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http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ Get the latest wireless news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking wireless news, including analysis and opinion on top wireless stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSat, 20 Jul 2013 00:15:52 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifGoogle CEO Larry Page this week revealed that more than 1.5 million Android devices are being activated each day, up from 1.3 million last September. The company previously announced that there were more than 900 million Android devices worldwide, which the executive said is ?pretty amazing given the first Android phone launched less than five years ago.? Google?s app marketplace has also seen unprecedented growth and Page revealed that over 50 billion apps have been downloaded from Google Play, or double the?25 billion apps the company reported last September. Google is expected to pass Apple?s App Store, which reached the same milestone in May, in total app downloads later this year or early next year. The executive also noted thathttp://news.yahoo.com/daily-android-activations-grow-1-5-million-google-041552461.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 00:15:52 -0400BGR Newsdaily-android-activations-grow-1-5-million-google-041552461A new leak gives further evidence that the Moto X smartphone will be released across multiple carriers in late August. According to an image published by AndroidCentral, Motorola?s upcoming smartphone will launch on U.S. Cellular on August 26th. An earlier report suggested that the device would be available from Verizon on August 23rd, so it looks like Google and Motorola are gearing up for a late August launch. The Moto X is expected to be equipped with a 720p display, a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, a 10-megapixel camera and a nearly stock version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It has also been reported that certain aspects of the smartphone will be able to be customized by the user,http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-leak-again-points-august-release-date-003005200.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 20:30:05 -0400BGR Newsmoto-x-leak-again-points-august-release-date-003005200<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-close-mobile-device-deal-fbi-sources-215349075.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tdeiLz.rE7WPs5Ka8AWnTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T215705Z_3_CBRE96I1OUC00_RTROPTP_2_SAMSUNG-GALAXY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man holds up Samsung Electronics Co&#039;s latest Galaxy S4 phone during its launch at the Radio City Music Hall in New York" align="left" title="A man holds up Samsung Electronics Co&#039;s latest Galaxy S4 phone during its launch at the Radio City Music Hall in New York" border="0" /></a>By Euan Rocha and Sinead Carew (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to signing a deal to sell its popular line of Galaxy devices to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. The deal would be a boost for Samsung, which is increasingly seeking to cater to the needs of government agencies, a niche long dominated by Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. The FBI, with more than 35,000 employees, at present uses mainly BlackBerry devices. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-close-mobile-device-deal-fbi-sources-215349075.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 17:57:05 -0400Reuterssamsung-close-mobile-device-deal-fbi-sources-215349075<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-close-mobile-device-deal-fbi-sources-215349075.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tdeiLz.rE7WPs5Ka8AWnTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T215705Z_3_CBRE96I1OUC00_RTROPTP_2_SAMSUNG-GALAXY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man holds up Samsung Electronics Co&#039;s latest Galaxy S4 phone during its launch at the Radio City Music Hall in New York" align="left" title="A man holds up Samsung Electronics Co&#039;s latest Galaxy S4 phone during its launch at the Radio City Music Hall in New York" border="0" /></a>By Euan Rocha and Sinead Carew (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to signing a deal to sell its popular line of Galaxy devices to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. The deal would be a boost for Samsung, which is increasingly seeking to cater to the needs of government agencies, a niche long dominated by Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. The FBI, with more than 35,000 employees, at present uses mainly BlackBerry devices. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Companies providing gadgets, components, services and related software have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. The reports come as consumers shift their spending toward phone ...http://news.yahoo.com/gadgets-chips-services-companies-faring-213424988.