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Google's Android Still the Top Mobile OS, Apple iOS Trails

Google's popular operating system (OS) Android claimed the largest share with 39 percent of the U.S. consumer smartphone market in the month of June, while Apple's iOS trailed by 11 percent, accounting 28 percent of the entire market, said a new report released by Nielsen.

Samsung Q2 profit falls, warns of tough outlook

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Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top memory chip maker, reported a 25 percent drop in quarterly profit, hit by losses in its flat screen business, overshadowing strong profit growth from mobile phone sales.
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Motorola product delay, tablet margins to hurt Q3

Motorola Mobility warned that its third-quarter profit would miss expectations due to the second delay of a smartphone launch and price cuts of its tablet computers, sending its shares down 4 percent.
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Sharp profit plunges on weak TV demand, keeps outlook

Japan's Sharp Corp <6753.T> reported an 84.4 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after the company was forced to suspend operations for weeks at its state-of-the-art LCD panel plant due to weak demand for TVs.
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Microsoft Pushes 'Mango,' Fujitsu First Aboard

On Tuesday Microsoft said that it put the final touches on its latest mobile operating-system, dubbed Mango, setting the stage for Fujitsu on the other side of the world to announce it would be first to use it.
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Fujitsu First to Taste Microsoft's 'Mango'

Just as Microsoft announced that it was done coding its new Windows Mobile Platform -- dubbed Mango -- Fujitsu of Japan rolled out the first prototype using the anticipated software.
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Windows Mango Shows up in Japan but Can it Beat iOS 5?

The first ever smartphone to run on Microsoft's latest Windows Phone mobile operating system (OS) (codenamed Mango) has been unveiled in Japan even as the OS is scheduled for launch around the same time Apple's iOS 5 launches i.e. this Fall. But can it compete with Apple's latest mobile OS?
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First Taste of the Mango Phone [VIDEO]

The first smartphone based on the new "Mango" edition of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo, PCWorld reported. It will help increase Microsoft's share in the smart phone market.
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Internet Umbrella: Future of Browsing While on the Move in Rain

The Internet Umbrella acts as a video monitor displaying images from the Internet as the user walks along. The handle of the umbrella fitted with a projector transmits images to the underside of the umbrella so the user can watch it alive while walking in rain.
People play a Kinect boxing game on an XBox 360 gaming console at the Microsoft booth during the first day of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2011.

Microsoft Unveils Mango 'Milestone'

Microsoft has put the final touches on its latest mobile operating-system, dubbed Mango, hoping to shore up its smartphone offering against increasing pressure from rivals.
First NASA Smartphone Controlled Space Robots is Google’s Android, Not Apple iPhone

First NASA Smartphone Controlled Space Robots is Google's Android, Not Apple iPhone

In an ongoing rivalry between Apple's iPhone and Android, Google can uphold bragging rights as becoming the first smartphone to have assisted NASA astronauts on a space flight mission. Having its Nexus One powered Android OS programmed to spherical robots; the devices were launched into space aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Once deployed, it assisted astronauts in surveying routine maintenance work.

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