According to Gartner, Android-based handsets accounted for 3.9% of the global mobile phone market last year.
The company is also pouring resources into developing Android-based handsets for the Chinese operator China Mobile.
Nokia itself has repeatedly said it plans to offer Windows Phone-based handsets at a range of prices.
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Please note that the App only works on android-based handsets.
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It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.
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The not-for-profit organisation behind the Firefox web browser has announced handsets based on its operating system for mobile phones.
Yesterday I wrote in Forbes that if it was based only on handsets, BlackBerry stock should slide into single digits.
However, OmniVision did surprise investors in February when it announced a 5.17 megapixel auto-focus camera module for mobile handsets based around the OV5623 CameraChip sensor.
With new handsets based on the QNX operating system not due until early 2012, and questions over whether application designers will be willing to support the platform, we believe there are serious concerns for RIM over the next year.
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The company holds several patents related to its CDMA technology and derives huge royalties from licensing the technology to manufacturers who earn revenue from the sale of CDMA-based equipment, including handsets made by Samsung, LG Electronics, and Motorola.
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In the US, Google already runs a similar service, Google Wallet, while Microsoft has unveiled plans for its own NFC-based Wallet Hub for Windows Phone handsets.
Early last year rumors swirled that Samsung was working on handsets with a plastic-based OLED screen folded over the sides.
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On a conference call with investors, RIM managers blamed weak demand for older handsets as it introduced smartphones based on new software late in the quarter.
On January 26th, Sweden's Ericsson said it will contract out the manufacturing of nearly all its handsets to a Singapore-based firm, Flextronics, to help contain its costs.
The San Diego-based company makes the chips that power your handsets and drives a mighty return on capital from rich royalties.
The revenues of ARM, a British firm, may only be in the hundreds of millions, but most microprocessors found in handsets and other mobile devices are based on its designs.
Future trends could also benefit Walmart as pre-paid smartphone sales heat up and contract based plans get a boost from lower-priced handsets.
The Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) told the BBC that its decision only applied to handsets, and that the California-based company continued to have exclusive rights to use the iPhone name elsewhere including on clothing, in software and across publications.
The Linux-based software will allow users to run desktop apps on their handsets, allowing them to double for PCs when docked to monitors.
Phone options for the blind previously been pricey hardware based solutions -- or feature-light (physically-heavy) handsets.
Meizu MX and M9: Meizu released its public beta ROMs that are based on Android 4.0.3 for both the MX and M9 handsets.
These are users of land-based cellular phones who want to be able to extend the range of their handsets when they are travelling through areas of poor or incompatible coverage.
The Cupertino, Calif-based company could sell between 2.0 and 2.5 million of its new handsets over the weekend, PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to investors Friday.
Other highlights include a promise that HSDPA will factor into the company's 2007 plans, a wide-scale migration of the FastPort connector to the sides of the handsets, and a shortening of the span from announcement to release of UIQ-based models (a move we applaud).
Though the Asus-Garmin handsets were not a financial success, Lin believes consumers like having navigation and other location-based services on their phones.
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Like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, as the London-based joint venture is called, hopes that colour screens and digital pictures will persuade existing users to trade in their handsets for newer models.
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