Devices

The world’s largest mobile phone maker put an end today to weeks of speculation today about sales of its Lumia smartphones, and what those sales would mean to its financial …

Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd., which manufactures the Apple iPad, has received federal tax benefits for producing tablets in Brazil. The manufacturer was given reduced import tax rate for …

Citing intense competition, unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and the effects of a natural disaster in Thailand, the president and CEO of Sony Ericsson Bert Nordberg justified the company’s lower revenue for …

Apple shares are up more than 6% this morning after a blockbuster quarterly earnings announcement yesterday afternoon. The company said strong sales of the iPhone 4S helped boost net income …

A new report by CyberMedia Research states that the overall Indian mobile handsets market recorded sales of 15.4 million units during November 2011, taking the total handset shipments during the first eleven months of calendar year 2011 to nearly 166 million units.

Shares of Nokia bounced back today after a steep sell- off yesterday on news that its orders to chip supplier ST-Ericsson were sluggish. “The revenues of Nokia have collapsed and …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Brazilian Picture The number of …

Analysts predict that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will sell as many as 48 million iPads this year, about four times as many tablets as Amazon is expected to sell, based on …

Samsung Electronics Thursday announced that it has started producing embedded multi-chip package (eMCP) memory for use in the rapidly expanding market segment for entry-to mid-level smartphones.

After Research in Motion (RIMM) announced Thorsten Heins as its new CEO, market analysts seemed to be looking for the company’s next steps. Tech analyst Jeff Kagan noted that with …

Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) reported that its co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down. The beleaguered Canadian device maker said Balsillie and Lazardis will be replaced by …

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Shares of Chinese handset maker ZTE Corporation (0763.HK) rebounded a bit today after plunging Thursday on concerns about the company’s lawsuit with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and worries about its 2011 …

Desktop or laptop users are a bit more likely than tablet users to make a purchase from a retailer’s website, but those tablet users who do buy something are big …

The Global Mobile Suppliers Association reported that there are now 269 LTE-enabled user devices, manufactured by 57 companies in the market. This is a six-fold jump in six months and …

The positive buzz about Nokia’s Lumia 900 is sounding very sweet to Qualcomm, maker of the 1.4-GHz Snapdragon APQ8055 chipset that powers the smartphone. After several years with no business …

Audience, a maker of sound processing chips used in Apple’s iPhone, hopes to find a big audience on Wall Street. The company has filed for an initial public offering to …

Near field communication (NFC) is on its way to getting launched in Brazil and could become a reality at the end of this year, told RCR Wireless News Mustafa Almansur, NFC programme leader …

India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement for establishing a mechanism of technical and institutional cooperation in the field of telecommunications, with the purpose of development of telecommunications in both the countries.

One of the biggest stories of 2012 will be whether anyone credibly challenges Apple and Google in mobile phones and the apps, content and services ecosystems that support them. Time is running out for Microsoft and RIM to convert consumers upgrading from featurephones; stealing subscribers away from iOS and Android will be an even more difficult task.

Nokia has emerged as the most trusted brand of India in the Brand Trust Report 2012, prepared by Trust Research Advisory, an authority on the measurement of trust among brands.

A new survey by IDG Connect, a lead generation division of International Data Group, states that 91% of Information Technology and business professionals worldwide use Apple iPad for work communication.

Images of dozens of Foxconn workers clustered on a rooftop and threatening to jump have apparently inspired Apple to join The Fair Labor Association and allow outside monitors into its …