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Motorola Closes Factory and Lays Off 800

Having a rich new parent company doesn’t seem to be doing Motorola much good. Ahead of the transition to full Google ownership, the company has announced it will close a factory and lay off 800 employees around the world. READ MORE »

Samsung Asks for iPhone 4S Source Code

Samsung and Apple are at it again. In another round of the battle for mobile dominance, Samsung has filed a preliminary injunction against the new iPhone 4S and is requesting the source code for the device. This comes after Apple won a preliminary injunction against Samsung, effectively blocking the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in several countries, including Australia, where the latest chapter is unfolding. READ MORE »

What Nokia and Microsoft Must Do Now

“Tying two rocks together doesn’t make them float.” That was one industry expert’s comment on Nokia and Microsoft partnering to create Windows phones. But the two can help each other: Nokia has a loyal mobile customer base and Microsoft has a lot of money and clout, though little success thus far in the mobile arena. READ MORE »

Meg Whitman to Lead Start-up That Outsources Errands

Zaarly, a start-up that helps users outsource their errands, announced Tuesday that it had closed a $14.1 million financing round led by Kleiner Perkins and Sands Capital Ventures. The company has now raised a total of $15.1 million over two rounds of financing, and says it will use the money for technical development and to expand operations. READ MORE »

AT&T Sees Slow Third Quarter Growth

AT&T announced yesterday that it had activated 2.7 million iPhones during the third quarter, the lowest number of activations for the company in 18 months. 319,000 wireless customers signed on with the provider, less than half the number that did so over the same period last year. READ MORE »

Android 4.0 Unveiled With Impressive Features

This week Google and Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus, the first phone to use Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich). The new operating system has several notable changes such as the ability to use facial recognition to unlock a screen, as well as NFC (near field communication) technology that lets users share apps, Web sites, YouTube videos, maps, directions, and more by simply tapping two Android 4.0 phones together. READ MORE »

Samsung Leads Smartphone Makers in 3rd Quarter

According to an unnamed source cited in the Wall Street Journal, Samsung Electronics topped Apple in smartphone shipments this quarter, moving more than 20 million units. Samsung also raced ahead of Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone manufacturer. Nokia shipped 16.8 million smartphones in the last quarter. READ MORE »

Almost All Windows Phone Users Can Now Get Mango

It’s official: If you have a Windows phone, you can now have Mango. Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it has now made the newest version of its mobile operating system (Windows Phone 7.5, A.K.A. “Mango”) to “nearly everyone in the current delivery pool.” READ MORE »

Motorola’s Throwback: Droid Razr

Motorola hopes techy nostalgia can save its slipping market share. It announced its newest smartphone Thursday, the Droid Razr. Of course, the original Razr, a thin, sleek device, was a must-have about eight years ago. “This brand has a lot of recognition,” said Alain Mutricy, Motorola portfolio and product management senior vice president. “Because of what this brand means in the minds of consumers, we decided to relaunch it.” READ MORE »

Google May Own Motorola but It Won’t Get Special Treatment

Google may own Motorola, but it will think of it as just another handset company. That’s the word from Android chief Andy Rubin who told AllThingsD, “This is going to be an arm’s-length thing…Motorola isn’t going to get any special treatment.” READ MORE »

Smartphones and PDAs

Motorola Closes Factory and Lays Off 800

Samsung Asks for iPhone 4S Source Code

What Nokia and Microsoft Must Do Now

Meg Whitman to Lead Start-up That Outsources Errands

AT&T Sees Slow Third Quarter Growth

Android 4.0 Unveiled With Impressive Features

Samsung Leads Smartphone Makers in 3rd Quarter

Almost All Windows Phone Users Can Now Get Mango

Motorola’s Throwback: Droid Razr

Google May Own Motorola but It Won’t Get Special Treatment

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