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Microsoft Reported to be Developing Mobile OS for ARM Based Smartphones

­Microsoft is reportedly planning to port its next Windows Operating System to work on chips designed by UK based ARM Holdings - whose low-power chips are used in most of the smart phones on the market. The move is a significant move for the company, which had traditionally based its main computer os on high-power chips supplied by Intel and AMD.  more

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19% of All Mobile Phones Shipped in 2Q Were Smartphones

..le growth rates are being driven by falling (often heavily subsidized) handset prices. Cost is no longer much of an obstacle: "One of the key remaining barriers to smartphone adoption in subsidized markets is now the cost of the data plan rathe more

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Smartphone Sales Projections Raised 10% for the Year

..e market forward." "Android is the wild card, deserving close observation for the rest of this year and the years to come," added Llamas. "Phone vendors have been drawn to Android because it allows them to present their own a more

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Smart Phones Become the New Location Based Services (LBS) Battleground

..esearch at iSuppli. "In the last two years alone, the smart phone has become the most important platform for map and navigation usage. With maps becoming a standard feature in a growing number of smart phones, the number of smart phone map users i more

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Smartphone Wars: Battle looks set to go to many rounds before victors declared

..s ranging from smartphones, tablets, or even TVs. With PC heavyweights such as HP, Dell, Microsoft and Intel joining the battle, smartphones alone are expected to reach 380m units shipped in 2014, or 30% of all mobile handsets shipped, accordin more

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Android Will Still Lag Symbian in Mobile OS Market in 2013

..The report however expects that the Symbian platform will retain its leadership position worldwide throughout the forecast period. Due primarily to the strength of Nokia in markets outside of the United States, Symbian continues to lead all oth more

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Smartphone sales to overtake standard mobile phones by 2012

..ile phones are forecast to be sold in 2009 worldwide. "Smartphones are on track to post a 14.5% increase in the number of units sold worldwide in 2009, and a 21% compound annual growth rate from 2008 to 2013, significantly better than other m more

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Smartphone sales buck the recession

..ent to maintain annual revenue growth over the next five years, and the only to post double-digit annual revenue growth from 2011 through 2013. Meanwhile, the market penetration of higher-end phones is driven by accelerating HSPA deployments in more

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Mobile Application Store Users to Quadruple in Five Years

..ownloading more applications. Reach for marketing applications is growing rapidly and those applications can provide prolonged engagement with the user and keep the advertiser's brand in focus." Recent research by In-Stat found the follow more

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Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob

..n Verizon with 14 percent of requests.Symbian lost market share, but is still number one worldwide with 43 percent of requests. The top 10 Symbian devices have not changed in the past six months.The Samsung BlackJack II is the top W more

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