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Apple increases share of overall mobile phone profits to amazing 75%

Posted February 6, 2012 - 2:26 pm

Despite trailing Android in mobile OS market share, Apple's iPhone generates huge profits and revenue.
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Apple iPhone: cell market share small but profit share huge

Posted February 6, 2012 - 10:42 am

Apple makes just under 9% of all cell phones worldwide, but iPhones pull in 75% of profit made by all makers.
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New iPhone 5 rumors, giant tablets and shared data plans

Posted February 1, 2012 - 3:47 pm

Here's this week's fresh batch of mobile rumors, sorted, summarized, and rated by a guy with thick skin and permanently raised eyebrows.
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Samsung tablet parody ad strikes a chord: Why ARE we using these?

Posted January 25, 2012 - 10:49 am

Don't get me wrong - I love Samsung's ads, especially when they make mild fun of Apple fans who wait in line for days. But when their ads are all serious and stuff, well, then, they need someone else to spice it up.
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Samsung fires another salvo at Apple fans - "We just got Samsunged!"

Posted January 20, 2012 - 12:23 pm

Samsung has another ad in its shots against Apple (and the fans who line up in front of their stores).
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CES: Coming soon, drones for home and office

Posted January 14, 2012 - 7:24 am

The Navibot and TeleMe show where robotics could be going.
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CES 2012: Samsung intros gesture, voice controlled TV

Posted January 9, 2012 - 8:57 pm

Samsung laid out its television strategy at its press conference on the eve of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. It has added motion control, voice control and face recognition to its Smart TVs.
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Samsung upgrades Galaxy Ace with more memory, faster processor

Posted January 3, 2012 - 9:15 am

Samsung Electronics has launched the Android-based Galaxy Ace Plus, which has more memory, a faster processor and a slightly larger screen compared to its predecessor, the company said Tuesday.
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No. 8 tech story of 2011: Patent wars

Posted December 26, 2011 - 6:25 pm

The legal battles over mobile technology patents intensified in 2011, with Apple, Samsung and Motorola squaring off in courts around the world.
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Why your Android phone probably isn't upgrading to 4.0

Posted December 26, 2011 - 10:57 am

You'd think the world's best-selling smartphone of 2010 would have priority in upgrading to the latest and greatest Android system. You'd be wrong.
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Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, others launch HD content security initiative

Posted December 19, 2011 - 2:04 pm

Five major Blu-ray and memory manufactures are collaborating to create a new security protocol to protect hi-def content that will be available across multiple consumer platforms, including smartphones and tablets.
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More legal setbacks for Apple

Posted December 9, 2011 - 3:53 pm

Apple this week was on the short end of three out of four international court rulings involving patent disputes.
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Leaked court doc in patent lawsuit reveals surprising admission from Apple

Posted December 6, 2011 - 11:02 am

Samsung's Galaxy products are not likely to take sales from iPhones and iPads, according to Apple research inadvertently revealed in a court document.
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Apple's helpful guidelines for competitors to avoid patent infringement

Posted December 5, 2011 - 3:03 pm

As long as rival tablets and smartphones don't look anything like tablets or smartphones, Apple says it's cool.
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More proof Kindle Fire already is iPad's main challenger

Posted December 2, 2011 - 1:04 pm

Amazon.com's new Kindle Fire tablet is expected to grab nearly 14% of the tablet market in the fourth quarter, second only to Apple's iPad at nearly 66%.
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Samsung mocks Apple hipsters in new phone ad

Posted November 23, 2011 - 10:41 am

Samsung is taking a shot directly at Apple, or rather the "fanboys" who line up days ahead of time to buy a new Apple product, in this ad for its new cell phone, the Galaxy S II smartphone.
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Samsung to launch tweaked Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany next week

Posted November 17, 2011 - 4:55 am

Samsung Electronics will launch a modified version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany next week, after sales of the original were banned by a German court for violating Apple's design rights for the iPad.
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Analyst: Despite only 4% market share, iPhone grabs 52% of mobile profits

Posted November 4, 2011 - 2:04 pm

Apple's iPhone may have only 4% of global handset market share, but it has more than half of mobile profits, according to an analyst.
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Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S vs. Droid RAZR: Smartphone battle royale

Posted October 22, 2011 - 7:47 am

Google’s Galaxy Nexus is the latest addition to this year’s hot smartphone line-up, alongside the iPhone 4S and the Droid RAZR. Unveiled last night, the Galaxy Nexus, manufactured by Samsung, embodies Google’s idea of the perfect smartphone, together with the brand-new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile OS.
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Does Apple finally have a tablet battle on it hands?

Posted October 21, 2011 - 6:07 pm

Global sales of the iPad fell in Q3 to 67% from 96% a year ago, according to a research firm. And the Kindle Fire looms.
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Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

Posted October 5, 2011 - 1:45 pm

Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.
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Microsoft wants Samsung to shake that Android money maker

Posted September 28, 2011 - 2:14 pm

Software giant Microsoft now has licensing agreements with eight makers of Android devices.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet available for pre-order

Posted September 26, 2011 - 8:03 pm

Samsung announced Monday that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android tablet is available for pre-order now, and will ship October 2.
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VIA, Samsung ganging up on Apple in patent fight

Posted September 23, 2011 - 11:28 am

Will patents fuel the next 100 Years War? Apple is blocking Samsung's Galaxy Tab, reviewed as the best non-iPad tablet, in the courts. Samsung promises to get more aggressive, and now chipmaker VIA Technologies is filing to block iPad and iPhone sales in the U.S. because of, yes, patent infringement.
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Windows 8 developer tablets showing up on eBay

Posted September 20, 2011 - 11:25 am

The Samsung tablets (Series 7 Slate) that Microsoft handed out free to developers at the BUILD event last week are showing up on eBay. Over 5,000 devices were given to developers, so if you weren't there but really really want one, check auction sites.
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