ZTE reaches for the sky, aims to double phone shipments in 2012

Talk about a New Years Resolution: ZTE’s head of handset strategy Lv Qianhao, in an interview with Reuters , mentioned that in 2012 his company expects to double the number of smartphone shipments made last year, as well as expand its Windows Phone efforts. While we’re not completely certain as to what that specific number was, Lv stated that it far exceeded its target of 12 million

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Samsung looks to borrow $1 billion to expand production capacity in Austin, Texas

When you’re producing chips for the iPad and iPhone, you need a serious facility to meet those demands.

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Windows Phone Marketplace now accepting app submissions for China, five other countries

It wasn’t long ago that the Windows Phone Marketplace hit 50,000 unique titles , and very soon, developers may find themselves with a whole lot more exposure. Microsoft’s virtual store is expanding once again — this time to Argentina, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines

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US Cellular reassures us of LTE plans: first tablet by March, smartphone by April

Last we heard, LTE was supposed to land on US Cellular last November , but months passed with nary a peep on the carrier’s progress. Finally, a little ray of light shone from its official Twitter account as it confirmed today that high-speed mobile broadband is still on the radar, but its deployment was simply pushed back to the end of March, when we’ll see the first LTE-capable tablet arrive. For those craving to have the service on something a little smaller, the company also told us to expect the first smartphone in April

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