In an effort to boost subscriptions and advertise its unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S, Sprint announced on Friday, May 18, that it will start offering a $100 credit to any customer willing to trade in an iPhone from another carrier.
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Intelsat Global Holdings S.A., the world's biggest operator of satellite services, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $1.75 billion in an initial public offering of its common stock.
Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is eyeing a stake in Telekom Austria and is believed to have held initial talks with its two biggest investor groups, Austrian magazine Format reported, without citing sources.
Samsung is yet to announce the US carrier availability of the next flagship smartphone - Galaxy S3. Currently, the successor of Galaxy S2 has been released for the UK market and recently, T-Mobile UK started offering pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S3 handset at different pricing options.
According to Emerce reports, Michel van der Bel, chief operating office at Microsoft for the Greater China region has informed that Microsoft's Windows Phone market share now sits at 7 percent in China. At last count, Apple's share of the smartphone market in China was 6 percent.
Apple iPhone 5 is still shrouded in a mystery and we are working hard to bring pieces together to visualize the final product. The recent news is that Apple has acquired the much-highlighted iPhone5.com domain indicating that the new iPhone is on the way.
Windows Phone might not be doing well in many parts of the world, but one country where the people are adopting Windows Phone in drones, is China. Just two months after the first set of Windows Phones entered the Chinese market, the platform made giant strides to take 7% of the market. Along the way, Windows Phone caught up with and surpassed the iPhone. The only important platform ahead of Windows Phone right now is Android.
Many early adopters of the HTC EVO 4G LTE, who have pre-ordered the device, were expecting their new phone to arrive on May 18, but there has been a slight change of plans. On May 17, Best Buy was informing those who pre-ordered that the HTC EVO 4G LTE would in fact arrive on May 23, a few days later than the original launch date.
Samsung Electronics has hit the jackpot with its newest flagship phone. According to a new report on Friday, May 18, the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S3 has already generated 9 million pre-orders from more than 100 international carriers.
Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday.
Sony Mobile Communication and LG Electronics are all geared up to pose a tough challenge and stand up high in the category of leading Android smartphone manufacturers with the launch of their latest flagship model against powerful rivals like Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC One X.
ZTE Corp, the world's No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device.