ZTE Smartphone

ZTE's Strength in Smartphones Delivers Increased Profitability and Brand Value Financial Post In the United States, ZTE's smartphone shipments greatly increased, a reward for the company's strategy to focus on high-end markets. In emerging markets including India, Indonesia, Mexico, Argentina and Russia, ZTE also achieved fast growth. In 2012 ... See all stories on this topic »

Mtel adds ZTE Blade III to smartphone portfolio Telecompaper (subscription) Bulgarian operator Mtel started selling ZTE's new Android-based smartphone Blade III. The Blade III is offered along with a subscription for one of the 'Mtel Smart' tariff plans. For instance, thesmartphone is available for BGN 4.90 per month or at ... See all stories on this topic »

Huawei sees sales up 10 per cent on cloud computing, smartphones IBNLive Privately held Huawei and its crosstown rival ZTE Corp have been expanding their footprint in the global telecom equipment and mobile phone sectors over the past few years. ZTE, the world's No.5 telecommunications equipment maker, in March posted its ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive

Tablet

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 review
ZDNet (blog)
Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet 2 comes in Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi plus mobile broadband versions, costing £569.99 (inc. VAT, £474.99 ex. VAT; US$699) and £699.99 (inc. VAT, £583.32 ex. VAT; US$949) respectively. If you want to use it with a keyboard dock, that ...
See all stories on this topic »Pricey tablet stand almost delivers
Boston.com
This elegant-looking accessory for tablet computer fans is just the thing for iPad owners who feel their arms getting tired. But while it's a nice device, it needs a tweak or two to make it just about perfect. As it is, the XFLEX isn't half bad. You ...
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Datawind expects to complete Aakash tablet supply by month-end IBNLive New Delhi: Datawind, supplier low-cost Aakash tablet to the government, has said it expects to complete delivery of 1 lakh units of the device by end of this month. "We expect to complete supply of around around 70,000 units by end of the week. Rest of... See all stories on this topic »

IBNLive

Review: HP ElitePad 900 Atom tablet
Register
If HP's ElitePad 900 is anything to go by, not everybody expects a business Windows 8 Pro Atomtablet to be a pocketable wafer. You only have to hold it in your hand to get the impression that this model has been built for endurance rather than ...
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Smartphones, tablet PCs boost Jarir earnings Arab News Growing sales of smartphones and tablet PCs have helped Jarir Marketing Company (JMC) to post higher quarterly profits. Jarir announced its estimated financial results for the first quarter of 2013, achieving a net profit of SR 180.8 million. This is ... See all stories on this topic »

Arab News

Health & Wellness Retailer Vitacost Turns To Tablets To Drive Serendipitous Sales TechCrunch Vitamin and health food online retailer Vitacost has launched a tablet app that's designed to encourage shoppers to put more than just the core items on their shopping list into their digital basket. Introducing a little serendipity into the buying ... See all stories on this topic »

TechCrunch

Dell to Launch New Windows 8 Tablets in Late 2013
Tom's Hardware Guide
Dell is exploring numerous tablet sizes, but the first wave will likely be 10 inches and larger. Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager of mobile products and solutions at Dell, said in an interview that the company is planning to launch new ...
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Surface Tablet

The Problem with Microsoft: It Doesn't Have the Face of a Star
Gotta Be Mobile
Microsoft did a fantastic engineering job with the Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets–early media reviews have called the design a handsome job with sturdy build quality thanks to its VaporMG construction. The slates come with an assuring click when ...
See all stories on this topic »Microsoft Surface Pro tablet review - Hardware.Info TV (Dutch)
Hardware.Info Video
Nadat we eerder de Surface Tablet met Windows RT al hadden bekeken, is het nu tijd voor zijn grotere broer, de Surface Pro. Deze tablet van Microsoft draait de volledige versie van Windows 8 en wordt geleverd met een pen. Optioneel is de Surface Pro ...
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I phone 5

T-Mobile kicks off preorders for iPhone 5 | Apple - CNET News
The carrier is now offering all versions of Apple's smartphone in advance of the iPhone 5's launch on its network on April 12. Read this article by Lance Whitney ...
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iPod

Gang of three punch and rob man of iPod Touch in Stroud This is Gloucestershire Three men approached the victim at around 10.15pm on Sunday April 7 as he walked along Middle Road in the town. One of the offenders said something to the victim and the victim was then punched, causing facial injuries. One of offenders then searched ... See all stories on this topic »

