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Digitimes is reporting a few interesting numbers for the mobile industry, particularly Apple’s smartphone business. Their research concludes that total smartphone shipments in 2011 will quite possibly exceed 462 million units. This is a 60 percent increase from 2010, in which 288 million units were shipped. Apple alone is expected to ship over 86.4 million…
There’s no way to put this nicely, USB modems are some of the most boring pieces of hardware in the mobile industry, or at least that’s what I used to believe until I got one that can access a test LTE network in Helsinki, Finland. Two problems that these modems have is that they require…
We’ve already talked about the Orange Monte Carlo aka ZTE Skate in the past, and now it’s available for purchase. The good news is the price with the France Telecom-owned operator asking 149 GBP (about $243) for an unlocked device. That’s an awesome deal for a smartphone as powerful as Monte Carlo, which specs include…
A leaked roadmap from inside Sprint tells us that they’re planning multiple devices to launch on August 21. Among them are the BlackBerry Bold 9930, Torch 9850, and the entry-level WiMAX-enabled Samsung Conquer (D600). The Motorola Photon (MB855) will be dropping July 31, while the new BlackBerry Curve 9360 along with a few new Kyocera phones…
It’s a story that many who are familiar with the wireless industry have heard time and time again. Asian companies like HTC, Huawei, and ZTE start out as mere handset makers who supply devices to operators who then go on and slap their logo on the bodies of said devices, along with a slew of…
ZTE will launch two new Android smartphones in the UK soon. We’re talking about low-to-mid range devices that promise to bring Android to the mainstream consumer. The first of the two is ZTE Libra which comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, 600MHz processor, FM radio and 512MB of RAM, while Android 2.2 Froyo is running…
Alltel added the ZTE AC30 Mobile Hotspot to its portfolio, allowing users to get their Internet fix wherever Alltel network has a signal (or through roaming). Similarly to Novatel’s MiFi product, ZTE’s baby also supports up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices — including tablets, netbooks and gaming devices — offering them Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity…
With a large partner like Orange, ZTE may actually be able to hit its targets and sell over 80 million phones by the end of this year. The France Telecom’s British subsidiary now lists the ZTE-made Orange Monte Carlo in its “Coming Soon” section. The device in question is actually the ZTE Skate, which we…
Chinese handset maker and infrastructure equipment vendor ZTE isn’t known very well, but last year they were the world’s 4th largest mobile phone manufacturer in terms of volume thanks to the 51.8 million devices they sold. This year ZTE says they’ll sell over 80 million devices, an increase of over 40%, and that smartphones will…
Orange and ZTE have a pleasant surprise for all the Orange San Francisco (aka ZTE Blade) owners out the there. The Taiwanese handset maker and the France Telecom-owned operator will release the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the popular device which is available for 99 GBP (plus a 20 GBP top-up) on Pay as you…