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By Phil GoldsteinNot only can Apple make a compelling smartphone, it also can make a profitable one. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Apple surpassed Nokia for the first time in the third quarter to become the most profitable handset maker.Apple had $1.6 billion in operating profit in the quarter from its iPhone handset division, while Nokia had $1.1 billion in operating profit from

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By the end of 2009 the world’s mobile handset accessories market will have chalked up a value of nearly $55 billion. That represents a small decrease from the 2008 figure, surprising only in that the decline hasn’t been larger. “While improving slightly,” says industry analyst Michael Morgan, “handset accessory market growth will remain somewhat sluggish in 2010, and not until 2011 will the 2008

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By Phil GoldsteinAlthough anticipation was high, lines outside Verizon Wireless retail stores to purchase the Android-based Droid smartphone were relatively short last Friday when the device went on sale. Nevertheless, one analyst says that Motorola sold around 100,000 Droid units in the first weekend of its release.According to Mark McKechnie at Broadpoint AmTech, Verizon had around 200,000

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According to the latest market data from ABI Research, almost 35 million netbooks will be shipped by manufacturers in 2009; a forecast the firm first made in February. ASUS dominated the netbook category in 2007 when it debuted the Eee PC, and Acer made a big push in Q4’2008 to lead the second year.“74% of 2008 netbook shipments bore the brands of just three vendors: Acer, ASUS, and Samsung,”

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By Jason AnkenyA week after App Store tracking service App Shopper reported Apple's virtual storefront had topped the 100,000 iPhone and iPod touch application benchmark, Apple officially confirmed the latest milestone. According to Apple, consumers in 77 countries have now downloaded well over two billion applications in 20 categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference

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By Phil GoldsteinNokia said it may replace up to 14 million phone chargers for free. The chargers, which were made by a third-party manufacturer, can come apart and cause electric shock. The company said it is not aware of any incidents or injuries related to the chargers.The Nokia-branded chargers are made by Chinese manufacturer BYD, which will assume the cost of the recall, according to Nokia.

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21 year old author unrepentant as virus changes wallpaper to Rick Astley pictureIT security and data protection company, Sophos, has warned iPhone users of the world's first iPhone virus that is spreading in the wild in Australia.The virus, dubbed the ikee worm, breaks into iPhones, changing their lock screen wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop star Rick Astley with the message:"ikee is never

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Growing interest and investment in and funding for improved building energy management will help fuel demand for products and applications using IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors.Over the next five years, 802.15.4 chipset shipments will underpin a host of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) across home, building and industrial building automation, as well as Advanced Meter Infrastructures. This will help

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By Phil GoldsteinLTE chip maker Altair Semiconductor is predicting that the first LTE handsets will be commercial in the second half of next year, but that the devices will not gain mass market appeal until 2012. Once they do reach a mass audience, the company said there will be "millions" of units on the market.Eran Eshed, Altair's co-founder and vice president of marketing and business

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By Jason AnkenyMicroblogging juggernaut Twitter is poised to raise about $100 billion in new funding, bringing the firm's total valuation to around $1 billion despite the absence of a discernible revenue model. Citing sources briefed on Twitter's plans, The New York Times reports the new investors include Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price and current backers Spark Capital and Institutional

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By Jason AnkenyMore than 18.3 million unique U.S. smartphone users turned to their devices for social networking access in July 2009, up from 6.4 million users a year earlier, according to new research issued by Nielsen. Social networking now accounts for 32 percent of all smartphone activity, Nielsen notes, adding that Facebook leads the pack with 14.7 million smartphone users--MySpace follows

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By Phil GoldsteinResearch In Motion announced the BlackBerry Storm2, the sequel to its first touchscreen device, in a coordinated media blitz. Two days after Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam touted the device in a New York Times article, RIM is promoting the product as one of its major launches for the holiday season.Verizon did not make any official announcement about pricing or availability

