Samsung aims to beat 2011 smartphone sales estimates
A Samsung executive recently said his company has high hopes that it will beat its original 2011 smartphone sales estimates. The South Korea-based phone maker …
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AT&T may divest 40% of T-Mobile USA assets in last bid to win merger approval
AT&T may propose to divest as much as 40% of T-Mobile USA’s assets in an effort to win approval from the Department of Justice in …
HTC faces smartphone ban in Germany
HTC’s German subsidiaries may soon be barred from selling smartphones in the country following HTC’s recent decision to forgo an appeal to a patent lawsuit won …
Black Friday 2011 spending sets new record
Early reports from three separate firms suggest that Black Friday retail sales set a new record in 2011. Online sales growth was massive according to …
Kindle Fire just $123 from some Walmart, Target locations [updated]
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has been a big seller for the online retailer so far, maintaining the top spot on the Amazon.com best-sellers list for …
HTC hopes to reverse Q4 sales slump with more competitive smartphones
HTC said it will launch a number of new and competitive smartphone models, including a fresh batch of LTE devices in the United States, to …
Black Friday Kindle sales smash record thanks to Kindle Fire demand
Strong demand for Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet and the continued popularity of Kindle eReaders lead to the retail giant’s best-ever Black Friday for the …
Nokia to sell 2 million Lumia phones in Q4, Deutsche Bank says
Fourth-quarter sales of Nokia’s new Lumia line of smartphones will reach 2 million units, Deutsche Bank reaffirmed this week. Nokia’s stock took a hit this week …
‘Inferior products’ to blame for weak HTC sales in Q4, Citigroup says
HTC cut its fourth-quarter guidance for the second time earlier this week, sending shares of the company’s stock to their lowest point in more than …
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S stall in South Korea as handset is deemed ‘uncompetitive’
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S have reportedly been surprisingly slow in South Korea, where wireless customers are reportedly disappointed with the phone’s poor performance and …
Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban ‘not terribly fair’ to Samsung, appeals judge says
An appeals judge in Australia recently said that a ruling which banned Samsung’s local subsidiaries from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was unfair to Samsung. …
Nokia Lumia 800 sold out in U.K. despite rumors of weak demand
Nokia’s stock took a hit this week as Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette cut his sales forecast for Nokia’s first two Microsoft-powered smartphones. Having initially estimated …
Black Friday 2011: Plan your attack
Brick and mortar shopaholics have so few places to turn for an adrenaline rush these days thanks to the advent of online shopping, but Black …
AT&T withdraws FCC application for T-Mobile merger
AT&T said Thursday that it has withdrawn its application from the Federal Communications Commission to acquire T-Mobile USA. AT&T and Deutsche Telekom said they will …
Spotify passes 2.5 million paid subscribers
Spotify on Wednesday announced that it now has 2.5 million subscribers around the world paying for its service. The company has roughly 10 million paid …
Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs by 2013 in restructuring move
After Nokia and Siemens failed to sell Nokia Siemens Networks, the joint venture announced on Wednesday that it will cut 17,000 jobs around the globe …
First game subscription hits iOS App Store [updated]
Until now, if you wanted to purchase an app on an iPad you had to pay a one-time purchase fee. Now, Apple is opening up …
RIM testing NFC-powered digital wallet service in Spain
Spanish wireless carrier Telefónica Digital announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Research In Motion on a new NFC-based mobile wallet pilot in Spain. The carrier …
Apple’s television said to launch in mid-2012 as competition begins to panic
Apple’s competition is scrambling as it attempts to figure out exactly what the company has in store for the television industry next year, one analyst …
HTC cuts forecast on competition from Apple and Samsung, reevaluates S3 acquisition
Leading smartphone vendor HTC on Wednesday trimmed its fourth-quarter revenue forecast by roughly 23% as stiff competition from Samsung and Apple has seeming slowed sales. …
Amazon may move 12 million Kindle Fire tablets in 2012
We like the Kindle Fire’s odds, and we revealed as much in our review of Amazon’s new tablet published on Tuesday. Analysts have been betting …
Apple’s big Black Friday sale brings little discounts, leak reveals
Details surrounding Apple’s Black Friday sale have reportedly been revealed and as has been the case in the past, the discounts afforded are minimal. 9to5Mac …
More than 50% of all smartphones will be NFC enabled in 2-3 years
We’ve been hearing that smartphones will transform into mobile wallets “any year now” for at least the past five years. But with the introduction of …
AT&T: FCC is preventing the creation of thousand of jobs, billions in investment
AT&T on Tuesday issued a statement after the Federal Communications Commission took preliminary steps toward blocking AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The …
FCC unsure AT&T’s T-Mobile deal will create jobs; announces court hearing
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that it will hold an administrative hearing to examine AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The FCC said the …
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 among most sought-after Black Friday items [infographic]
What are consumers planning to buy on Black Friday? Computers and tablets, according to data compiled by Mashwork, which gathered data from thousands of Twitter …
Amazon Kindle Fire review: It’s no iPad killer, and that is why it will succeed
Amazon has been a leader in the eBook reader space since it first introduced the Kindle eReader in November 2007. At that point in time, …
Samsung Galaxy Nexus review
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t just another Android phone, this is the standard by which all Ice Cream Sandwich phones will be judged. An example …
Bill Gates testifies in Novell’s $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft
Former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, recently testified in an antitrust suit brought against the company by Novell in 2004. According to …
Apple teases Black Friday sale
Apple recently announced that it will hold its own one-day Black Friday sale this Friday, November 25th, during which it will offer “amazing iPad, iPod, …
