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Nokia's Feature Phone Sales Are In Long-Term Decline - Can It Cope?
2013-02-04 11:04:28| Wireless - Topix.net
The modern incarnation of Nokia made its name selling feature phones. With 13 of the top 20 bestselling mobile phones still bearing the Nokia moniker, it surely achieved a level of dominance that will never be repeated by another manufacturer.
Football-helmet sensor warns of concussion risk via phone app
2013-02-03 01:05:58| CNET News.com
The Shockbox sensor lets you or your coach know when you've been tackled or body-checked too hard, by sending a color-coded alert to a mobile device. [Read more]
Prediction: You'll tap-to-pay with your phone in 2013
2013-02-03 00:42:39| Wireless - Topix.net
Although Canadian Olympic triathlete Simon Whitfield crashed out of the London Games in 2012, he still inspired us to greatness in the field of commerce.
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The business of weather watching gets a phone app
2013-02-02 22:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Weather research is taking a new turn that scientists hope will lead to better forecasts in the not-too-distant future. The linchpin of the effort is a free smartphone app. The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) wants volunteers to download the app to their iPhones or Androids to provide on-the-scene storm reports with a few taps on a screen. The information is important because the radar pictures seen by the public on television don't necessarily reflect what is happening at ground...
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Apple passes Samsung as top phone vendor in US in Q4
2013-02-02 18:26:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Some 52 million mobile phones were shipped in the US in the fourth quarter of 2012, 4 percent more than 50.2 million units in the year-earlier period, according to Strategy Analytics. The growth comes after a 16 percent contraction in the first nine months. Full-year shipments fell by 11 percent to 166.9 million units in 2012 from 186.6 million in 2011. Apple become the biggest vendor of mobile phones in the US for the first time, selling an estimated 17.7 million units in the fourth quarter, for a 34 percent market share. This compares to 12.8 million units and a 25 percent share in Q4 2011. Samsung sold 16.8 million phones for a 32.3 percent share in Q4 2012 compared to 13.5 million phones and a 26.9 percent share in Q4 2011. LG sold 4.7 million units for a 9 percent share in Q4 2012, versus 6.9 million and 13.7 percent in Q4 2011. Samsung was the top phone vendor for all of 2012, taking a 53 percent share, ahead of Apple's 43.7 percent and LG's 20.5 percent. In 2012, LG lost market share as it struggled to compete with its bigger rivals in the high-growth smartphone category, but will fight back this year with models such as the Optimus G LTE Android phone, said Linda Sui, analyst at Strategy Analytics.
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