HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia’s long-awaited Windows phones may be too little, too late in the smartphone war dominated by Apple and Google, despite positive reviews by handset critics. Its first Windows model, the Lumia 800, has won little interest from …

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Year-over-year smartphone penetration doubled to reach 21 percent of wireless subscriptions by Q3 2011. smartphones have stimulated healthy increases in non-SMS data revenues that continue to lift operator performance despite declining voice and static SMS markets.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – smartphone sales in Asia Pacific , having already reached record levels, will continue to grow through 2016 to represent 57% of handset sell-through in …

The smartphone, called the Streak Pro, is the first handset that uses the Baidu Yi mobile platform, which is compatible with Android apps, but localized with products for Chinese users.

Cricket Wireless has officially added a new Android smartphone to their growing range. Called the Huawei Mercury, it’s the third device from the Chinese manufacturer that the network will offer, although it may be more familiar to some under its …

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smartphone hackers enable what Google and Verizon just can’t seem to agree on: Google Wallet for the Galaxy Nexus.

Why Buying a Cheap smartphone Isn’t So Dumb Anymore

smartphone penetration over the past two years has exploded, jumping from just 18% in the third quarter of 2009 to 44% during the three-month period ending in October 2011, according to market research firm Nielsen.

Google announced some improvements for how it indexes smartphone content in mobile search. Googlebot-Mobile will now crawl with a smartphone user-agent in addition to its previous feature phone user-agents. This, the company says, will allow it to increase its coverage …

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T-Mobile is bringing the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone to the U.S. in January, the companies announced Wednesday.