Wednesday, August 6, 2014

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Samsung's mobile business has been falling for years

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:27 PM PDT

The chart you see above shows how Samsung's smartphone business has declined since a peak of 90% two years ago, and it is exact evidence why some in the company are genuinely concerned. It is no secret that Samsung's mobile business has taken a bashing this year, but on this evidence things have been getting progressively worse for some time.
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App Store and iTunes continue to grow

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:49 PM PDT

Apple and Google are locked in a number of mobile wars, such as platform and even smartphones, with Android typically besting Apple's iOS with its sheer availability. However, one area where Android has failed to defeat Apple is in terms of monetizing apps, and Cupertino's App Store has just recorded its best ever month just to make the point.
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Apple schedules iPhone event for September 9th

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:30 PM PDT

Speculation may be in the air as to what iPhones Apple will launch this year, but we now know the date when we will find out about at least one of them. Cupertino has scheduled a press event that will take place on September 9th and is almost certainly to launch the iPhone 6.
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Production issues could push back iPhone 6 launch

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:12 AM PDT

It has been oddly quiet on the iPhone 6 front of late, which means one of two things. Either the launch date is imminent and all that is left are the semantics, or the production process has hit a snag.
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Blackberry leaves restructuring behind and looks for growth

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Blackberry's almost total collapse has been well documented as the company plodded through the smartphone boom and almost ceased to exist as a consequence. However, after a very painful few years, thousands of job cuts, and plenty of work still be done, there finally seems to be some light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel.
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Ease of use, call quality, and battery are the most important features

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:07 AM PDT

Mobile manufacturers wow us with standout features and specs; Samsung has its S Pen, Apple's iPhone 5s has the TouchID fingerprint scanner, the Amazon Fire Phone has 3D, and so on and so forth. However, a study has shown that what the smartphone consumer actually wants is a little bit less showbiz, as most people crave reliability or a long lasting battery.
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Motorola confirms Android L for the Moto X

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:52 AM PDT

In terms of flagship devices, the Motorola Moto X is getting a little long in the tooth, so much so that the flagship is due to be replaced by the Moto X+1 sometime at the end of this summer. However, thanks to Motorola's soon to be severed ties to Google, the device is still extremely close to the Android platform and the company has confirmed it will be one of the non-Google handsets to get the Android L update.
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LG to launch the G3 Stylus... a Galaxy Note 4 rival?

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:15 AM PDT

There are a few reasons why Samsung's Galaxy Note range of smartphones have been the standalone kings of the phablet niche. Arguably the chief reason is the S Pen, a stylus lookalike that actually has a lot more going for it and has never really been mimicked by other large screen devices. Until now that is, because Samsung's Korean compatriot LG is about to launch a smartphone that will pack its own stylus.
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