SA agrees: Apple now top smartphone vendor in the world with 140% growth
BGR reported last week that Apple had passed Nokia in the second quarter of 2011 to become the world’s top smartphone vendor by volume. The …
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Google hates smartphone patent wars, but buys 1,000 new patents to go to war
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Ultimate hack: LulzSec may have duped British authorities into arresting innocent man
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Hands on with Verizon’s 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
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Apple to launch iPhone 5 in early September, iPad 3 later, report claims
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Nielsen: Apple top U.S. smartphone vendor, Android top OS in Q2
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Toshiba-Fujitsu announces world’s first ‘Mango’ phone in Japan
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LG revenue hits $13.3B in Q2 on strong TV sales; mobile biz grows, still not profitable
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35% of U.S. consumers will buy iPhone 5, study finds
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UBS cuts RIM estimates as company faces steep challenges
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Apple to sell 27M iPhones in Q3, 40M in Q4 according to Macquarie
Apple is poised to sell as many as 27 million iPhone smartphones in the third quarter and 40 million units in the fourth quarter following …
T-Mobile responds to Sen. Al Franken’s recommendation against AT&T merger
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Motorola XOOM to finally get 4G LTE upgrade starting in September
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IMS: Annual smartphone sales to reach 1 billion units by 2016; Apple, Samsung winners so far
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world in 2011, accounting for 28% of total cell phone sales according to market research …
Verizon Wireless unveils $600 4G LTE-enabled HP Pavilion laptop
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday unveiled the latest addition to its connected notebook PC lineup, the HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr. The new Pavilion laptop is Verizon’s first …
Apple may launch cheaper iPad 3 this year according to report
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Netflix could lose 2.5 million subscribers following rate increase
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Apple laptops can be hacked to self-destruct; flaw to be detailed by hacker next month
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Apple rumored to be working on ultra-thin 15-inch notebook PC
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Study suggests consumers are clamoring for an Amazon tablet – if it’s cheap
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Did RIM lose its BlackBerry software boss just ahead of QNX transition?
BGR has learned that Research In Motion’s head of BlackBerry software may have left the company. Suresh Periyalwar, Senior Vice President of Handheld Software, had …
Exclusive images of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II revealed
BGR has obtained exclusive images of AT&T’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Following our report on Monday showing an unnamed Samsung slider headed to …
RadioShack dumps T-Mobile, will offer Verizon instead from mid-September
Verizon Wireless products and services have been noticeably absent from RadioShack’s wireless portfolio, but that comes to an end this fall. The nationwide retailer on Tuesday announced …
Verizon Wireless outs BlackBerry Bold 9930 ahead of announcement [video]
Ahead of an official announcement expected on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless let slip a promotional video starring its upcoming flagship BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9930. …
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