ELECTRONICS

The resignation of Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs has opened the door for rival Samsung Electronics at a crucial time in the battle for smartphone supremacy in salesrooms and courtrooms around the world.

Ailing Nokia unveiled on Thursday two cheap cellphone models, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.

The resignation of Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs has opened the door for rival Samsung Electronics at a crucial time in the battle for smartphone supremacy in salesrooms and courtrooms around the world.

HP's fire sale on its TouchPad tablet computer this week has led to inventories to be replenished in Canada, but there is still hope for U.S. consumers waiting to get in on the bargain.

teve Jobs, resigned as CEO of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Wednesday and will replaced by Tim Cook, the former chief operating officer

Lenovo's new ThinkPad tablet is aiming at unconconquered territory -- the business and IT tablet space. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based ThinkPad Tablet on Tuesday.

Analysis: What can be taken away from HP's success with the Touchpad?

As it prepares to launch its tablet, could Amazon buy Sony Ericsson to ease its path?

Apple's iPad has been crushing the com[etition in the tablet market, but suddenly HP's discontinued TouchPad is red hot and Lenovo has entered the market with the first ThinkPad tablets that are now available. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based...

Sprint may finally jump on the bandwagon and join its rivals in offering Apple's products, starting with none other than the iPhone 5. Bbut this may not prove to be such a boon to the No.3 U.S. carrier.

HP thought its webOS system was a bust, so the company decided to kill webOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet and smartphones. But once HP discounted the slow-selling TouchPad to $99 just seven weeks after launching the product consumers flocked in, selling the tablet out of stock.

Sprint is said to be launching iPhone 5 in mid-October along with Verizon and AT&T and it would come as a 3G phone.

Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

Korean electronics firm Samsung announced its new phone naming strategy and also released four new Android Gingerbread phones to underscore the event.

Sprint Nexel will start selling the next version of Apple’s iPhone, iPhone 5 in mid-October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

China vowed on Wednesday to appeal a recent World Trade Organization ruling against its raw materials export policy, a case that could threaten Beijing's stance on rare earths, which it contends is in line with the trade body's rules.

Taiwan's Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in company history, hurt by charges for an inventory write-off and reorganization, and said it would be impossible to break even for the full year.

Taiwan's Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in its company history, hurt by one off charges.

Apple's tight-lipped approach towards its iPhone 5 release date has fueled several rumors, and the latest is that U.S. carrier Sprint will carry it along with Verizon and AT&T.

Sprint shares, which had received heavy pummeling of late, rose after the Wall Street Journal reported that the carrier will begin selling iPhone 5 in mid-October.

Apple is getting ready to launch two phones, according to people familiar with the matter, confirming rumors that have run rampant for months which suggested another phone would join the launch of the iPhone 5.