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Thanks to Google’s open source operating system Android, cheap overseas labor, and a bunch of businessmen who are willing to play the high volume, low margins game, an estimated 13% of all mobile phones shipped during the first 3 months of this year were made by companies like Micromax, Spice Mobile, and Yulong Coolpad; in…
If you want to buy Apple’s iPhone in America, then you have two choices: AT&T or Verizon. This isn’t the case in Europe where in many countries every operator, large and small, has the iPhone on offer or better yet you can buy it straight from Apple and just shove your own SIM card inside.…
Last week Qualcomm announced that they were going to acquire Rapid Bridge for an undisclosed sum of money. Rapid Bridge, based out of San Diego, has expertise in the field of chip design. According to EE Times they’re known for what’s called “Liquid Cell”, which can best be described by thinking of all the elements…
When people think of Nokia they think of a company that makes mobile phones, but they forget about Nokia Siemens Networks, the division of Nokia that is responsible for building the equipment that powers the wireless networks that mobile phones need to connect to so they can actually be useful. Nokia Siemens Networks has some…
For people who want the complete power of Android in their pocket, but also want to be able to bang out text messages, emails, and Facebook status updates in the blink of an eye, the market hasn’t really provided a solution to best suit their needs. Orange UK is looking to fix that with the…
Scott McGregor, the CEO of Broadcom, recently told attendees at the 2011 Bernstein Conference that he predicts his company and Qualcomm will likely be the two major players supplying handset vendors with mobile chips in the foreseeable future. His exact words: “There are only two companies that I am aware of that have the breadth…
According to a regulatory filing Sprint has reduced their previous 53.7% share in Clearwire to 49.8%. The reason? Investors think Sprint views Clearwire as a subsidiary, something they obviously don’t want because if Clearwire gets into financial trouble, which is very likely, then Sprint would be negatively impacted. “Sprint is proactively providing protection and flexibility…
Forget being able to stream Netflix on your 4G smartphone and uploading your entire music collection to Google’s new Music Beta, mobile phones can actually be used to help people who are struggling with issues such as poverty and hunger. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, looking to help farmers in developing countries, has launched…
If you’re a hardware manufacturer pumping out Android smartphones, then chances are you’ve decided to tweak Google’s default user interface so your user experience doesn’t look anything like what the competition offers. Samsung’s got TouchWiz, HTC has Sense, Sony Ericsson has Timescape, and Motorola has MOTOBLUR. Mobile enthusiasts hate all of them, but it’s MOTOBLUR…
Watch out Nike+ GPS and Run Keeper, there’s a new kid on the block and he goes by the name “Sports Tracker“. Many of you may not have heard about this application, but it’s got a history full of twists and turns that could make for an award winning soap opera for geeks. Sports Tracker…