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 16:48:57 -0400Associated Pressgadgets-chips-services-companies-faring-213424988Last week, Bloomberg revealed that T-Mobile is now expected to grow contract subscribers in the second quarter of 2013. The surprise development is likely tied to the relatively aggressive, $70 monthly plan with unlimited data that T-Mobile launched in early spring. Yet this week, Verizon announced hot spring numbers, including 41% growth in iPhone activations compared to 2Q 2012. Verizon in turn is probably benefiting from being a relatively late adopter of the iPhone franchise and it is probably still bringing in consumers who waited for Verizon to get the iPhone before switching from other carriers. So if T-Mobile did surprisingly well because of its cheap new monthly plans and Verizon did well because of its fresh iPhone franchise, whathttp://news.yahoo.com/does-verizon-t-mobile-subscriber-growth-spell-trouble-175003581.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 13:50:03 -0400BGR Newsdoes-verizon-t-mobile-subscriber-growth-spell-trouble-175003581Whom the gods wish to destroy, first they have enter the tablet market. After Microsoft announced yesterday that it was writing off $900 million due to excess Surface RT inventory, it became just the latest company to have failed to create a tablet capable of competing with Apple?s iPad and cheaper Android tablets such as the Amazon Kindle Fire. Indeed, when you look back over the past few years, it?s surprising to see how many companies released tablets that sold so incredibly poorly that many of them haven?t ever bothered to try their hands at making tablets again. For those who enjoy reliving car crashes, then, here is a recap of some of the biggest tablet flops that we?ve seenhttp://news.yahoo.com/recent-tech-history-littered-corpses-failed-tablets-170511409.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 13:05:11 -0400BGR Newsrecent-tech-history-littered-corpses-failed-tablets-170511409A new leak claims to reveal the specs for Google?s upcoming second-generation Nexus 7 tablet. According to Engadget, the slate will be equipped with a 7-inch display, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and 5-megapixel camera on the back. Earlier rumors had suggested that the display would include a 1980 x 1200 pixel resolution, and it is still unclear what processor model the next-generation Nexus 7 will include. Some reports had claimed it would feature a Snapdragon 600 chipset, while others said it would include a Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. The latest leak also notes that the device will run Android 4.3 and will feature wireless charging capabilities and a ?slim port? for 1080p output. The second-generation Nexushttp://news.yahoo.com/next-gen-nexus-7-specs-leak-quad-core-162032502.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 12:20:32 -0400BGR Newsnext-gen-nexus-7-specs-leak-quad-core-162032502The rise of tablets has had a tremendous impact on us in a number of ways. Emerging markets have more widespread access to the Web thanks to low-cost tablets, a second screen trend is sweeping living rooms across major markets, the PC industry is in turmoil? but are tablets also making us smarter? A curious study commissioned by Next Issue Media and conducted by?Wakefield Research equates knowledge of news and current events with intelligence, and it found that those who own tablets like the iPad and Android devices believe they?re more in-the-know than others. The survey found that Americans want to be knowledgable when it comes to current events, and more than half of those polled by Wakefield like tohttp://news.yahoo.com/tablets-making-us-smarter-153549680.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 11:35:49 -0400BGR Newstablets-making-us-smarter-153549680MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria lifted a mobile phone blackout on the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri on Friday, saying there were signs of improving security after months of blasts and attacks. Signals were cut in the remote northeastern town and surrounding states in May in a bid to disrupt the activities of the Islamist Boko Haram sect, whose insurgency has killed thousands of people in the past three years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-lifts-mobile-phone-blackout-militant-stronghold-125754452.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 08:57:54 -0400Reutersnigeria-lifts-mobile-phone-blackout-militant-stronghold-125754452Samsung?s plans to make its Galaxy smartphones enterprise-friendly seem to be bearing some fruit. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung is nearing a deal to supply mobile devices to the United States Navy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, two U.S. government agencies that have high standards for mobile device security. The Journal?s unnamed sources say that although the deals have not yet been finalized, Samsung will likely secure a big order from the FBI and a smaller order from the Navy. Samsung earlier this year announced its intentions to make a major push into the enterprise when it unveiled its KNOX mobile security suite aimed at showing businesses and governments that mobile devices based on Android could actuallyhttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-nudges-blackberry-territory-close-scoring-u-government-115045491.