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Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday.

China's ZTE Corp aims to grow its cellphone sales 30 percent to 40 percent this year, on par with last year, while it focuses increasingly on the smartphone market, a senior official said.

Nokia's CEO on Sunday touted its recent alliance with Microsoft, saying it would be worth billions to the Finnish cellphone maker, which is seeking to catch up in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, taking video game console wars to cellphones.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, and said Verizon Wireless would sell the model in the United States.

Apple is working on a cheaper version of the iPhone that is aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google Inc.'s Android software.

Nokia's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple by teaming up with Microsoft Corp puts them back on the smartphone map, but gives rivals plenty of time to try and widen their lead.

With the dust finally settling after Microsoft-Nokia announcement, analysts weigh in on the new partnership.

Nokia and Microsoft Corp will team up to build an iPhone rival, the Finnish phonemaker's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple and arrest its decline in the global smartphone arena.

Nokia and Microsoft Corp will team up to build an iPhone rival, the Finnish phonemaker's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple and arrest its decline in the global smartphone arena.

The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft's smartphone platforms puts software developers center stage at next week's Mobile World Congress and is likely to herald further consolidation.

The deal with Nokia is significant for Microsoft, which is trying hard to capture smartphone market share from the likes of iOS and Android.

Nokia is dropping its home-grown platforms and putting Windows Phone 7 on its devices, dropping the Symbian and MeeGo platforms.

HP has arrived late to the tablet party and though its flagship tablet TouchPad has the design to counter Apple's iPad, it does look rather challenged in terms of specifications, especially when compared with a host of recent Android tablets like Motorola Xoom.

It is official. Nokia will be adopting Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as its new smartphone operating system (OS), a move that could be the beginning of a new era for the Finnish mobile giant.

Nokia and Microsoft have teamed up to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market use Windows Phone as the software platform for its smartphones as part of new chief executive Stephen Elop's overhaul of the world's biggest cellphone maker.

Nokia unveiled new financial targets on Friday and said it was teaming up with Microsoft to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market.

Nokia said on Friday it was teaming up with Microsoft to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market and set financial targets for the group.

While on medical leave, the Apple co-founder is crafting next generation iPhones which will be cheaper and smaller, according to media reports.

Following is the full text of an open letter published by Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Qualcomm Inc's dual-core chips are poised to appear in more than 20 new tablets made by smartphone and PC manufacturers rushing to win market share in the red-hot mobile market, a Qualcomm executive said.