Asian smartphone makers have a chance to exploit a rare letdown from pacesetter Apple Inc. after the new iPhone 4S failed to wow fans and investors, leaving Android rivals better placed to grab market share.
Shares of Apple's suppliers declined on Wednesday, after the company failed to wow fans and investors with its newest iPhone, while rivals HTC and Samsung Electronics rose on expectations they would be better placed to grab market share.
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Synaptics Inc expects to return to revenue growth as the maker of touchpads for PCs shifts focus to touchscreen chips used in tablets and smartphones, its newly appointed CEO said.
Competitors are feeling the heat this week as Amazon's new Kindle Fire wowed consumers and undercut other tablets - in some cases, by hundreds of dollars. The Fire's low price point appears to be forcing down those of other tablets as well, with the HTC Flyer the second slated such product to be discounted at Best Buy this week.
The Android Police blog has recently reported on the mother of all Android malware, discovered in the security system of HTC Android-based devices. The report claims that it is leaking huge amounts of users' private data.
In updating its Sense UI, HTC has introduced a set of logging tools that could let apps with Internet permission access users' confidential information like e-mail addresses and SMS data, app developers say.
The larger screen rumor simply will not die, but now there is more evidence 4G could be supported. Only on AT&T and Verizon of course.
Microsoft and Samsung agreed Wednesday to cross-license the patent portfolios of both companies.
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T-Mobile will launch online sales of the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze on Oct. 10 with the in-store sales beginning Oct. 12, T-Mobile USA Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman said in a statement.
While AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are nudging each other preparing for the upcoming iPhone 5, T-Mobile announced the availability of two 4G Android phones— Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze 4G.
HTC is yet to announce its upcoming project Amaze 4G, but rumored specs seem good enough to stand a chance up against big names.
T-Mobile USA's marketing chief, Cole Brodman, said that iPhone will not be available for T-Mobile customers in October.
T-Mobile USA plans next month to launch two smartphones that double the speed of its wireless data service in the hope of attracting new customers to the No. 4 U.S. mobile provider.
ST-Ericsson has revealed that HTC and China Mobile have announced the first smartphone on the planet to be based on NovaThor chipsets.
The HTC Runnymede will launch as the HTC Sensation XL and not as HTC Bass as it was previously rumored.
South-Korea's Samsung is taking the offensive against Apple, pushing for product injunctions and stepping up rhetoric against long-time consumer electronics rival.
HTC’s Vigor, which is slated to be released in October with its superlative specifications, is likely to up the ante against Motorola Droid Bionic.
The only way HTC could topple the dominance of Apple is by slashing the price of the Jetstream.
Android smartphones are catching up to Apple's iPhone and are almost way ahead in every direction.