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 07:50:45 -0400BGR Newssamsung-nudges-blackberry-territory-close-scoring-u-government-115045491Sunil Lalvani, managing director for BlackBerry India, apparently confirmed in an interview with IBN Live that BlackBerry Messenger?will launch on Android?in the next two months. The executive reiterated earlier statements made by BlackBerry that the service will launch this summer, however he was quick to add that in North America summer doesn?t end until September. When asked to clarify his comments and whether BBM would be available before the end of the September, IBN Live noted that Lalvani?s ?response was in the affirmative.? A bogus BBM app recently appeared on Google Play and revealed that there is in fact a surprising amount of demand for the messaging service. The fake app racked up more than 100,000 downloads in only ahttp://news.yahoo.com/bbm-android-reportedly-launch-end-september-010026258.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 21:00:26 -0400BGR Newsbbm-android-reportedly-launch-end-september-010026258<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-stumbles-2q-slump-ad-202132021.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jSIguuSTb_jGFOqcGy8.iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/c2e4997a0685e718370f6a7067003168_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google stumbles in 2Q as slump in ad rates deepens" align="left" title="Google stumbles in 2Q as slump in ad rates deepens" border="0" /></a>Google views the computing shift to smartphones and tablets as a golden opportunity, but the Internet search leader&#039;s second-quarter performance served as an unsettling reminder that it poses a nagging ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-stumbles-2q-slump-ad-202132021.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 19:17:48 -0400Associated Pressgoogle-stumbles-2q-slump-ad-202132021<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-stumbles-2q-slump-ad-202132021.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jSIguuSTb_jGFOqcGy8.iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/c2e4997a0685e718370f6a7067003168_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google stumbles in 2Q as slump in ad rates deepens" align="left" title="Google stumbles in 2Q as slump in ad rates deepens" border="0" /></a>Google views the computing shift to smartphones and tablets as a golden opportunity, but the Internet search leader&#039;s second-quarter performance served as an unsettling reminder that it poses a nagging ...</p><br clear="all"/>Consumers continue to prefer the iPhone and Android smartphones over Nokia and BlackBerry devices, and now analysts are questioning if a third platform will ever have the chance to succeed. Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co downgraded Nokia shares to Hold from Buy on Thursday, Barron?s reported. The analyst explained that he upgraded Nokia ?too early,? adding that it may have been wrong to upgrade the company all together. He noted that Nokia?s recent earnings were ?disappointing on virtually every dimension,? adding that Lumia sales, while they rose 32% from last quarter to 7.4 million units, are concerning because the average selling price declined 18% to roughly $205. Wolf is now questions ?whether consumers are even interested in a viablehttp://news.yahoo.com/raised-android-iphone-continue-dominate-users-even-want-204541158.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 16:45:41 -0400BGR Newsraised-android-iphone-continue-dominate-users-even-want-204541158Google on Thursday reported earnings of $9.56 per share on revenues of $14.11 billion, thus missing Wall Street?s second-quarter EPS consensus of $10.78 on $14.4 billion in sales. One reason for Google?s disappointing earnings was its operating expenses, which increased to 35% of its revenues on the quarter from 33% of its revenues in Q2 2012. Google?s cost-per-click on its ads also shrank by around 6% year-over-year, thus putting downward pressure on its total revenues.?Although Google?s overall earnings and revenues missed the Street?s consensus, there was an unexpected bright spot on the revenue side for the company from its Motorola Mobility division, which posted revenues of $998 million on the quarter, up from $843 million in revenues it posted inhttp://news.yahoo.com/google-posts-big-miss-q2-eps-9-56-200355017.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 16:03:55 -0400BGR Newsgoogle-posts-big-miss-q2-eps-9-56-200355017A new report suggests that consumers aren?t interested in paying for mobile apps and over time have forced developers to release their apps for free. Analytics firm?Flurry on Thursday revealed that between 2010 and 2012, free apps accounted for between 80% and 84% of all apps. However, in 2013 that number has shot up to 90% of all apps and it doesn?t look like the trend is set to reverse anytime soon. Apple?iPad users are the most willing to pay for apps with an average price of $0.50 per app downloaded, followed by iPhone users at $0.19 per app.?Android users are the least likely to buy apps, spending an average of only $0.06 per app downloaded. The firm notes thathttp://news.yahoo.com/android-users-found-least-likely-pay-apps-194542188.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:45:42 -0400BGR Newsandroid-users-found-least-likely-pay-apps-194542188Google was expected to unveil an updated version of its Android platform during the recent Google I/O conference, but the show came and went without any sign of the new OS. With Google?s Sundar Pichai hosting a press event on July 24th, however, rumors of an Android 4.3 debut are once again swirling. Google?s next-generation Nexus 7 tablet leaked on video earlier this week, and reports suggest the slate will be unveiled during Google?s event next week. Since Android 4.3 is expected to be on board, it stands to reason that Google?s Jelly Bean update will be unveiled as well. Further supporting that notion is a leaked Nexus 4 backup file posted by an xda-developers forum member, which seemingly proveshttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-shows-android-4-3-running-google-nexus-191016801.