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Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million

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Nokia released its latest quarterly earnings report today, following up on a somewhat disappointing Q3 with a similarly bleak Q4. The Finnish manufacturer finished 2011 with a little more than €10 billion ($13.1 billion) in net sales — 11 percent higher than Q3, but 21 percent lower than 2010, when Nokia raked in about €12.7 billion (approximately $16.7 billion). Operating profit, meanwhile, rose by 90 percent over Q3, but is still down on the year by a whopping 56 percent; this quarter, in fact, saw an operating loss of €954 million (about $1.3 billion). . . . → Read More: Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million

O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world (Updated)

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There’s an alarming rumor circulating that suggests that UK network O2 forwards your phone number to any website visited on a smartphone. Lewis Peckover built a site that displays the header data sent to sites you visit, finding a network-specific field called “x-up-calling-line-id” which displayed his number . . . → Read More: O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world (Updated)

Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue

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It’s that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let’s just say things are lookin’ pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The company set a new record for quarterly revenue and profit in Q1 of 2012, netting $46.33 billion in total with $13.06 billion earnings — the latter number representing about half of the company’s annual profit . . . → Read More: Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue

RIM’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10

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After months upon months of investor backlash , RIM’s making some significant changes . And by “significant,” we mean the co-chief executives (and founders) are out. . . . → Read More: RIM’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10

Google’s Matias Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012

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Looking for a little more consistent UI experience with your Android devices? . . . → Read More: Google’s Matias Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012

Motorola and Intel hold hands for multi-year, multi-device partnership, shipments start 2H 2012

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Well, look who just showed up at Intel’s CES 2012 keynote? . . . → Read More: Motorola and Intel hold hands for multi-year, multi-device partnership, shipments start 2H 2012

FCC approves AT&T’s $1.9b purchase of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum (update)

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Christmas has come early to the execs at AT&T, who are likely celebrating the FCC’s 3-1 approval to purchase Qualcomm’s block of the 700MHz spectrum for $1.9 billion. The news comes as a bittersweet victory for Ma Bell, whose efforts to acquire T-Mobile turned sour earlier this year. . . . → Read More: FCC approves AT&T’s $1.9b purchase of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum (update)

ITC sides with Apple, bans sale and import of some HTC phones (updated)

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The ITC has issued a ruling in favor of Apple Inc., banning the sale and import or certain HTC phones in the US. The ruling, which was widely expected to finally be handed down today after being delayed twice, finds that HTC violates a pair of patents held by the Cupertino company regarding the formatting of data (such as phone numbers) in otherwise unstructured documents (such as emails) allowing users to interact with them . . . → Read More: ITC sides with Apple, bans sale and import of some HTC phones (updated)

AT&T abandons T-Mobile merger plans (updated)

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AT&T has officially given up on its plans to buy out T-Mobile. In a statement, the company said it had agreed with Deutsche Telekom to cease pursuing a merger , which has come under increasing scrutiny from both the government and advocacy groups. The failed attempt to snatch up its smaller, German-owned competitor will ultimately cost Ma Bell $4 billion and it’s not paying those dues without some grumbling. . . . → Read More: AT&T abandons T-Mobile merger plans (updated)

Android 4.0.3 announced, bringing ‘variety of optimizations and bug fixes’ to phones and tablets

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Merely a day after Verizon’s version of the Galaxy Nexus was gifted with v4.0.2, Google itself is announcing Android 4.0.3, a so-called ” incremental release of the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) platform.” We’re told that the new release includes a variety of optimizations and bug fixes for phones and tablets, as well as a small number of new APIs for developers. For those curious, the new API level is 15, and some of those new ones include social stream API in Contacts provider, Calendar provider enhancements, newfangled camera capabilities (apps can now check and manage video stabilization and use QVGA resolution profiles where needed) and accessibility refinements (improved content access for screen readers and new status and error reporting for text-to-speech engines). Moreover, we’re promised minute improvements in “graphics, database, spell-checking, Bluetooth, and more.” Finally, the company makes clear that going forward, it’ll be “focusing its partners on Android 4.0.3 as the base version of Ice Cream Sandwich,” with rollouts expected for both phones and tablets in “the weeks ahead.” Android 4.0.3 announced, bringing ‘variety of optimizations and bug fixes’ to phones and tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:27:00 EDT. . . . → Read More: Android 4.0.3 announced, bringing ‘variety of optimizations and bug fixes’ to phones and tablets

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