mobile phones
LG to quit mobile phone business for good
According to Korean sources, LG is about to exit the mobile phone business completely.
Nokia posts more bad quarterly earnings but Lumia sales are increasing at strong pace
Finnish giant Nokia reported its second quarter earnings today, and they were once again not pretty.
Gartner: Tablet and mobile phone shipments to reach 2 billion this year
Research firm Gartner has said today it expects combined PC, tablet and mobile phone shipments to reach 2.35 billion in 2013, a solid 5.9 percent increase from 2012 despite falling PC sales
Report: Samsung wants to sell 500 million phones this year
Includes feature and smartphones
NEC selling phone unit to Lenovo?
According to sources, Japan's NEC is in talks to sell their mobile phone unit to China's Lenovo
It is now illegal to unlock your phone unless your carrier says it's okay
As of this morning, it is now illegal to unlock your phone in the U.S., unless your carrier authorizes it.
The rule was put in place last ......
Strategy Analytics: Global mobile phone shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2012
According to the latest figures from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2012.
Smartphones accounted ......
Canonical shows off Ubuntu mobile OS on Galaxy Nexus
As expected, Canonical has unveiled some more details about their upcoming Ubuntu mobile OS, even showing off some features running on a Galaxy ......
North Korea disables camera, memory card and Bluetooth functions from new phones
It appears that North Korea has disabled video camera, memory card and Bluetooth functions from new mobile phones in an effort to control the ......
Motorola Mobility spent $530,000 lobbying in the Q2
According to a recent disclosure, Motorola Mobility spent $530,000 lobbying in the Q2.
The company lobbied the federal government on spectrum ......
Chinese knockoff phone kills man in India
25-year-old Dhanji Damor of Gujarat, India has died this week, after his Chinese knockoff phone electrocuted him while making a call.
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Samsung will become world's largest smartphone maker this quarter
After 15 years on top, Nomura has said today that both Samsung and Apple will surpass Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone makers, ......
Nokia's market share continues its decline
Research firm Gartner has reported today that Nokia's market share continues its multi-year decline, falling to 25.1 percent, its lowest reading since 1997.
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Last.fm on mobile goes subscription-only
Beginning next week, online music service Last.fm will move to subscription-only for mobile users (except for Windows Phone 7 users), moving ......
Nokia likely to can several in top-level management
The world's top mobile phone maker, Nokia, is on the verge of firing several executive board members, in the largest management "shake-up" in years.
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Mobile phone market grew 18 percent in Q4, Nokia still rules
IDC has reported this week that the global mobile phone market grew 17.9 percent in the Q4 2010, thanks mainly to increasing smartphone sales.
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One fifth of all mobile phones are illegal clones, says Nokia
According to Nokia, 20 percent of all mobile phones sold in the world are illegal clones, unlicensed copies that sell for a fraction of the ......