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:10:16 -0400BGR Newsleak-shows-android-4-3-running-google-nexus-191016801<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0vq3JzVCrRb6qyVW6KBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_google_nexus_7_tablet_ll_120627_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" align="left" title="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" border="0" /></a>At an Event Next Week, Google is Expected to Announce a New Tablet</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:32:00 -0400ABC Newsgoogle-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0vq3JzVCrRb6qyVW6KBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_google_nexus_7_tablet_ll_120627_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" align="left" title="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" border="0" /></a>At an Event Next Week, Google is Expected to Announce a New Tablet</p><br clear="all"/>So Nokia missed its smartphone volume expectation by about 10%. BlackBerry missed its BlackBerry 10 volume consensus by about 15%. And HTC missed its earnings consensus by about 35% (HTC updates its revenue numbers every month, so it never misses quarterly sales numbers by much). The?autumn outlook?is gruesome for these second-tier vendors for many, many reasons. First, they all?ramped up their key models during the spring with the Nokia Lumia 520, the BlackBerry Q10 and Z10, and the HTC One. This was not just any old quarter. This was a quarter when all three had major new models shipping?pretty?much?throughout the quarter. By autumn, all of these new models will start losing their pricing power. A slow start is bad newshttp://news.yahoo.com/gather-darkness-smartphone-market-witching-hour-near-180022910.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:22 -0400BGR Newsgather-darkness-smartphone-market-witching-hour-near-180022910Google is hosting a press event on July 24th and while the company hasn?t given any indication of what plans to reveal next week, a recent leak suggests rumors of a refreshed Nexus 7 tablet are likely accurate. Android Central published a video of what it claims to be Google?s second-generation 7-inch slate alongside purported specs. The blog says Google?s next Nexus 7 features a?Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 4GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, up to 32GB of storage and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, a new version of Android that is also expected to be announced next week.?The specs are somewhat in line with earlier reports, though 4GB of RAM would be a surprise,http://news.yahoo.com/video-google-second-gen-nexus-7-tablet-shown-161505869.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:15:05 -0400BGR Newsvideo-google-second-gen-nexus-7-tablet-shown-161505869<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1P4zQwKQyXFD.2WwAB30Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T153106Z_2_CBRE96H0SVX00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" align="left" title="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Weak quarterly sales of Nokia smartphones raised the heat on CEO Stephen Elop, whose decision to adopt Microsoft&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to deliver the recovery in the company&#039;s fortunes he was hired to achieve. Nokia has pinned its hopes on its Lumia smartphones to close the yawning lead of the market frontrunners Samsung and Apple, but progress has disappointed many investors and analysts. Nokia shares fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday after the company said it shipped 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:41:31 -0400Reutersnokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1P4zQwKQyXFD.2WwAB30Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T153106Z_2_CBRE96H0SVX00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" align="left" title="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Weak quarterly sales of Nokia smartphones raised the heat on CEO Stephen Elop, whose decision to adopt Microsoft&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to deliver the recovery in the company&#039;s fortunes he was hired to achieve. Nokia has pinned its hopes on its Lumia smartphones to close the yawning lead of the market frontrunners Samsung and Apple, but progress has disappointed many investors and analysts. Nokia shares fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday after the company said it shipped 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/geCrXVgVqj_HfJi.t.03FQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/95d9a9c0e9ddd917370f6a706700badb_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" align="left" title="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" border="0" /></a>You have a cellphone, maybe a tablet. Sometimes you lug around a laptop. Do you really need one more gadget on you? Yes, you do. You need a smart watch. At least, that&#039;s what I learned after I got the ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:22:42 -0400Associated Pressreview-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/geCrXVgVqj_HfJi.t.03FQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/95d9a9c0e9ddd917370f6a706700badb_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" align="left" title="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" border="0" /></a>You have a cellphone, maybe a tablet. Sometimes you lug around a laptop. Do you really need one more gadget on you? Yes, you do. You need a smart watch. At least, that&#039;s what I learned after I got the ...