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Motorola Mobility Posts Quarterly Loss

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Motorola Mobility Inc posted a quarterly loss after it warned earlier this month that it was having a tough time competing in the smartphone market amid intense competition from rivals such as the Apple Inc iPhone.

Nokia Clawing its Way Into Smartphone War With Lumia Windows Phones

Nokia Lumia 900
Before the iPhone debuted in 2007, Nokia was virtually alone in the smartphone world, and ever since then, it (and everyone else) has been chasing Apple. Nokia still sells more mobile phones than any other company, but mostly they are of the feature phone variety that don't have touchscreens and data plans. Nokia announced Jan. 26 they had lost over a billion dollars worth of business in the last three months of 2011, but their new line of Windows Phone-powered Lumia smartph...
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop displays the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas

Nokia's 4Q Plunges 73%, Windows Phone Sales Disappoint

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, reported a 73 percent fall in fourth quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to slow the rapid dominance of Apple's iPhone or to compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop displays the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas

Nokia Seen Struggling in Early Days for Windows Phone

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is expected to remain barely in the black in the fourth quarter, with its new Windows Phone models yet to compensate for diving sales of its legacy smartphones.
Microsoft Xbox 720

Could Xbox 720 Stop People from Playing Used Games?

It's many a gamer who's lamented the fact a game came out with a new version only months after they paid $60 for their version. The seemingly never-ending cycle of updated and sequel games leads many people to just rent or borrow games from their friends. But what if Microsoft decided to build the Xbox 720 (or whatever they plan to call it) with the ability to not allow used or borrowed game play?
Lifebook Concept Laptop

Amazing Fujitsu Concept Lifebook Combines Tablet and Smartphone Into a Laptop [PHOTOS]

Designer Prashant Chandra has devised a radical concept Fujitsu Lifebook that combines a camera, smartphone and tablet into a sleek-looking, super-cool laptop. All the hardware combines together to form the laptop with the tablet becoming a virtual keyboard when slipped into its slot in the laptop body. The components work separately as functional devices, but also support each other when put together in this amazing device.
An iPhone 4 and accessories sit on a counter in a Verizon Wireless store shortly after the phone went on sale with Verizon service in New York

Verizon Forecast Disappoints, Shares Drop

Verizon Communications may miss analyst expectations for 2012 earnings after posting disappointing fourth quarter results as it was hurt by hefty subsidies for the Apple Inc iPhone.
Jonathan Ive

Apple Earnings: Did Jobs’s Roadmap Include U.S. Jobs?

While shares of Apple, the most valuable technology company, fell about 1 percent to $422.37 Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter earnings announcement, TechnoBuffalo editor Jon Rettinger warned the company is swimming in uncharted waters.
Verizon president McAdam talks on stage with Verizon CEO Seidenberg and Consumer Electronics Association President Shapiro on the opening day of the CES in Las Vegas

Verizon Communications Misses Expectations

Verizon Communications profit missed Wall Street expectations by a penny as its wireless business was hit by the high costs of sales of advanced phones such as the Apple Inc iPhone.
Customers wait at a Verizon Wireless store in Boca Raton, Florida February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Verizon Wireless Margins Hurt by iPhone

Verizon Communications profit missed Wall Street expectations by a penny as its wireless business was hit by the high costs of sales of advanced phones such as the Apple Inc iPhone.

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