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Samsung is said to have ordered millions of Nvidia's Tegra line of chips for its latest 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab that will run on Android 3.0 operating system, popularly known as Honeycomb.

Shares of Motorola Mobility fell about 5 percent on Monday on concerns it would be particularly vulnerable to competition from the next version of Apple Inc's iPhone.

RBC Capital Markets said in its highlights before the Mobile World Congress show that smartphone units may accelerate this year from last year’s 60 percent growth as devices do more and simultaneously move down market for the masses.

Samsung launched its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, reflecting its move from the 7-inch form factor to tackle the likes of Motorola Xoom and Apple iPad.

Motorola Mobility announced the acquisition of Mountain View start-up Three Laws Mobility Inc. (3LM) to expand the security of phones running on Google’s Android mobile operating system.

HP has arrived late to the tablet party and though its flagship tablet TouchPad has the design to counter Apple's iPad, it does look rather challenged in terms of specifications, especially when compared with a host of recent Android tablets like Motorola Xoom.

Worldwide smartphone sales rose 72.1 percent last year, accounting for 19 percent of total mobiles sales, according to a Gartner report.

Hewlett-Packard is expected to launch two Palm Web OS-based Tablets today at a company event in San Francisco.

Word is out that the much awaited tablet from Apple camp; the iPad 2 is under production, confirming earlier reports claiming that tablet is due for launch in April.

Sprint delivered on its promise of an industry first smartphone by releasing an Android-based dual screen phone under the moniker Echo, just days after AT&T announced that the much awaited Motorola Atrix will be available from March 6.

A leaked Best Buy advertisement shows Motorola Xoom is to launch on Feb. 24th.

Atrix 4G, the ultra powerful PC on a palm smartphone from Motorola, will be available with AT&T for $199.99 with a two-year contract from March 6.

Motorola, which had a memorable year in 2010 with profitable smartphone sales, has come out with a teaser ad for its upcoming Motorola Xoom tablet.

Google Android Honeycomb tablets are expected to end Apple iPad's monopoly. Here are seven reasons why Honeycomb tablets will fare better than iPads:

At the CES 2011, Motorola Xoom was the cynosure of Android 3.0 but a month later it has company, as LG has unveiled its tablet G-Slate, which runs on Honeycomb juice.

The new Android version 3.0, known as Honeycomb, is likely to gain foothold in the tablet market pretty soon.

Robert W. Baird said it have complied a brief recap of the initial fourth quarter big-cap wireless winners and losers. In the Smartphones division, the winners are Apple and HTC on strong results and guidance, while the losers are Nokia and Motorola Mobility.

The question of where smartphones might someday go became more relevant at this year's CES, where Motorola revealed a pair of docks for its Atrix phone.

In the Android camp at CES 2011, it was Motorola Xoom which stole the show; however there were a few tablets in the Windows camp too, which sported super-heavy specifications that are capable of taking the might of Xoom and one such contender is ASUS Eee Slate EP121.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc is already feeling pressure from the next Apple Inc iPhone and forecast a steeper than usual drop in sales this quarter as a result, sending its shares down 6.8 percent.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc posted a profit for the fourth quarter, but its shares fell almost 4 percent after it warned it would revert to a loss again in the current quarter, as it faces new competition from the Apple Inc iPhone.