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ZTE sets 80M handset shipment target for 2011

Chinese vendor ZTE said it expects to ship more than 80 million handsets by year-end, a marked increase over last year. The company aims to rely heavily on sales of smartphones to get to its goal. ZTE BladeThe    

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Shipments of touch panels for mobile phones showing growth in 2Q11, says Wintek

Wintek is expected to benefit as Apple increases its outlook for the production of its mobile phone and tablet PC products. According to Wintek, shipments of touch panels for mobile phones have shown growth in     2 comment(s)

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Intel to continue working on MeeGo, despite Nokia exit

As Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop has recently confirmed that the company will quit its involvement in its co-developed MeeGo software platform with Intel, market watchers are becoming pessimistic toward MeeGo&#    

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will launch in the UK on August 4th

The Galaxy Tab 10.1, the benchmark Android tablet device at this moment in time, is coming to the UK on August 4th. Samsung's just made the launch date official, announcing that both WiFi and 3G variants w    

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Nokia's Android flirtations revealed

We don't know if this device is "super confidential" or not, but we've just come across yet another Nokia N9 lookalike with a non-MeeGo operating system on board. Well, it looks that way, an    

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Voltaic Spark Tablet Case powers your pad with the Sun's rays

Voltaic makes tons of solar-charging gear, from laptop bags to backpacks, but what are those living in a post-PC world to do? Well, the company just unveiled its Spark Tablet Case -- a thin, padded tote designe    

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Prototype dual-screened 2-in-1 Android smartpad from Imerj preview

From the front it looks like yet another plain smartphone -- dark, nondescript, and maybe a little like an iPhone 4 that's had its right-most extent sliced off. Pick it up, though, and you realize this lit    

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Non-iPad tablet vendors likely to launch new Wintel-based models to compete with Apple in 2012

Intel and Microsoft are jointly touting a new Wintel-based platform for tablet PCs, raising hopes among non-iPad tablet PC vendors that they may be able to compete more effectively with Apple in the segment in    

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China market: China Telecom subsidizes 42% of purchases of mid-range smartphones, says report

China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, has offered subsidies to cover 42% of purchase prices for 11 selected mid-range 3G smartphones, according to report by China-based tech.163.com    

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Ultra-thin notebooks to boost demand for lithium-polymer batteries

Market demand for lithium-polymer batteries, which are used mainly in products such as tablet PCs or notebooks with ultra-thin designs, is expected to increase significantly as ultra-thin designs are estimated    

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