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Struggling mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. has unveiled a low-price euro189 ($254) smartphone with Windows software at the world’s largest cell phone trade show.

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Apple’s iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire

Posted on February 7, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google’s Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

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Taiwan smartphone maker HTC sees Q1 revenue falling

Posted on February 6, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp expects to post much lower-than-expected revenue in the first quarter, underscoring analyst views that it will face another weak quarter and an uphill struggle to prove to investors it still retains its innovative touch. HTC said on Monday it sees a drop in revenue of as much as 36 percent in the first quarter to between T$65 billion and T$70 billion ($2.20-2.37 billion), from T$101.42 billion in the previous three months, but said its difficulties were “short term.” HTC Corp, the world’s No. …

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DoCoMo to ask for changes in Android -Nikkei

Posted on January 27, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

(Reuters) – NTT DoCoMo Inc will ask Google Inc to modify its Android operating system so that smartphones using it would put less pressure on networks, a move that could spark wider protests against the leading mobile software platform, the Nikkei reported. The leading Japanese mobile phone service provider identified an Android application, which enables free-of-charge voice communication, as a major cause behind a service disruption that occurred on Wednesday, the business daily said. Some Android applications send out control signals once every three to five minutes even when not in use.

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Sony Ericsson swings to Q4 loss before ownership change

Posted on January 19, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sony Ericsson posted a quarterly loss that missed all forecasts after losing in the battle for smartphone sales in the key year-end period, showing the challenge for Sony as it prepares to take full control of the joint venture. The world’s ninth-biggest handset maker, which got left behind in the boom that powered smartphone growth at rivals such as Apple and Samsung Electronics , has also been struggling with high costs in the global slowdown. …

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‘French Steve Jobs’ shakes up mobile phone market

Posted on January 15, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

Hailed as the French Steve Jobs, entrepreneur Xavier Niel is shaking up the country’s mobile phone market with a maverick style far removed from France’s traditionally conservative business practices.

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Iran cell phone firms deny blocking text messages

Posted on January 10, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

Iran’s mobile phone companies have denied blocking text messages with the words dollar and currency after the Iranian rial rapidly weakened on the announcement of new U.S. sanctions against Iran.

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Algeria to buy 51% stake in Djezzy mobile phone outfit

Posted on January 8, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

Algeria is to buy a 51-percent stake in mobile phone operator Djezzy, a government spokesman said on Sunday, after talks with the main shareholder in the group’s Egyptian parent company.

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INQ cancels the Cloud Touch Q, plans new devices for later in the year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by droiddude| Leave a comment

British mobile phone company INQ has informed ElectricPig.com that they’ve canceled its forthcoming Cloud Touch Q device. Announced way back at the beginning of 2011 alongside the Cloud Touch, the Q was a QWERTY-equipped touchscreen phone using Android 2.2.

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Egypt mobile phone Sept subscriptions up 26 pct

Posted on December 27, 2011 by droiddude| Leave a comment

CAIRO (Reuters) – The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew 25.76 percent to 80.39 million in the year to September, government figures showed on Tuesday. The number of mobie phone subscriptions in August was 78.99 million. In Septmber 2010, Egypt’s three mobile operators — Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and the Egypt unit of Vodafone — had 63.93 million subscriptions. Egypt is the Arab world’s most populous country, with more than 80 million people.