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Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

Technology / Business

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

HP to make webOS software public by September

Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Latest Apple iPhone to hit China on January 13

Apple on Wednesday announced that the latest version of its hot-selling iPhones will be released in China and 21 other countries on January 13.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nintendo 3DS game system gets momentum in US

Nintendo on Tuesday announced that it sold more than four million of its sophisticated 3DS handheld videogame gadgets in the United States by end of 2011.

Technology / Business

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NASA 'Smart SPHERES' tested successfully on international space station

(PhysOrg.com) -- In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple scores hit on HTC in US patent case

Apple scored a hit in an ongoing patent brawl with mobile handset giant HTC with a US trade authority ruling the iPhone maker has rights to features using one-tap screen commands.

Technology / Business

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 14

Crush breaks out at Indonesian BlackBerry event

An offer of discounted BlackBerry smart phones turned into a frenzy Friday when thousands of Indonesians stormed the outlet, causing a crush in which at least three people were injured and some fainted.

Technology / Other

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Wikipedia eyes India for language growth

Wikipedia on Wednesday said it was banking on growth in the mobile phone sector and increased Internet access to boost content in Indian languages ranging from Hindi to Telugu.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S. Korea's LG to raise $884 mln in rights issue

LG Electronics, the world's third-largest handset maker, said Thursday it would raise about one trillion won ($884 million) through a rights offer to strengthen its troubled smartphone business.

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created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BlackBerry 'puts monitoring centre' in India

Research In Motion (RIM) has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government conduct surveillance checks on the company's BlackBerry services, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia prototype: twist, bend, tap, steal show (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The talk of the Nokia Show in London this week was a demo that had admiring visitors wishing the little device was beyond Cool-Idea Prototype and instead a launch with dates in place for stores ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Samsung 3Q profit slides 23 percent

(AP) -- Samsung Electronics said quarterly profit slid 23 percent as weaker demand for flat panels and computer chips offset booming smartphone sales that were estimated to have surpassed those of industry ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

PlayStation Vita to hit US in February

Sony said its next-generation PlayStation Vita games console will be released in the United States and Latin America on February 22.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sony Ericsson profits down in 3rd quarter

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson posted a break-even third quarter Friday - blaming the drop in earnings on higher taxes and lower margins - and announced that it is shifting its entire portfolio to smartphones next year.

Technology / Business

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