4G LTE Phone Shipments Could Hit 67 Million This Year

A “breakout year” for 4G.
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Study: You Wish Your iPhone Display Were Bigger

Consumers prefer smartphones with screens in the 4- to 4.5-inch range.
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Tablet Market: You Can Have My iPad When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands

Hardly surprising. The iPad is dominating the tablet market like the Augustan-era Roman Empire.
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It’s Official: Apple Ousts Nokia as the World’s Largest Smartphone Vendor

IDC and Strategy Analytics today officially confirmed what was unofficially revealed last week: Apple is the largest smartphone maker in the world.
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Samsung Electronics Profit Falls 18 Percent

Samsung Electronics Co. said its second-quarter profit fell 18 percent amid weak demand and lower prices for consumer electronics broadly, though rising sales of smartphones led its cellphone business to more than double in profitability.

Apple: The World's Largest Handset Vendor By Revenue

Another milestone for Apple. It became the world’s largest handset vendor by revenue in the first quarter of 2011, overtaking Nokia to claim that title. And it only took four years.

Prediction: In Two Years, Apple Will Have Less Than 50 Percent of the Tablet Market

Android’s gains in the tablet market continue apace with no signs of slowing. In fact, if anything, the platform is growing faster. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, Android’s share of the global tablet market grew 22 percent in the fourth quarter-–a tenfold spike over the prior quarter.

Nokia N8 Engine Trouble Traced to Assembly Line

The delayed Nokia N8 hasn’t been on the market two months and it’s already been hit with manufacturing problems. The company acknowledged Thursday that some first-run devices are affected by a hardware issue that causes them to power down and refuse to power back up again.

No Lenovo LePad Until 2011

Initially expected by the end of 2010, Lenovo’s LePad won’t ship until 2011. This according to CEO Yang Yuanqing, who told The Wall Street Journal that the company expects the Android-based tablet to go on sale in China early next year.

Nokia's Smart-Phone Slip

Nokia’s Smart-Phone Slip

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