Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011

2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research . Vendors shipped ( shipped , not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million “PCs,” which erroneously includes Tablet PCs of all shapes and sizes. Looking at Smartphones exclusively ( IDC’s numbers from yesterday concerned all mobile handsets), Apple remains king of the hill having shipped 93.1million iPhones.

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Samsung Galaxy S Advance snapped in the wild, pricing in tow

Sure, we’ve read the specs and we’ve seen the press shots, but we didn’t expect to get up close and personal with Samsung‘s Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) until Mobile World Congress later this month. Fortunately, Filipino tech blog TechPinas was able to get a hands-on with the handset — complete with photos and video.

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IDC: Nokia, Samsung, Apple are the new top 3 handset makers

The latest figures are in from IDC : the top three global smartphone makers are Nokia , Samsung and Apple , in that order. Drilling down into the figures finds some surprises: Cupertino’s third-place with only 8.7 percent of the market, while the giants of Korea and Finland are duking it out with 22.8 percent and 26.6 respectively. LG and ZTE are tied for fourth, but that’s hardly good news for Goldstar , given that it’s lost a staggering 42.2 percent of its market share in the last twelve months (Nokia was the other loser, eating 8.2 percent).

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Samsung ‘Galaxy S II Plus’ To Be Launch Soon

The news regarding the Samsung Galaxy S III not making it’s entrance on MWC 2012 has become a big disappointment. However, Samsung is preparing something else under their sleeves. They are launching another android device that will fall between Galaxy S II and Galaxy S III

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German court denies Apple request for preliminary ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1N and Galaxy Nexus sales

You win some, and you lose some, right, Apple?

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US Cellular intros first LTE devices: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G and Galaxy S Aviator 4G

US Cellular’s had its LTE network in the oven for quite some time , and we knew it was going to be showing up sometime next month. The missing part of the equation, however, was which devices would ring in the celebration.

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Samsung Galaxy S Advance arriving on Three Mobile, gave no warning

Intrigued by the Galaxy S Advance’s more-than-middleweight specifications revealed yesterday? Well, if you’re residing in the UK, you can expect to see the curved smartphone arrive on the Three network

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Samsung Galaxy S III to get separate launch event ‘in the first half of 2012′

Some phones are just too big for Mobile World Congress. That’s Samsung‘s thinking, given the triumphant launch of its Galaxy S II — in all its guises .

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Samsung faces EU antitrust investigation over mobile patents

Samsung‘s European legal woes don’t look to be abating anytime soon, as the EU today formally launched an investigation into the Korean manufacturers’ competitive practices. At issue are, not surprisingly, a collection of patents that Samsung has used to launch a series of lawsuits against rival companies. The manufacturer maintains that these patents are essential to complying with European mobile standards, but the EU says Samsung may be in violation of a promise it made more than ten years ago

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German court upholds ban on original Galaxy Tab 10.1

While Samsung was more than willing to redesign its flagship tablet in the face of the German court’s ruling last year , the higher regional court in Dusseldorf maintains that the original still can’t be sold within its borders. As Samsung and Apple continue their legal fisticuffs worldwide, the claim from Cupertino that the 10.1-inch Android tablet is too similar to its own iPad has seen more attention than most

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