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Apple is hitching its smartphone wagon to gaming big time, finally! Apple is letting select developers play around with an iPhone 4 which is implanted with an A5 chip rather than the A4 in order that they can bring out the full gaming prowess on the upcoming iPhone 5. If the gaming slant of the iPhone materializes it would go to prove rumors that Apple was delaying the launch for the iPhone 5 for strategic reasons and not so much because of logistical constraints.

Samsung Electronics Co said on Friday it had filed patent lawsuits against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany, a week after the world's top technology company claimed Samsung's smartphones and tablets slavishly copied its products.

Samsung Electronics Co said on Friday it had filed patent lawsuits against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany, a week after the world's top technology company claimed Samsung's smartphones and tablets slavishly copied its products.

SanDisk Corp's 19 percent revenue rise surpassed expectations after strong smartphone and tablet demand propped up first-quarter chip prices, as it reaffirmed hopes for a strong 2011 despite supply-chain tangles from Japan.

Verizon added 906,000 new customers and sold 2.2 million iPhones in two months.

Japan's Sharp Corp said on Thursday it would start production of small display panels for use in smartphones at an existing TV panel plant this year, but declined to comment on prospects for an additional line at a disused factory.

Nokia investors concerned about dwindling market share are anxious for better news on the tie-up with Microsoft and details of cost cuts when the handset maker posts quarterly figures on Thursday.

The iPhone 5 media overkill can resume now, with a Reuters snap report from Hong Kong late on Wednesday saying that Apple will begin production of the much-awaited device in July and that the product could hit stores in September.

Nokia investors concerned about dwindling market share are anxious for better news on the tie-up with Microsoft and details of cost cuts when the handset maker posts quarterly figures on Thursday.

Shares of Toshiba Corp jumped 4 percent on Wednesday after a newspaper report that Apple Inc would invest in its production of small smartphone-use displays, dropping Sharp from the running for that business in Japan.

HTC Sensation 4G’s stakes are high against Motorola’s Atrix and Droid Bionic 4G

Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet computer launched in thousands of stores on Tuesday and mostly stayed there, a grim reminder of Apple's lasting allure for tech-hungry consumers.

Samsung aims countersue Apple, which claimed the former company infringed on its iPhone patents.

Finally Samsung Galaxy S2 has found its match in HTC Sensation 4G

Samsung's Galaxy S 4G, Nexus S, Epic 4G, and Galaxy Tab are all cited in the suit.

Toshiba Corp is likely to post a forecast-beating 130 billion yen ($1.6 billion ) net profit for the 2010/11 business year that ended on March 31, boosted by robust sales of flash memory chips for smartphones and tablet PCs, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Gleacher & Co. expects mobile chip maker Qualcomm to be a primary beneficiary in the 3G/4G growth and will remain the top supplier for integrated chips and extend its leadership position to LTE.

President Barack Obama continues pushing cyber security with the introduction of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).

Research In Motion launched the Playbook last night in New York, but questions about who the device is aimed at still linger.

The playbook launch party in New York was designed to show off Research In Motions' latest device, but questions still linger about who it is for.

Revealed at this year's MIX conference, the announcements are mostly focused on how developers will be able to take advantage of the operating system's new features.