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ABI: Budget smartphones will equal half of all smartphone shipments in future

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

It looks like it won't just be low-cost Android tablets that will see a huge boost in the market, but low-budget smartphones as well. According to ABI Research, in the year 2018, budget smartphones will equal about 46% of all smartphone shipments, which is 28% higher than today. Currently, 259 million budget smartphones are expected to ship this year, but in 5 years, that number will increase to a whopping 788 million. Read The Full Story

Huawei no longer focused on the U.S. market [UPDATE: Statement]

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Huawei, who was once excited to be bringing more of its smartphones into the United States later this year, has decided to stop focusing its priorities on the U.S market, and instead will focus its efforts on bringing its products to the rest of the world. The company stated that its change in focus is due to "geopolitical reasons". For quite a while now, Huawei has been under fire from the United States, Canada, and even the EU due to allegations that the Chinese government is using its smartphones to spy on other nations. Read The Full Story

Firefox OS developer phones sell out in matter of hours

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, Mozilla announced that a retailer by the name of Geeksphone would begin selling the first Firefox OS developer phones today, and true to its word, not only did Geeksphone put the phones up on sale, it managed to sell out its entire available supply within a matter of hours. Previously, Mozilla stated that it was going to sell and ship the phones in February, but it wasn't able to keep its promise. Read The Full Story

Samsung probe underway in Taiwan over allegations of smear campaign against HTC

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Word surfaced on Monday that authorities in Taiwan have launched an investigation into technology firm Samsung. The allegation in the case is that Samsung hired students to post malicious comments about rival HTC online. A Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission spokesman has stated that the investigation began last week after complaints were filed. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile’s first day iPhone sales exceeds all expectations

, Apr 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile was more than pleasantly surprised when it discovered that in almost all of its 3,000 stores across the nation, people were lining up in order to purchase an iPhone. It was the only major carrier to not sell the iPhone. Even prepaid carriers like Virgin Mobile USA and Cricket got their hands on the iPhone before T-Mobile could. T-Mobile tried to play things off by saying it didn't need an iPhone because it had a large selection of Android devices that were even better than the iPhone, but yesterday's turnout proved otherwise. Read The Full Story

LG to expand its retail stores in emerging markets

, Apr 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

LG is looking to expand its retail stores in overseas locations by up to 20% this year. It plans on opening up around 600 new retail locations in various emerging markets, including India, the Middle East, and Africa. It currently has 3,000 retail stores located all around the world. Its primary reason for doing so is to increases its smartphone market share, however, its retail locations will also be selling its other consumer electronics as well. Read The Full Story

USPTO invalidates Apple’s “Bounce-Back” patent once again

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has once again invalidated Apple's "bounce-back" patent. The patent, labeled patent # 7,469,381, was one of Apple's major patents in its lawsuit against Samsung. It provides the "bounce-back" feature that bounces the screen back upward if the user scrolls past the end of a page/document. The patent also includes other features including dragging documents, rotating documents, list scrolling, scaling, and many other features. Read The Full Story

The cellphone turns 40 years old today

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Mobile phones may not be anything too special these days, but 40 years ago today, the world's first cellphone was just being born, and it was all the rage. On April 3, 1973, the first call from a cellphone was made by the inventor himself, Marty Cooper, where he called out to his rival: the head of the research department at Bell Labs, Joel Engel. Read The Full Story

Lenovo reportedly in talks to buy NEC’s mobile phone business

, Mar 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

It seems Lenovo isn't giving up on it's pursuit to buy out a mobile phone company. First it was BlackBerry, which may or may not be fizzling, but this time around it's reported that Lenovo is in talks to acquire NEC's mobile phone business. It's said that NEC is looking to change some things around with its mobile unit, and selling it to Lenovo might be an option. Read The Full Story

Over 500m devices connected to internet in U.S.

, Mar 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

A new analysis performed by The NPD Group shows that the United States has hit an impressive milestone. There are currently over 500 million internet-connected devices all across the nation. These devices include smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, video-game consoles, HDTVs, Blu-Ray players, and more. The NPD Group says that the main driver for this number is the increase in smartphone and tablet ownership. Read The Full Story

1 in 3 Americans still text and drive

, Mar 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

State governments around the US have been cracking down on mobile phone use during the past couple of years. Some states even make it illegal to use your mobile phone at all while driving, while some states will allow you to talk, but not text. However, it turns out that 1 in 3 US drivers still text when behind the wheel. Read The Full Story

LG announces Smart Video eye-recognition tech for Optimus G Pro

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Looks like LG is going to be debuting its own eye-recognition technology, possibly to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S IV's rumored eye-scrolling tech. LG's new tech will be available for the LG Optimus G Pro next month in Korea. It will be part of an entire value pack of updates, which includes a new camera feature, a "Magic Remote Pad and Text Keypad", customizable LED lighting, and the first Android emoticons to come in different colors. Read The Full Story
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