seem... |
23 September 2009
03:42 GMT |
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Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon platform is already available on the market in a Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the Toshiba TG01, and it seems that soon more smartphones powered by it will become available for purchase. Two of said devices have been met before, namely the HTC Leo and the Acer F1, yet others should ... |
22 September 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Microsoft Pink, the project that was rumored to be all about a mobile phone that the Redmond company was planning on delivering to the market running under its own Windows Mobile 7 operating system, has made the headlines once again. This time around, however, the rumors are even juicier than before, as they point to... |
21 September 2009
01:40 GMT |
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The mobile phone market seems to begin its recovery after the financial downturn that affected it during the past few quarters, at least this is what IDC says that happens in the Western European countries. The IDC European Mobile Phone Tracker shows that, compared with the second quarter of the last year, handset ma... |
19 September 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Japan-based market research firm Techno Systems Research (TSR) recently stated that 17 percent of the total number of mobile phones shipped during the ongoing year would be smartphones. According to TSR, although the overall handset shipments are expected to decline by 10 percent during 2009, smartphone shipments wil... |
2 September 2009
10:04 GMT |
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Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs) seem to lose ground on the global navigation market in front of smartphones that feature GPS capabilities. According to a recent study published by iSuppli, smartphones are expected to surpass PNDs on the market by 2014. Moreover, the research firm also says that almost all smartpho... |
2 September 2009
06:35 GMT |
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In the near future, a newly developed piece of software for smartphones will allow users visiting ancient buildings to see what they looked like in their former glory, by just pointing the onboard camera at the structure. The software will automatically recognize the construction, and will display a picture showing t... |
17 August 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Motorola has stepped on the gas with the development of its Android-based mobile phones, and it is getting ready to release on the market two such handsets before the holiday season, with more expected to come as soon as next year. Motorola's CEO, Sanjay Jha, has already confirmed the upcoming devices, stating t... |
3 August 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless, the largest operator in the country, has recently operated some price cuts for its smartphones. Following the move, its subscribers can now get some of the greatest high-end handsets for under $100, except for two devices, namely the recently launched BlackBerry Tour and the Sam... |
3 August 2009
04:35 GMT |
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A recently published research from Strategy Analytics shows that the shipments of smartphones that include GPS capabilities will grow by 34 percent during the ongoing year all around the world. For comparison, last year, the shipments reached 57 million units, while estimations point towards a number of 77 million th... |
30 July 2009
06:22 GMT |
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Chinese company ZTE Corp, a worldwide leading provider of telecom equipment and network solutions, came to the market recently with a number of four new mobile phones that run under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. According to the news, the four devices are only a part of the total of 10 the company... |
21 July 2009
09:06 GMT |
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ARM's chips are widely available inside mobile phones, and they seem to also be the first choice when it comes to smartphones. According to the company, Google's Android operating system has been optimized to work in such devices, where it fits better than it would inside more powerful computers like smartb... |
8 July 2009
09:03 GMT |
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