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InterDigital Eyes Licensing Deals as Patent Battles Heat Up
Source: Mobiledia - 24 January 2012

InterDigital called off its massive patent sale, choosing to focus on forming licensing deals as patents become an increasingly valuable commodity.The Pennsylvania-based company made an estimated $3 billion in royalties from its nearly 20,000 patents last year, most related to 2G and 3G hardware. After failing company Nortel garnered $4.5 billion upon selling their pa...

NUTS: CES Wrap-Up
Source: Mobiledia - 15 January 2012

The tech industry unveiled its finest offerings at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, showcasing "Smart Home" technology, Windows phones and LTE devices.News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events in the mobile industry. Want the news but don't want it every day? Subscribe to our weekly Facebook or Twitter page.Apple Checks Out Competition C...

The Score: Doomsday Looms, But CES Goes On
Source: Mobiledia - 13 January 2012

The world is inching closer to the apocalypse, but the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show continued as usual this week, unveiling a line of gadgets that are pretty cool but still won't help much when the world ends.The Score is a weekly column scoring controversial events in the mobile industry. Want to get to the point? We'll break it down and give you the score.Doe...

Huawei Unveils World's Thinnest Smartphone
Source: Mobiledia - 09 January 2012

Huawei will unveil the slim new Ascend P1?S at the CES convention this week, as the phone maker attempts to become a major competitor in the U.S. smartphone market.The Huawei Ascend P1?S runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich and features a dual-core A9?CPU processor and an SGX 540 graphics chip, one of the fastest on the market. The Ascend is also the thinnest cell phone av...

The Year Ahead: Sprint, T-Mobile Look to Gain Ground
Source: Mobiledia - 06 January 2012

Sprint and T-Mobile lag behind top two carriers Verizon and AT&T in the U.S. market, but if the two companies make the right moves, 2012 may be the year of the underdog.The Year Ahead is a series examining the challenges and opportunities facing the mobile industry and its players in 2012. What forces and trends will impact companies and consumers next year? Look ...

The Year Ahead: Can RIM Save Itself?
Source: Mobiledia - 06 January 2012

Research In Motion faces enormous challenges to rebuild its struggling BlackBerry brand after a dramatically difficult year, but there is hope for a comeback in 2012.The Year Ahead is a series examining the challenges and opportunities facing the mobile industry and its players in 2012. What forces and trends will impact companies and consumers next year? Look into ou...

The Year Ahead: Verizon, AT&T Strive to Stay on Top
Source: Mobiledia - 05 January 2012

Verizon and AT&T are expected to continue fervent jockeying for subscribers, faster networks, and top devices in 2012 as competition in the mobile market grows increasingly fierce.The Year Ahead is a series examining the challenges and opportunities facing the mobile industry and its players in 2012. What forces and trends will impact companies and consumers next ...

The Year Ahead: Keep Your Eyes on Microsoft
Source: Mobiledia - 05 January 2012

Older tech companies may be struggling to keep apace in the mobile era, but Microsoft may have the best strategy to catapult itself back to the top in 2012.The Year Ahead is a series examining the challenges and opportunities facing the mobile industry and its players in 2012. What forces and trends will impact companies and consumers next year? Look into our crystal ...

Samsung Secures Approval for Chinese Plant
Source: Mobiledia - 04 January 2012

Samsung won approval from the South Korean government to build a flash memory manufacturing plant in China, boosting its presence in the world's largest emerging market for consumer electronics.The plant is expected to produce NAND flash memory chips, used mainly for music players, tablets and handset devices. The Chinese government still needs to approve construction...

Engadget Mobile Podcast 119 - 12.29.2011
Source: Engadget Mobile - 29 December 2011

It's that weird week between Christmas and New Year's, and what have we got for you, dear listener? A completely normal international Engadget Mobile Podcast, of course! Settle in around the media player dock and make all your 2012 dreams come true with us, won't you? Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen Guest: Mat Smith Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Tycho - Co...

The Score: Apple Still Shines in 2011
Source: Mobiledia - 23 December 2011

Apple had a year that would stun any other company, but it came out on top through its trademarked combination of talent, business sense, and yes, balls.From the loss of its beloved co-founder, Steve Jobs, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, to lawsuits, new product releases, patent buyouts and more, Apple showed it was far more than the man who served as i...

Apple, Google Dominate Mobile as Battle Heats Up
Source: Mobiledia - 19 December 2011

Apple is the top smartphone maker and Google's Android runs on the most devices, but upstarts like Microsoft aim to challenge their dominance in a shifting mobile market.According to research firm Nielsen, nearly one-third of U.S. smartphone users have an iPhone, while Google's OS runs on more than 40 percent of the nation's connected devices. Both Apple and Android p...

NUTS: Samsung Gains on Apple, Microsoft Preps for Windows Phones
Source: Mobiledia - 17 December 2011

Samsung gained ground on Apple with historic sales numbers, while Microsoft ramped up its marketing push prior to the launch of Nokia's Windows phones.News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events in the mobile industry. Want the news but don't want it every day? Subscribe to our weekly Facebook or Twitter page.Apple to Boost Memory on DevicesApple ...

The Score: Google Goes Goliath in 2011
Source: Mobiledia - 16 December 2011

For a long time, Google was mainly a search engine -- and a pretty good one. After all, when was the last time you heard someone say they were going to "Yahoo!" someone?But 2011 showed a company in transition as Google became even more of a force to be reckoned through its Android OS, its social network, and its Google Wallet for e-commerce.The Score is a weekly colum...

Update for Adobe Flash Player fixes issues on Samsung Galaxy S II and more
Source: PhoneArena.com - 13 December 2011

Adobe updated the Flash Player app to version 11.1.111.5 which fixes problems with video streaming on the Samsung Galaxy S II and also adds support for 1080p video on Tegra 3 powered devices like the upcoming Asus Transformer Prime... ...