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AM News: NEC's 6.7mm Thin Android Phone, Nokia Lumia 800 …

As the latest Japanese company to enter into the Android smartphone market, NEC recently launched one of their thinnest…

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Posted in Android, Apple, Apple iPhone, Articles, AT&T, Blackberry, HP, iPad, MID, Nokia, Reviews, Samsung, Smartphone News, Sony, T-Mobile on Feb 1st, 2012, 8:23 am by Smartphone Monkey     

Verizon: Smartphone Demand Spurs Growth

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) — Verizon announced mixed results for the past quarter, as a record quarterly growth in revenues was offset by high subsidies for Apple iPhones and several one-time expense items. The largest U.S …

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Posted in Smartphone News on Jan 30th, 2012, 6:59 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Kindle Fire No. 1 in Android tablet use: report

A new report analyzing app usage purports to show that, in just three months, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has dethroned the Samsung Galaxy Tab as the top Android tablet — at least when it comes to people actually spending time on their devices.

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Posted in Tablet News on Jan 30th, 2012, 6:31 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Apple overtakes Samsung in Q4 smartphone sales: report

SEOUL (Reuters) – Apple Inc overtook Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as the world’s top smartphone maker in the fourth quarter of last year, with the South Korean company selling about half a million fewer smartphones than its rival, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday. Apple sold 37 million iPhones and Samsung sold 36.5 million smartphone handsets, giving each a respective 23.9 percent …

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Posted in Smartphone News on Jan 27th, 2012, 3:00 am by Smartphone Monkey     

Android grabs more tablet market share: survey

Tablet computers powered by Google’s Android software are increasing their global market share but Apple’s iPad still dominates the category, a research firm said Thursday.

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Posted in Tablet News on Jan 26th, 2012, 11:30 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

HTC ThunderBolt Verizon 4G Android Smartphone – CowBoom.com …

Find and share deals and reviews on HTC ThunderBolt Verizon 4G Android Smartphone – CowBoom.com at dealspl.us. Cowboom.com offers this for 139.99. anothersn shared on January 26, 2012.

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Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S.

Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ:AAPL – News) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is back on top as the bestselling smartphone in the U.S. Android has …

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Posted in Smartphone News on Jan 25th, 2012, 2:50 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Motorola Xoom tablet owners get to taste Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Motorola Xoom WiFi edition owners Wednesday are reporting that they have started to receive over the air Android 4.0.3 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”) updates to their tablet computers ( Motorola’s owners’ forum website hadn’t quite caught up with this when we checked Wednesday morning.)

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Posted in Tablet News on Jan 18th, 2012, 8:46 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Moneto blesses the iPhone and Android smartphones with NFC …

Moneto is an NFC-based mobile payment system developed by DeviceFidelity and Spring Card Systems. It uses a microSD card that has an NFC chip embedded within it, which means it can work on any…

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Apple Smartphone Sales Surge During Holidays

Following a look into the holiday quarter for large cap tech companies, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley noted that strong holiday sales lead to a record smartphone quarter for Apple (AAPL). Mr. Walkley estimated that 2012 holiday quarter sales of Apple iPhones were 38.1 million, a 31% jump from 2012 Q3 sales of 26.2 million.

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Posted in Smartphone News on Jan 6th, 2012, 7:02 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Tablet-friendly newsreaders for news junkies

Jack Wallen highlights two newsreader applications for the Android tablet, Google Currents and Pressreader for Honeycomb.

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Posted in Tablet News on Jan 6th, 2012, 12:46 pm by Smartphone Monkey     

Smartphone face-off: iOS 5 vs. Android 4 vs. Windows Phone 7.5 vs. BlackBerry OS 7

iOS 5, Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich,” Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango,” and BlackBerry OS 7 were all released in the past few months, each promising to advance the iPhone, Android smartphones, Windows Phones, and BlackBerrys respectively to the head of the mobile pack. But only one can be the best.

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Posted in Smartphone News on Jan 4th, 2012, 11:30 am by Smartphone Monkey     

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