Windows Phone sales to ramp quickly says Microsoft CEO

Windows Phone sales to "ramp quickly": Microsoft CEO
Reuters
"With the work we have done with Nokia, HTC, Samsung and others ... there is now an opportunity to create really a strong third participant in the smartphone market," he said in Tel Aviv at Microsoft's first Windows 8 launch outside the United States ...

Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone sales pass 30 million
NBCNews.com (blog)
Samsung, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, launched the smartphone at the end of May, months before competitors began shipping the latest versions of their top phones. When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 in September, Samsung launched an ...

Nexus 4 smartphone reviews round-up - generally positive verdict
Digital Spy
Engadget says that the Nexus 4 is a "veritable dreamboat when it comes to looks and specs", observing that it is "the lovechild of a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and an LG Optimus G". Engadget's review also notes that the starting price of the Nexus 4 means it ...

Will 10-inch Android tablets be the losers of the tablet PC wars?
ZDNet
Summary: 7-inch Android slates and Microsoft Windows RT and Windows 8 models will dominate the non-iPad tablet market, according to supply chain manufacturers. Sean Portnoy. By Sean Portnoy for Laptops & Desktops | November 5, 2012 -- 12:34 GMT ...

ZDNet

Google Defends Patent Fees in Microsoft, Apple Trials
Businessweek
The trials are scheduled to start today in Madison, Wisconsin, and next week in Seattle, as regulators in the U.S. and Europe investigate whether Motorola Mobility is misusing those patents to curb competition in the $219 billion smartphone market ...

AT&T to release Samsung ATIV smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on November 9th
BGR
Not interested in the iPad mini or Nexus 10? ... The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 10.1 includes a 1GHz dual-core processor, 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 resolution) display,Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, three-megapixel camera and VGA front camera. ...AT&T* and ...

BGR

IDC: iPad retains tablet share crown, Android rapidly catching up
ZDNet
Though Apple surged by 26 percent in the third quarter year-over-year, Samsung's tablet share rocketed by 325 percent, while Asus saw an increase of more than 240 percent. Combined shipments total 7.5 million Android units compared to 14 million iPad ...

Investigating Google Beyond Search — Smartphone Software
New York Times (blog)
In 2010, Skyhook, according to documents in the case, reached agreements with two smartphonemakers, Samsung and Motorola Mobility, to use the Skyhook service on their Android phones. But after protests from Google, both smartphone makers ...

IDC: Android OEMs, iPad Mini Rumors Slowed iPad Sales In Q3 ...
By Natasha Lomas
IDC: Android OEMs, iPad Mini Rumors Slowed iPad Sales In Q3: Apple 50.4%, Samsung 18.4%, Amazon 9%, Asus 8.6% Tablet Marketshare ... IDC also calculates that Asus — which makes Google's Nexus 7 tablet , and recently reported a monthly sales rate for the Google-branded slate of close to one million– also grew its share over the period, rising from 3.8 percent a year ago to 8.6 percent in Q3 this year. However the analyst believes slow growth for Apple in tablets for the ...
TechCrunch

Research says Android tablet market keeps growing, thanks to ...
By Jake Smith
Research firm IDC says that Android tablet sales gained momentum in the third quarter, led by strong sales from Samsung and Amazon. Additionally, the tablet market has grown considerably year-over-year, up-to 49.5%, and up 6.7% over the ...
9to5Google

IDC: Android gained tablet market share in Q3, while Apple slowed
By Ed Sutherland
Samsung, of course, was the chief beneficiary of the pause in iPad market growth though it should be noted the South Korean company doesn't report smartphone and tablet sales for competitive reasons. Therefore, IDC's Samsung numbers ...
iDownloadBlog.com

It's an Android World—iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone Just ...
By Al Sacco
It's an Android World—iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone Just Live in It. IDC's latest global mobile market share numbers paint a picture of a smartphone world completely dominated by Android, despite the popularity of Apple's iPhone.
CIO Blogs

iOS 6 Jailbreak Successful on iPad 4th Gen, iPad mini
By Josh Smith
There is already a successful iOS 6 jailbreak for the iPad 4th generation and the iPad mini, but like the iPhone 5 jailbreak it is not ready for a public release. Apple released the iPad mini and iPad 4th generation last Friday, and just a few days ...
Gotta Be Mobile

EU tells member states to open up spectrum for more 4G
ZDNet
Summary: By mid-2014, the 27 European member states will have twice the amount of spectrum than the United States dedicated to high-speed wireless broadband, thanks to a mandate delivered by the European Commission today. Zack Whittaker ... The ...