</p><br clear="all"/>Every single time Nokia unveils a new smartphone or reports numbers of any kind, a familiar question is raised: What if Nokia had switched to Android?instead of Windows Phone? What if? This was a fun game to play for a few months after Nokia first announced it would dump Symbian and MeeGo in favor of Microsoft?s mobile platform, but now that ship has sailed. Revisiting that tired old question repeatedly is indeed typically boring, but it turns out that doing so for the umpteenth time finally got us a candid explanation straight from the horse?s mouth of exactly why Nokia opted for Windows Phone over the world?s top smartphone platform. In a recent interview, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop finally admittedhttp://news.yahoo.com/elop-finally-admits-why-nokia-didn-t-switch-150508513.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:05:08 -0400BGR Newselop-finally-admits-why-nokia-didn-t-switch-150508513Investors sent Nokia shares sliding on Thursday after the vendor posted less-than-stellar results for the second quarter this year. Nokia narrowed its loss substantially in the second quarter to -$151 million, but handset sales plummeted 27% to 61.1 million units and average selling prices fell off a cliff. But amid all the gloom, Nokia?s global Lumia shipments climbed to a record 7.4 million units on the back of the Lumia 520, and an important milestone was achieved: Lumia shipments in the second quarter outnumbered BlackBerry smartphone shipments in BlackBerry?s most recent fiscal quarter, which totaled just 6.8 million units. The bloody battle for No.3 is far from over but as bad as things have been for Nokia, they?re looking evenhttp://news.yahoo.com/good-news-amid-gloom-lumia-sales-now-outnumber-133050038.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:30:50 -0400BGR Newsgood-news-amid-gloom-lumia-sales-now-outnumber-133050038Google's second-quarter earnings report Thursday could result in the search leader's stock exceeding $1,000 for the first time. The report, due out after the stock market closes, comes as positive sentiment ...http://news.yahoo.com/ahead-bell-googles-2q-report-101154407.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:11:54 -0400Associated Pressahead-bell-googles-2q-report-101154407HTC on Thursday unveiled the HTC One mini, a smaller version of its critically acclaimed HTC One?flagship Android phone. The handset features a design that is strikingly similar to the original, but scaled down both in size as well as refinement. Whereas the currently available flagship HTC One is easily one of the most impressive smartphones the world has ever seen in terms of design, materials and build quality, the HTC One mini dials things back in order to address the mid-range smartphone market. Getting the phone?s price down was?HTC?s priority here and pumping the brakes on the hardware was clearly necessary, but was the flagship One?s allure lost in translation? When BGR reviewed the original HTC One, we calledhttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-one-mini-preview-htc-gorgeous-flagship-phone-090149500.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 05:01:49 -0400BGR Newshtc-one-mini-preview-htc-gorgeous-flagship-phone-090149500Any rival computing platform trying to break through 10 years ago faced a daunting challenge since Microsoft?s Windows was by far the most widely used desktop operating system in the world. So instead of taking on Windows directly on its home turf, Apple decided to create brand new turf to work from with iOS. As Google quickly followed suit, Microsoft saw its once-impenetrable dominance of the computing platform market evaporate. Business Insider has posted three charts ? two of its own making and one from Asymco ? showing the dramatic decline and fall of the Windows empire that really started to snowball in the first quarter of 2009. Ever since the start of 2009, shipments of Windows-based PCs have peakedhttp://news.yahoo.com/not-windows-world-anymore-043017387.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 00:30:17 -0400BGR Newsnot-windows-world-anymore-043017387A new report claims that shipments of smartphones could grow substantially over the next few years. According to IHS, per CNET, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units by 2017. Earlier reports had suggested that Android shipments would account for 1 billion units in the same year. The research firm estimates that worldwide smartphone shipments will reach nearly 900 million units by the end of 2013, with Apple accounting for 150 million units, a slight increase from 134 million in 2012. IHS senior analyst Wayne Lam noted that the ?possible slowing growth of the iPhone,? along with ?the rapid pace of competitive smartphone releases speak to the ferocious nature of the handset business.? He added that whilehttp://news.yahoo.com/smartphone-shipments-could-reach-1-5-billion-2017-004514235.