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Mobile device Internet access doubled in 2011, says StatCounter
Over the past 12 months, mobile access to the Internet nearly doubled to 8.5%, not counting tablets, according to data released this week by StatCounter, a Web analytics company.
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Samsung may not merge Bada with Tizen OS
Samsung Electronics appears to be backtracking from earlier reports that said it was merging its own bada mobile platform with the Intel-backed Tizen operating system, stating on Wednesday that no decision on the merger has been made.
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Nokia gets rid of Symbian name for own-brand OS
The next version of Nokia's Symbian OS will be called Nokia Belle, the company said in a blog post.
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Microsoft puts back China Windows Phone 7 launch
Microsoft expects its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system to launch in China during the first half of 2012, rather than in late 2011 as originally planned, the company said Saturday.
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China's Alibaba starts mobile OS app development fund
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is readying the next update of its mobile operating system as a company subsidiary launched a new fund to support app development for the OS.
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Nokia 101 phone supports two SIM cards at once
Nokia has launched the 101, the company's most affordable dual-SIM phone to date, which allows users in developing countries to switch between two different networks to lower costs and expand coverage, the company said this week.
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Nokia launches X7 and E6 phones with updated Symbian OS
Nokia launched an updated version of its Symbian^3 mobile operating system on Tuesday, along with two phones running the software, the X7 and the E6.
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Nokia to adopt Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Nokia will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy, the company said on Friday, after days of speculation on what it would do to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
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Symbian OS to get ?22 million EC research grant
The Symbian Foundation, which recently lost its respected executive director and the backing of two major phone makers, is getting a much-needed boost through a European Commission-sponsored project.
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Hiring Stephen Elop won't fix Nokia's woes, analysts say
Nokia has brought in Microsoft business head Stephen Elop as its new chief executive. But hiring an American CEO isn't all Nokia has to do if it wants to succeed in the US, mobile industry analysts said on Friday.