Apple says first weekend of 4G iPad, iPad mini sales set record
Ars Technica
The sales figures only account for the Wi-Fi-enabled iPad mini and fourth-gen iPad;LTE-capable versions won't go on sale for another few weeks in the US and by the end of the year elsewhere. All told, it sold 3 million iPads (LTE-enabled models ...
 
Ars Technica

Apple's iOS 6.0.1 still has Wi-Fi bugs
ZDNet (blog)
iPhone-WiFi-GrayOut One Apple iOS update later, some iPhone, iPad, and iPod users are still having Wi-FI troubles. You'd think by now, seven weeks after Apple released iOS 6, the technology giant would have fixed all this major mobile operating system ...

ZDNet (blog)

Kim Dotcom promises Kiwis free broadband
TG Daily
He says he hopes to be able to offer free internet to all New Zealanders, by resurrecting a plans to build an undersea cable from the country to the US. The plan would involve restarting a company called Pacific Fibre, which sank beneath the waves last ...

TG Daily

IG Telecom (Internet Gabon) Selects Hughes HN Broadband Solution
Sacramento Bee
5, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader inbroadband satellite networks and services, today announced that Internet service provider IG Telecom, headquartered in Libreville, Gabon, has chosen the Hughes HN ...

Natural Gas Could Be Bigger Than the Internet, Welch Says
CNBC.com
The gas that we have found is in the first inning — it's like the Internet in 1990. This is the first inning of the great American century." States such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia at the forefront of natural gas exploration because of their low ...

Making Way For 4G: Europe To Liberalise Another 120MHz Of 3G ...
By Natasha Lomas
The EC has decided Europe needs more 4G/LTE spectrum to run all the high speed mobile data services citizens in member states will require in the coming years.. ... Its socio-economic importance has dramatically increased as wireless services such as broadband access and the 'internet of things' become pervasive through all domains of business and society. Industry sources predict that global mobile data traffic will increase by 26 % annually by 2015. By then, more than 7 billion ...
TechCrunch

'Free broadband for all Kiwis!': Kim Dotcom seeks to save sunken ...
By RT
Go to main page News 'Free broadband for all Kiwis!': Kim Dotcom ... The plan itself is of course not new, as New Zealand-based Pacific Fibre hoped to build the 7,920 mile, $350 million internationalinternet link by 2014. Having failed to ...
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EC Tells Members States To Open More Spectrum For 4G
By Robin Wauters
The European Commission (EC) today announced that it has decided to add another 120 MHz to the radio spectrum portfolio for 4G technologies – such as LTE – around the paid terrestrial 2 GHz band. At present, this band is used only ... The Commission argues that increased access to radio spectrum for 4G technologies will make a substantial contribution to its 'Digital Agenda' broadbandtarget of EU broadband coverage of at least 30 Mb/s by 2020. The Commission says it is also ...
The Next Web

Hurricane Sandy Knocked Out Internet Connectivity, Here's The ...
By James Johnson
Hurricane Sandy not only knocked out power, displaced millions of people and left billions of dollars worth of damage in its wake, it also systematically caused internet connections all over the Eastern United States to go down. Intelligence firm ...
The Inquisitr

Reviews: Apple iPad (Fourth-Generation) With Wi-Fi (16GB/32GB ...
By Jeremy Horwitz
Continues to come in Wi-Fi-only and cellular-ready versions, the latter of which has improved in appeal thanks to expansions of domestic and international LTE networks, with cellular speeds that rival or surpass typical wired broadband ... Accessibility + Siri, Page 5 - The Fourth-Generation iPad:4G LTE + 3G Cellular Performance Tests, Page 6 - The Fourth-Generation iPad: A New Front Camera + Old Rear Camera, Page 7 - The Fourth-Generation iPad: Bluetooth, AirPlay, Lightning + ...
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