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 20:45:14 -0400BGR Newssmartphone-shipments-could-reach-1-5-billion-2017-004514235What could be next for Samsung, the company that single-handily conquered the Android market with its Galaxy smartphones and tablets. How about the rebirth of the flip phone? According to Korean website Digital Daily, Samsung is preparing to release an Android-powered Galaxy flip phone in the coming weeks. The handset will reportedly be called the Galaxy Folder and will feature a 800 x 480 pixel-display, a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, LTE connectivity and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Samsung is the biggest smartphone and feature phone vendor in the world, and perhaps the only company that could be able to successfully market an Android-powered flip phone to consumers. The Galaxy Folder is reportedly slated to launch in South Korean sometime nexthttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-trying-bring-back-flip-phone-233018758.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:30:18 -0400BGR Newssamsung-trying-bring-back-flip-phone-233018758<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RcU6sjNv_ctC8V8kG1l5AQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_google_maps_ll_130717_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" align="left" title="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" border="0" /></a>Google Maps for iOS and Android Devices Update With a Host of New Features</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:35:13 -0400ABC Newsgoogle-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RcU6sjNv_ctC8V8kG1l5AQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_google_maps_ll_130717_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" align="left" title="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" border="0" /></a>Google Maps for iOS and Android Devices Update With a Host of New Features</p><br clear="all"/>Although we were disappointed that Google didn?t unveil the newest version of its Android mobile operating system at Google I/O earlier this year, the company looks set to make some Android-related news next week. Per AndroidCentral, Google has scheduled an early morning press event on July 24th with?Sundar Pichai, who earlier this year became the chief of both Google?s Chrome and Android divisions. Although Google doesn?t provide any details about what Pichai will be discussing, it?s most likely that he?ll have some news on the next version of Android, even if it?s just the latest version of Jelly Bean and not the eagerly awaited Key Lime Pie that?s rumored to launch this fall. AndroidCentral also speculates that Google will unveilhttp://news.yahoo.com/google-reveal-next-android-july-24th-193547151.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:35:47 -0400BGR Newsgoogle-reveal-next-android-july-24th-193547151Microsoft?s debut Surface RT tablet hasn?t been the runaway success the company was hoping for, so Microsoft recently slashed the price of the tablet ??just as we expected. The sleek Windows RT slate now starts at just $350, down 30% from the old $500 base price, but sales aren?t expected to pick up much despite the drastically reduced pricing. Digitimes? anonymous supply chain sources say that prices on Android tablets and touchscreen Windows laptops have also seen significant drops and as a result, third-quarter Surface RT sales aren?t expected to pick up much, if at all. Microsoft is expected to unveil a refreshed line of Surface tablets later this year or early next year.http://news.yahoo.com/huge-surface-rt-price-cuts-said-unlikely-boost-172502803.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 13:25:02 -0400BGR Newshuge-surface-rt-price-cuts-said-unlikely-boost-172502803Earlier reports have claimed that Google is preparing to release a sequel to its popular Nexus 7 tablet. It has also been suggested that the second-generation slate will be priced higher than its predecessor. According to an image of a supposed inventory list published by Android Central on Wednesday, the new Nexus 7 will be offered in 16GB and 32GB variants for $229 and $269 respectively. The latest rumors claim Google?s upcoming tablet will be equipped with an improved 7-inch 1980 x 1200-pixel display, a quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel camera on the back. The second-generation Nexus 7 is expected to be released later this month or in early August. The leaked image followshttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-may-confirm-higher-prices-second-gen-nexus-165002840.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:50:02 -0400BGR Newsleak-may-confirm-higher-prices-second-gen-nexus-165002840Nokia reports its spring quarter on Thursday ? and the stakes are very high, indeed. The?substantial spring?revenue weakness from?BlackBerry and HTC implies that many second-tier brands are now in serious trouble with their brand new product launches. Samsung?s earnings miss was a shocker because the South Korean giant was supposed to have a wide open shot at dominating spring sales, particularly?because Apple?s iPhone sales started slowing down significantly in the March quarter. The industry is now staring at the possibility of the entire high-end smartphone market slowing down much faster than expected.?But Nokia is not dependent on high-end smartphones to the extent that BlackBerry and HTC are ? and that makes Nokia?s spring report absolutely riveting. Nokia has two blackhttp://news.yahoo.com/moment-truth-nokia-161555981.