Blog » March 2011

FIH swings to loss in 2010

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), a handset-manufacturing subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), swung to net losses of US$218.3 million in 2010 from profits of US$38.6 million a ye    

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Gemalto bringing NFC payments to phones of any intelligence with MasterCard PayPass SIM

We're seeing NFC chips showing up and tickling the innards of more and more mobile devices, but at this rate it's going to be ages before we see some proper market penetration. Gemalto may have just j    

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Firefox 4 for Android launched, ready to Sync and speed up your browsing

It was a release candidate just about a week ago and today it's all ready to go. Firefox 4 for Android has just been released from the Mozilla labs and is now prowling the mobile internet. You can get your    

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O2 scraps mobile tethering surcharges, cheers up a whole United Kingdom

This is weird. UK carrier O2 has decided to do exactly what we've been asking mobile operators to do for donkeys' years -- it's going to allow users to chew through their data allowance in whatev    

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IDC fails to learn from previous mistakes, issues 2015 smartphone predictions

The stat guardians at IDC are among the most reliable sources for keeping track of the latest developments in the smartphone market, but we've got to say their forecasts haven't always benefited from    

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Nokia keeps the lawyers well fed, returns to the ITC with fresh complaints about Apple

Like a desperate suitor unable to take "no" for an answer, Nokia's come back to the ITC with fresh allegations about Apple using its patented technologies without proper authorization. On Friday,    

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HTC to acquire 11.1% stake in KKBOX, says newspaper

Smartphone vendor HTC will invest US$10 million to buy new shares issued by KKBOX Taiwan for a 11.1% stake in the company, which operates of online streaming music services in the Taiwan and Hong Kong, accordin    

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Amazon Cloud Player goes live, streams music on your computer and Android

Oh snap! Look who just ate Apple and Google's lunch here? Minutes ago, Amazon rolled out its very own music streaming service which is conveniently dubbed the Amazon Cloud Player. Existing Amazon customers    

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China market: Local handset vendor G'Five aims at 30% market share in 3 years

G'Five International, a China-based vendor recording successful marketing of entry-level feature phones in India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa under the own brand G&#    

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Taiwan market: Motorola announces pre-order for 10-inch Xoom

US-based handset brand Motorola has announced pre-order for 200 of its 10-inch Xoom tablet PC in Taiwan with the price of the 32GB model at NT$19,980 (US$678) and will start shipping on April 20.    

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