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iPhone, Android top the listThe iPhone continues to top all other smartphones in measures of consumer satisfaction. In May–June 2009, Crowd Science found it well ahead of the BlackBerry and other smartphones in measures of satisfaction and brand loyalty—and content usage too.August 2009 data from CFI Group agrees: Users are happier with the functions of their iPhones than with any other

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By Phil GoldsteinThe long, slow saga of Dell's march into the smartphone arena has come to an end. Or has it?Dell CEO Michael Dell confirmed that the company would be releasing smartphones next year in the United States based on Google's Android platform."You'll probably see some products next year in the United States that are family members with some of the things we started in China," he said

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By Jason AnkenyA new Microsoft job posting discovered by MobileTechWorld suggests the software giant's forthcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system will focus squarely on social networking integration. The posting to the microsoft-entertainment-jobs/com website reads in part "'Social Networks' and ‘Mobile Phones' are two rapidly evolving socio-cultural phenomena that deeply impact the way in

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By Sue MarekRumors are circulating once again about Microsoft entering the smartphone market. Although the software giant has denied any intention of making a mobile device (the firm only licenses the software), reports indicate the company is developing two smartphones through its Danger subsidiary. Danger, the firm behind the T-Mobile USA Sidekick line of devices, was acquired by Microsoft last

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By Phil GoldsteinGoogle said that Apple rejected its Google Voice application for the iPhone, contrary to Apple's statements last month to the FCC that it was still reviewing the offering. Google's assertion that Apple rejected the app is contained in the company's own letter to the FCC, also filed last month but made public by Google and the FCC today.When Apple released its letter on Aug. 21,

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The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is extending itsefforts to facilitate network investment in the Asia Pacific bydeploying Test Traffic Measurement (TTM) servers at various sitesthroughout the region in collaboration with local hosts.The TTM project analyzes the Internet connectivity between a test siteand other parts of the Internet. These measurements provide thenecessary data

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By Phil GoldsteinFCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is going to propose new net neutrality rules for wired and wireless networks in a speech on Monday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed people familiar with the proposal. If such rules go into effect, it would be a major blow to wireless carriers that have argued that the mobile Web is inherently different from the

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By Jason AnkenyGoogle announced the launch of Fast Flip, promising users a more natural and efficient approach to browsing print and online news articles on their iPhone, iPod touch or Android-powered device.According to Google, Fast Flip's tactile page flipping solution enables users to flip through stories with the swipe of a finger--for more information or to view the entire article, simply

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By Jason AnkenyTwitter announced its plans to introduce geolocation awareness to users' tweets, launching a new API enabling developers to add latitude and longitude to any post. According to the microblogging giant, location sharing promises to add new context to each tweet--for example, Twitter users could switch from reading the tweets of accounts they already follow to reading tweets from

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If you think mobile banking is becoming popular, consider the market for mobile-enabled person-to-person payments. Nearly three times as many consumers globally will use their mobile phones to make domestic person to person payments than those who will use their mobile phones to conduct traditional banking functions by the end of 2011, according to an ABI Research forecast.“The developing world

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By Lynnette LunaConfusion surrounds Ericsson's recently announced investment in Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in South Korea as Ericsson and South Korea appear to be at odds over just how much Ericsson is investing.Earlier this week, South Korean President Lee Myung-back's office issued a statement indicating Ericsson would invest $1.5 billion in the country during the next five years on

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The world’s largest underserved markets for mobile communications are in developing nations and regions. Asia, Africa, Latin America all have vast potential, but formidable barriers stand in the way. Among the most immediate: the low disposable income of most of the population. Low cost and ultra-low cost (ULCH) handsets are seen as part of the solution to that problem, and according to a new

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By Phil GoldsteinDell hinted further at its smartphones plans, but did not officially confirm that it would enter the market--thereby again sparking questions about the company's true intentions.Ronald Garriques, president of Dell's consumer division and former chief of Motorola's cell phone efforts, said the computer maker would work with the top three to four carriers and see what their needs

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