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This is worth noting giving the amount of energy that goes into mobile content use. Five of the top handset makers have launched a star-rating system to compare the energy-efficiency of cellphone chargers; most wall chargers consume the greatest share of their electricity when disconnected from the phone...
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Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices. The complaints, which were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and with the U.S. International...
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Cellphone makers are heading straight into a cold, dry winter as sales are expected to drop to their lowest point since the beginning of the decade, WSJ reports . Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) and Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) have all come clean and warned that the outlook looks grim for the...
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This wasn't entirely unexpected, given Nokia's purchase of Symbian. Staff at UIQ Technology, the Symbian-based mobile application development platform and graphical interface, were warned that they were facing layoffs following the decision by its co-owners Sony ( NYSE: SNE ) Ericsson ( NSDQ...
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Here's some fresh evidence that proves Apple's iPhone has hit mainstream. The device outsold the Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) RAZR for the first time in the last quarter, according to The NPD Group. The RAZR had been the top-selling cellphone for the past year. The strong iPhone sales weren't enough...
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As the economy continues to spiral downhill, more analysts are expecting mobile-phone sales to shrink next year, which will mark the first time since 2001, according to a poll conducted by Reuters . The survey found that 8 out of 22 analysts are even less bullish, and expect the market to decline next...
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Another line in the sand crossed at Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ). Samsung has ousted the American handset maker from its number one position in the US market. Research firm Strategy Analytics reports that the Korean electronics maker edged ahead in the third quarter taking 22.4 percent of the US handset market...
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A report on smartphone satisfaction ranked Apple's iPhone as having the highest customer satisfaction. Released today by J.D. Power and Associates, the report measured five factors when it came to customer satisfaction, ranging from ease-of-use to battery life. On a 1,000-point scale, Apple ( NSDQ...
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In its most controversial measure of the day, the FCC has approved a plan to make unused portions of TV airwaves available to deliver wireless broadband service. Despite earlier hints that the two democrats on the panel might reject the measure, the FCC voted unanimously in favor of the deal. Leading...
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Of the top 20 most popular Web sites, half of them did not work well on mobile phones, even though up to 5 percent of visitors these days are now coming from mobile devices, according to a study conducted by Bango (AIM: BGO), which provides tools for mobile analytics. It seems despite all the hype about...
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Cellphone makers shipped 303 million units worldwide in Q3, which is down slightly from the previous quarter, according to data released by Strategy Analytics today. Marking the wireless industry's weakest growth rate since 2002, sales were up only 5 percent from a year ago. That compares to the...
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Motorola's co-CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed In Motorola's Q3 conference call this morning that it was streamlining its handset business to focus on three operating systems going forward—Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and it's own P2K platform for low-cost handsets. The call...