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China was biggest smartphone market by shipment volume in Q3

A new report by Strategy Analytics puts China ahead of the US in terms of smartphone shipments in Q3. What's more, while the number of shipments in China grew 58% to 23.9 million units, the numbers in    

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Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs as part of global restructuring

Nokia Siemens Networks has just announced a new global restructuring initiative that will result in the loss of a whopping 17,000 jobs. According to a statement released today, the company will "realign it    

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Strategy Analytics: China leapfrogs US to become world's top smartphone market

The winds of tech consumerism are changing course. More specifically, they're heading east. According to the latest Q3 figures from Strategy Analytics, China is now the world's largest smartphone mark    

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Nokia to roll out new Windows Phone models in 1H12, says Nokia Taiwan

Nokia will roll out new Windows Phone-based smartphones in the first half of 2012 following the recently released Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, according to Michael Hus, general manager of Nokia Taiwan.    

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Apple and Samsung's patent battle draws concern from EU Competition Commission

It appears that Samsung and Apple's never-ending game of patent Risk is beginning to draw concern from government regulators. The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the companies    

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Compal Communications handset shipments increasing, says paper

Buoyed by orders from Nokia, Compal Communications is expected to ship over 600,000 handsets in November compared to 200,000 units shipped in October, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.    

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HTC to ship 10.8 million smartphones in 1Q12, says paper

HTC is expected to see its smartphone shipments grow only 11% on year to 10.8 million units in the first quarter of 2012 as the smartphone vendor will not be able to launch new LTE-enabled models until March-Ap    

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Windows Phone Marketplace inches over 40,000 app mark

Windows Phone continues to shore up its app and game selection, hitting 40,000 apps in just over a year since its inception. Granted, there's still plenty of catching up to do before Microsoft's third    

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Compal reportedly to bid heavily on Windows 8, says paper

Compal Electronics, optimistic about the potential of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, has reportedly instructed the engineers from its notebook, tablet PC and smartphone businesses to focu    

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Apple Reduces iPad 2 Supplies, Makes Room For iPad 3 [REPORT]

There is no doubt that due to the highly successful nature of their products, Apple will continue to release next generations of their iDevices for years to come. The question is not if we’ll be seeing an    

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