This is Gloucestershire

Evad3rs not doing iOS 6.1.3 jailbreak
Know Your Mobile
Apple released iOS 6.1.3, a minor update, almost two weeks ago for its iPhone, iPod, and iPad, effectively killing the current evasi0n jailbreak. In the wake of iOS 6.1.3, reports claimed that'd be it for jailbreaks for a while. New exploits will be ...
See all stories on this topic »[Cydia Tweak] Pluck allows song navigation from the lockscreen
Tapscape
The jailbreaking community is something I love – you can always bet that if there is something you wish your iPhone, iPad, or even iPod Touch did that Apple just didn't quite implement, that somebody has created a nice little Cydia tweak for you to ...
See all stories on this topic »12 Things You Need To Be Doing If You Use Apple's iCloud (AAPL)
San Francisco Chronicle
Every user with an Apple ID gets 5 GB of storage for free to back up apps and settings from their iPhone, iPad, or iPod. The service also syncs your photos, documents, and email with your Mac and mobile devices. The idea behind iCloud is to be able to ...
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Apple Working On It's Own Gamepad Tapscape Apple have reinvented the way in which people game via their apple devices. The iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and the iTunes App Store have fundamentally changed the nature of the video game business. But how will apple extend their gaming experience? See all stories on this topic »

Tapscape

Silvio Calabi: Azera, the gentleman's express
Taunton Daily Gazette
So did with the mood lighting, the carpet floor mats, the higher-grade stereo, the Xenon headlights and the iPod cable. The sticker price dropped by $4,100. To gaze upon Hyundai's shapely Azera is to realize how few cars today are truly pretty. In a ...
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iPhone Great for Criminals NBC Bay Area (blog) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: The new iPod Touch is displayed during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on September 12, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Apple announced the iPhone 5, the latest version of the ... See all stories on this topic »

NBC Bay Area (blog)

Palm Phone

Verizon Wireless Prepaid - Palm Pre 2 No-Contract Mobile Phone
Best Buy product reviews and customer ratings for Verizon Wireless Prepaid - Palm Pre 2 No-Contract Mobile Phone - Black. Read and compare experiences ...
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Nexus Tablet

Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July
Himalayan Times
Google, which gets almost all of its revenue from online advertising, wants the aggressively pricedNexus tablets to be a hit, as more Nexus users would mean more exposure for Google's ads.The latest version will have a higher screen resolution, a ...
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Reports: Next Generation Google Nexus 7 to Launch July, Sport Qualcomm CPU ... Eagle's Rant Google will launch the next generation version of its Google Nexus 7 tablet later this year, which according to Reuters will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and has been scheduled for a July release date. The news agency's sources also revealed ... See all stories on this topic »

Eagle's Rant

Asus eyes 15% share of Indian tablet market in 2013 Times of India The company has recently announced the availability of the Google's Nexus 7 tablet in the country priced at Rs 18,999 for Wi-Fi variant and Rs 21,999 for Wi-Fi+3G version. "It (Nexus 7) has been the bestseller tablet in technologically advanced ... See all stories on this topic »

Times of India

Mini MicroSD Reader adds removable storage slot to Android phones, tablets
Liliputing
Some of the best Android phones and tablets on the market don't feature out-of-the-box support for removable storage. I can't count the number of times I've heard people say they'd pick up a Nexusphone or tablet if only it had a microSD card slot for ...
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Mobile Software

Facebook unveils new Home mobile software MarketWatch MENLO PARK (MarketWatch) -- Facebook Inc. (US:fb) unveiled a new mobile software product called Facebook Home for mobile devices on Thursday. The software is designed to work with devices running the Android operating system from Google ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook's New Mobile Software Raises Privacy Questions MediaPost Communications Facebook's new mobile software, Facebook Home, is already raising the hackles of privacy activists, who say the company's poor record is cause for concern. “From a privacy perspective, Facebook is an unstable platform for a communication service,” ... See all stories on this topic »

News bites: Facebook unveils mobile software package The Hill (blog) Facebook unveiled a package of mobile software on Thursday that is designed to encourage users to be more active on the social network, according to The New York Times. The Associated Press says Facebook is moving into Google's turf with its Home ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook unveils Android software suite Channel News Asia MENLO PARK, California: Facebook on Thursday unveiled a software suite which stakes out a "home" on Android smartphones as it steps up its challenge to Apple and Google in the boomingmobile market. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the new ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Reveals New Software for Android Smartphones Fox Business Facebook Inc. (FB) unveiled a new smartphone application Thursday that greets users with itsmobile software each time they check their handsets, the social network's latest effort to grab a bigger share of the mobile market. The software runs atop ... See all stories on this topic »