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:15:55 -0400BGR Newsmoment-truth-nokia-161555981Given that everyone from Apple to Samsung to BlackBerry has posted disappointing sales for their flagship devices over the past year, it shouldn?t be surprising that smartphone buyers as a whole aren?t feeling the same excitement about new devices that they were just a few years ago. The Wall Street Journal reports that new research from UBS shows the rate of smartphone upgrades declined by 9% year-over-year in 2012 and is projected to decline by another 2% year-over-year in 2013. The Journal says one reason why many users are upgrading their smartphones less often is that they don?t see any compelling innovation in new iPhone or Galaxy models that make them want to trade up. Mobile carriers such as AT&Thttp://news.yahoo.com/thrill-gone-smartphone-buyers-135027572.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 09:50:27 -0400BGR Newsthrill-gone-smartphone-buyers-135027572<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:02:18 -0400Reutersnec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A federal jury in Texas on Monday found that HTC, Sony, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent do not infringe Wi-Lan?s technology, The Wall Street Journal reported. Wi-Lan, a well-known patent troll that uses litigation to generate revenue, had accused the companies of infringing on four of its wireless patents. The company previously filed a similar lawsuit against BlackBerry in December. A Wi-Lan spokesperson told The Journal that the company was ?disappointed with the jury?s decision,? and it is now reviewing its options. Shares of Wi-Lan fell more than 30% to a three-year low of $3.27 on Monday, however they rebounded on Tuesday, jumping 13% to $3.70 per share.http://news.yahoo.com/htc-sony-defeat-patent-troll-013038591.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 21:30:38 -0400BGR Newshtc-sony-defeat-patent-troll-013038591Sony needs a device that will allow the company to stand out from the sea of Android smartphones currently flooding the market. Earlier reports had suggested that Sony is prepping a high-end smartphone with a 20-megapixel rear camera and now,?According to Chinese website ePrice, the company will soon launch the Xperia i1 equipped with a 5-inch full HD 1080p display and a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor. The selling point, however, will be its 20.7-megapixel rear camera with a 1/2.3-inch ExmorRS sensor, the same as the Galaxy Camera and other point-and-shoot cameras. By comparison, the iPhone 5 and brand new Lumia 1020 feature a 1/3.2-inch image sensor and a 1/1.5 inch sensor, respectively. The Xperia i1 will also include 2GBhttp://news.yahoo.com/sony-challenge-nokia-20-megapixel-xperia-i1-smartphone-223529197.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 18:35:29 -0400BGR Newssony-challenge-nokia-20-megapixel-xperia-i1-smartphone-223529197<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:56:03 -0400Reutersapps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A new leak provides more information about BlackBerry?s upcoming phablet. BGR last week exclusively reported early details alongside?the first ever photo of the BlackBerry A10 smartphone. We noted that the device will feature a 5-inch 720p display, a dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. According to an image posted on the CrackBerry forums, the A10 will be equipped with a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The smartphone is also said to include 16GB of internal storage, LTE connectivity, a 2,800 mAh battery, NFC, a microSD slot, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and the BlackBerry 10.2 operating system. The leak also suggests a slightly thicker version of the device?will arrive on Verizon. The BlackBerry A10 is expectedhttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-seemingly-reveals-full-blackberry-a10-specs-183051845.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:30:51 -0400BGR Newsleak-seemingly-reveals-full-blackberry-a10-specs-183051845Hewlett-Packard executive?Su-yin Yam recently insisted HP is working on a new smartphone that will offer truly compelling differentiation compared to the current crop of devices on the market. Yam didn?t give any indication as to when such a device might launch, however, and CEO Meg Whitman noted late last year that HP likely won?t debut a smartphone in 2013. A new image published by PhoneArena supposedly reveals a new Android smartphone in the works at HP, however, suggesting that a device might launch sooner than we thought. Not much can be gleaned from the leaked image beyond what looks to be stock Android and a design that looks suspiciously like an iPhone 5, but a subsequent post from the bloghttp://news.yahoo.com/leaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552400.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:45:52 -0400BGR Newsleaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552400

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