Chinese telcos, especially China Unicom first came out with the strategy of selling low cost smartphones to attract more 3G subscribers. China Unicom, in particular, recently unveiled cheaper Android-based smartphones provided by ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo.
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Low-end handsets have set off a smartphone boom in China
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12:30 PM -- High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) (Taiwan: 2498 ) has got some catching up to do as the one-time Android golden boy predicts hard times ahead.
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The appeal of BlackBerry is now based almost entirely on customer loyalty - and keyboards. It would be an attractive buy for an Android phone company, argues Matt Warman
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In our last India edition of The Great Tech War of 2012 , we noted how Facebook was emerging as a clear winner. Since then, things have gotten more competitive. Here's what's been happening in the last few weeks. The biggest news to affect any of the biggest tech companies concerns the regulation demands that the Indian government is considering imposing. The Indian government is backing a ...
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has put to rest a recent rumor claiming that Microsoft will purchase the company's smartphone division.
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At a press conference ahead of the opening of this week?s 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, the Consumer Electronics Association walked through the state of the global consumer device market. I?m blogging the event live; here are some of the highlights. Also see my post on CEA?s trends to watch for 2012. Steve Koenig, director ...
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