Recap: Facebook's mobile phone event MarketWatch (blog) Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB showed off its new Home mobile software at an event at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on Thursday. The software creates a new home screen for Android-based smartphones. HTC announced a ... See all stories on this topic »

MobStac unveils software to manage mobile sites, apps Hindu Business Line MobStac has launched a new software programming interface that helps developers build and manage mobile Web sites and apps. The Bangalore-based company funded by Accel Partners provides a publishing platform on the Internet for Web sites that can ... See all stories on this topic »

African Opportunities At Mobile Commerce Executive Forum AllAfrica.com MicroStrategy South Africa, a worldwide provider of business intelligence and mobile software, will co-host the Mobile Commerce Executive Forum on 11 April 2013 at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Mark Bannerman, director at MicroStrategy South ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Software Puts It Front and Center on Android Phones New York Times (blog) On Thursday, Facebook unveiled its latest, most ambitious effort to crack the challenge: a package of mobile software called Facebook Home that is designed to draw more users and nudge them to be more active on the social network. The new suite of ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook makes a major foray into mobile Washington Post “By creating a deeper integration with mobile software, Facebook is looking to compete at the same level as a starting point for consumer behavior — which is increasingly where the big tech titans do battle,” said Clark Frederickson, vice president at ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Apps Download

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Mobile

Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity' Computerworld That's a big advance into mobile for a company that just last spring listed mobility among its "risk factors" in an amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The company admitted that the quickening shift from traditional desktop ... See all stories on this topic »

T-Mobile Slows Defections, Pushes Merger Wall Street Journal T-Mobile USA reported it slowed subscriber defections in the first quarter, a positive development as the company's bid to merge with MetroPCS Communications Inc. has been thrown into doubt. The carrier has lost lucrative contract customers to bigger ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile, Vodafone Bid for Myanmar License Wall Street Journal SINGAPORE—The world's two biggest mobile operators, China Mobile Ltd. and Vodafone Group PLC, have joined forces to bid for a mobile telecommunications license in Myanmar. But competition is stiff with more than a dozen companies, including a fund ... See all stories on this topic »

Hurrahs and Harrumphs for T-Mobile New York Times (blog) In my Times column on Thursday, I cheered T-Mobile's bold decision to abandon the standard United States cellphone business model. There will be no more two-year contracts, no more idiotic 15-second voice mail instruction recordings, no more games with ... See all stories on this topic »

North Korea has hidden two mobile missiles on coast: reports Globe and Mail North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported on Friday. The report could not be... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

For mobile phones, life begins at 40 GMA News "It was on 3 April 1973 that Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a call in New York on a Motorola DynaTAC – dubbed a 'brick' due to its size and weight – which was widely regarded globally as the first public mobile phone call," The Guardian said. See all stories on this topic »

TripAdvisor Can Tap Big Mobile Growth With Samsung's Help Forbes TripAdvisor has been investing heavily in its mobile platform to leverage increasing opportunities in the mobile space. It announced the launch of its mobile website in March 2010 and has since added apps for the iPhone, Android, Nokia, Palm ... See all stories on this topic »

Wayne Library launches mobile app NorthJersey.com Sharp adds that the app has other features such as BookCheck, which allows patrons the opportunity to check out books and magazines without waiting on line. BookLook Mobile also lets you scan the barcode that appears on the back of all books referred ... See all stories on this topic »

T-Mobile Accepting Pre-Orders for $99 iPhone 5 PC Magazine The popular Apple smartphone won't be available in T-Mobile stores until April 12, but customers can pre-order it on the carrier's website now. The base 16GB variant in either black or white will set you back $99.99 down, plus $20 per month for 24 months. See all stories on this topic »

