Move over, United States of America, it’s China’s turn to shine. The world’s most populous country is now also the biggest market for smartphones. According to Market Research firm Strategy Analytics China witnessed the shipment of 23.9  million smartphones during the third quarter of the year, up 58 percent sequentially. In contrast, the US markets [...]

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Amazon recently entered tablet segment, and it looks like the e-commerce giant is not content yet. Citibank has claimed that Amazon is now looking to enter smartphone market. However, it seems that Amazon is deliberately positioning itself in the mid and low tier market. Just like its tablet, even Amazon smartphone is likely to be [...]

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iPhone 4S is Apple’s first product launch without Steve Jobs and it has left quite a few of its followers disappointed. This might sound surprising given the fact that the phone has pretty much sold out all its pre-orders on all its carriers. But it is not so much about sales numbers, but more about [...]

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Two giants of the Android running smartphone market Samsung and HTC are due to unveil their Q2 profits in the coming weeks and analysts are predicting big figures. CCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber blabbed: “We expect second quarter earnings to reveal a widening gulf between the winners and losers.” Apple and Nokia are also set to announce [...]

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The smartphone segment is becoming duopolistic with Android and iOS vying with each other. Sadly, the other contestants are fast losing their importance. The quarter ended in May saw RIM losing about 1 million customers in the US. The loss becomes even harder to swallow when you consider Apple, which increased its subscriber base by [...]

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As many had predicted, Nokia has finally unveiled to the world its latest handset the N9 at a Nokia Connection event in Singapore. It’s the company’s first stab at a handset that is running on MeeGo operating software, which is based on Linux technology – but surely is only a stop-gap before we see Nokia [...]

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Samsung’s newly launched Galaxy S 2 smartphone has gone straight to the top of the smartphones charts in the UK and knocked Apple’s iPhone 4 of its perch.

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Ever had a few pre-drinks before a night out, jumped into a taxi and realised you’ve forgotten your changer and your phone is guaranteed to run out before you even enter the club? Of course you have, we all have and unless you’re Lady Ga Ga who apparently has beef with being contacted when she [...]

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