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Despite reports like the one from Jessica Lessin on Friday indicating Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) planned to offer a free smartphone this year, Amazon said the rumors were not true according to Gizmodo. The company said it has no plans to launch a phone. Furthermore, if it ever does offer a phone...

Panasonic (OTC: PCRFY) has reportedly approached Nokia (NYSE: NOK) about a key asset sale. According to Nikkei, Panasonic is interested in offloading its cellular base station business. Nokia is one of many prospective buyers that Panasonic is believed to have approached. This is the latest...

The decline of the PC business could be problematic for firms like Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which have relied on the industry for billions in annual revenue. Famous for creating and marketing the Pentium, Celeron, Core 2, Core i3, i5 and i7 series of processors, Intel has been a PC staple for many...

Earlier this week it seemed that the next-generation iPhone -- or at the very least its low-cost companion -- would finally inspire China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) to sign a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The Chinese telecommunications giant has been reluctant to sell the iPhone for a couple of...

Lux Research Associate Anthony Vicari believes that the haptics will soar over 16-fold to $13.8 billion in 2025. He wrote about the industry's massive growth in a new report titled, "Getting Back in Touch with Electronics: Finding Opportunity in Emerging Haptics." When it comes to haptics,...

Over the last two years, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) has popularized the large smartphone concept with the Galaxy Note series. Now the South Korean tech giant is attempting to popularize another (somewhat familiar) idea: the flip phone. Instead of building a razor-thin device like Motorola's (NASDAQ: GOOG...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is getting ready to launch its first iPhone competitor since 2011. According to DigiTimes, the company is working with Taiwan-based supply chain makers to create a new smartphone. Hewlett-Packard hopes to release the device before the end of 2013. If the company...

Just after Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings wowed investors, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) announced disappointing results late Thursday night. Although year-over-year revenue rose 21 percent, they missed the analyst consensus by 0.5 percent and missed earnings by 2.4 percent, Barron's reported. The...

Love them or hate them, tablet computers are here to stay. With over 100 million units sold in under three years, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become a cultural icon and its domestic competition has established itself as well: Words like "Kindle Fire" and "Nook" have entered the American...

Earlier in 2013, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reportedly lowered the price of Windows 8 for manufacturers looking to install the new OS on touch screen laptops. Now, just three months later, the company is expected to drop the price for Windows RT to inspire manufacturers to produce new tablets....

AT&T (NYSE: T) is largely expected to drop HTC's (OTC: HTCKF) latest Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) phone from its stores and website. This rumor, which started at BGR and has spread across the Internet, claims that the smartphone experienced sales that were "shockingly bad." While AT&T and HTC...

Dow Jones is reporting that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants to take a stab at developing a 3D display for its upcoming smartphone. This is a cool idea, but is it wise? When HTC released the first glasses-free 3D smartphone, it became one of the most criticized devices of the year. Consumers still...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not said when the next iPhone will be released. Nonetheless, three key competitors are already preparing for its arrival. According to DigiTimes, Samsung will release the Galaxy Note III during the third quarter in order to take on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 or any other...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Home may be a success, but the phone that comes with it pre-installed -- HTC's First -- has become one of the year's biggest flops. When the First was initially released, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry estimated that the device sold less than 10,000 units....

Samsung stunned the world when it announced that it would open small boutiques within every Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) outlet in America. More than 1,400 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations will receive a Samsung "Experience Shop." According to The Wall Street Journal, the new boutiques will be open...