Lenovo Smartphone

Lenovo May Purchase NEC's Phone Business
Tom's Hardware Guide
Although Lenovo does have a smartphone business, it's nowhere near the magnitude of Apple and Samsung. But as of last October, the company commanded 11.5-percent of the Chinese mobile market, filing in second place behind Samsung and ahead of ...
See all stories on this topic »Report: Lenovo to design own chips
EE Times India
The company adopted MediaTek's MT6573 in the Lenovo A60 smartphone in 2011, while it became the first company--outside Samsung --in 2012 to design in Samsung Electronics' quad-core apps processor Exynos 4 in its LePhone K860. Lenovo, however ...
See all stories on this topic »Lenovo may be getting into the chip business
Liliputing
While Lenovo isn't a major player in the smartphone space, the company is one of the topsmartphone makers in its home country of China. And according to EE Times, Lenovo is planning to design its own chips for those devices. Up until now Lenovo has ...
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Lenovo considering a design centre in Britain The Drum Lenovo, the Chinese technology giant, has been looking at opening a smartphonedesign centre in Britain as it continues in its efforts to become the biggest technology business in the market, according to reports. Gianfranco Lanci, the president and ... See all stories on this topic »

The Drum

Samsung Note

Samsung hits high Note 8 for Galaxy
Manila Bulletin
Many were awed by Samsung's upcoming devices during their recent events. Now they have continued to inspire some more wows and awes with the upcoming Galaxy Note 8. Boasting high quality multimedia performance with an eight inch tablet. How do ...
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Leaked Image Reveals Charcoal Black Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Tapscape samsung galaxy note 8 charcoal black 2 Leaked Image Reveals Charcoal BlackSamsung Galaxy Note 8 Samsung unveiled their latest tablet, the Samsung GalaxyNote 8, at the 2013 Mobile World Congress conference last week. However, they never... See all stories on this topic »

Tapscape

Best 7-8 inch tablets: Apple iPad Mini, Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Sony Xperia ...
Northern Voices Online
They are the winners and come in small size. Best 7-8 inch tablets include Apple iPad Mini,Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Sony Xperia Tablet Z etc. Small tablets are in huge demand these days. It seems that the whole world is falling for these tablets. But ...
See all stories on this topic »Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Gizmag
But the Galaxy Note 2 reminds us that the best way for one company doesn't have to be the best way for everyone. On a 5.5-inch display, a stylus is right at home. And Samsung has added some innovative software features that transform the Note's plastic ...
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Galaxy Note N7000 Android 4.1.2 DXLSE Jelly Bean Root: What You Need To ... iTech Post First Posted: Mar 31, 2013 11:01 AM EDT. TagsGalaxy Note N7000, Android 4.1.2 DXLSE, Jelly Bean, Root. Credit:Google. A root kit has become available for theSamsung Galaxy Note N7000 running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with build version DXLSE. See all stories on this topic »

iTech Post

A Droid in the Office Business Today Simply put, Knox, which can be deployed on the Samsung Galaxy SIII and GalaxyNote II smartphones, will separate personal and enterprise data into separate containers, much like Balance, a feature in the new BlackBerry 10 operating system (OS). See all stories on this topic »

Business Today

Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini coming to India Tapscape The Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini is to be launched shortly in India. Samsung calls it a smartphone of mid range. The device of Galaxy series ... Imagine how easy it is holding the device that weighs only 120 grams, all new Samsung Galaxy S3 weighs the same. See all stories on this topic »

Tapscape

Palm Phone

Verizon Wireless Palm Pre 2 Prepaid No-Contract Mobile Phone
If you have a Palm Pixi Plus smartphone on PagePlus's $29.95 a month, you might want to think of upgrading to this newer phone at $51.95. If you have a ...
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Tablet

Gizmo Guru: Is the tablet the new laptop? [Mint, New Delhi]
Businessweek
March 30--PC makers have been experimenting with hybrid models which transform between laptops and tablets to halt the decline that they've experienced in recent years, but the solution might actually lie in becoming tablet makers themselves.
See all stories on this topic »Sony Xperia Tablet Z review; U.K. release date confirmed for May 17
Northern Voices Online
It is going to be another great addition in tab market. Sony Xperia Tablet Z U.K. release date has been confirmed for May 17. Here is a short review. By Abdul Vahid V. Sony's much-touted 10.1-inch Android tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z is soon to come out ...
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Apple Tablets Slammed Over Repairability Issues Tapscape Owners of Apple Tablets will be gripping their devices slightly tighter after reading the latest Tablet repairability review and cross-comparison. According to leading gadget & repair website iFixit.com, Apple Tablets are incredibly difficult to ... See all stories on this topic »

Tapscape

Tablet shipments set to surpass Desktops in 2013 and notebooks in 2014: IDC Digit The research firm says the growth of the smart connected devices was propelled by thetablet market, which went on to see a whopping 78 percent growth and 128 million units shipped last year. The major observation, however, made in IDC's report is the ... See all stories on this topic »

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