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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported a 54 percent surge in fourth quarter earnings on continued strong sales of its Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPad devices. In a rare instance, Apple's earnings and revenue came in below Street's view.

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it would launch a new smartphone running Google's latest version of the Android operating system globally starting in Europe in November, as it is locked in a battle for smartphone supremacy with Apple Inc..

Motorola has brought back the Razr name, attached to phone with the unveiling of the new Dorid Razr

The official debut of the Samsung Nexus Prime smartphone is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Hong Kong and we can't wait to see what the device has to offer.

The PlayStation Vita release date and specs have been revealed. Sony's highly-anticipated next-gen portable console will be hitting stores in North America, Latin America and Europe on Feb. 22, 2012, according to SCEA's CEO and President Jack Tretton at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday.

Research In Motion will introduce souped-up operating software for its BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet, aiming to make them more formidable competitors to Apple and Google devices.

Dropbox was once sought after by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The company denied Apple the sale and went on to build one of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley. Their most recent round of venture capital funding earned them $257.2 million.

Motorola introduced the new Droid RAZR Tuesday, adding a new smartphone to the competition after the iPhone 4S was released in stores on Friday. Motorola seeks to target this market of die-hard smartphone fans, but can the new Motorola Droid RAZR compete with the popular iPhone 4s? We look at the expected specs and features of the new Motorola Droid RAZR and compare it with the current iPhone 4S.

Motorola announced its newest smartphone, the Droid Razr, coming in November. But how does it compare to Apple's newly-released iPhone 4S?

Motorola Mobility revived its once best-selling Razr brand to tout its latest gadget, the Droid Razr, as the world's slimmest smartphone.

Droid Razr is a Verizon phone, so it's 4G ready and has a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED screen.

Research In Motion on Tuesday unveiled a mobile platform that combines features of the legacy software used in its BlackBerry smartphones with the new QNX operating system used in its PlayBook tablet computer.

Will the shares of semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) benefit from the iPhone 4s/5 Wave, now that Apple (AAPL) has introduced its new smartphone?

Motorola Mobility unveiled the Droid Razr smartphone at a starting price of $249 on Tuesday, calling it the world's slimmest smartphone at just 7.1 millimeters.

The iPhone 4S' availability, or lack thereof, has left consumers frustrated and impatient to get their hands on what has been the most anticipated smartphone of the year.

Google and Samsung are slated to unveil the Nexus Prime and Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich phones tonight via a live stream at 10:00 p.m. EST on the Android YouTube channel.

iPhone 4S was snapped up like hot cakes during the debut weekend and, according to Apple, it sold 4 million units of the latest smartphone in the first three days after it went on sale on Oct. 14. From June 24-26 in 2010, when iPhone 4 went on sale, Apple sold 1.7 million units during the first three days.

Now that it’s betting $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility, Google plans to unveil its latest version of the Android OS, known as “Ice Cream Sandwich,” at a Hong Kong event Wednesday with Samsung Electronics.

Some Android users are switching, but Apple still has a small share of worldwide mobile phone market.

In just a mere three days after its release, Apple's newest iPhone 4S has already sold over four million units.

Motorola is just hours away from unveiling its newest Droid RAZR smartphone.