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Motorola will soon launch a feature phone called the MOTOKEY SOCIAL. We’ll assume that the person who came up with the product name has an IQ comparable to that that of an abused chimp who inhabits an office where every caps lock key on every keyboard is glued down. Anyway, here’s what we know about [...]

Reports suggesting that the HTC Edge is set to be the first phone with a quad-core processor may be wide of the mark, as LG, Samsung and Motorola also seem to be vying for this accolade. With the arrival of Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chip this week phone enthusiasts are giddy with excitement over the thought [...]

It’s baaaack: Motorola has resurrected the Razr brand with the Droid Razr ($300 with a new two-year contract with Verizon; price as of 11/7/11). With its 4.3-inch display, LTE connectivity, and dual-core processor, the Droid Razr is a far cry from the original flip-style Motorola Razr. What it does have in common with the original [...]

The best Android phone to have, says DeGusta, is the HTC Nexus one. At nearly two years after release, the Nexus one has only suffered a brief two-month period of being just one version behind the major Android release. Assuming most phones are sold with a two-year contract period, only two Android phones sold in [...]

TELUS 72-hour sale offers up a bunch of refurbished devices for free on 1-year The TELUS 72-hour sale is happening again. You can score a refurbished Nokia E71, HTC Hero or the Motorola Milestone for free on a 1-year. Good if you’re not big into commitment and waiting for the more powerful LTE devices to [...]

Despite the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone’s pervasion into popular culture, oft-forgotten Nokia (NYSE:NOK) still holds the title for best-selling mobile phone of all time. The company sold 250 million of its N1100 phone after it released in 2003. Before the smartphone rush began in 2007 and the mobile business changed entirely, however, only one phone gave [...]

An HTC executive in Singapore said that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is generating “excitement” internally and will gain a bigger share among the company’s shipments. ZDNet Asia caught up with Melvin Chua, country manager of Singapore at HTC. The biggest takeaway was that Windows Phone 7 is seen as a big diversification move for HTC. [...]

3G always knew that HTC were selling a pile of Android smartphones in the UK but up until now we hadn’t spotted any definitive figures. comScore, a global leader in market research, has undertaken a comprehensive research of market share covering mobile operating systems in Europe, smartphone feature useage and Android smartphone manufacturing share in Europe. the research findings [...]

At the Mobile Future Forward conference, held in Seattle today, acting president of HTC America, Martin Fichter, dished on a wide range of topics. He provided some insightful commentary on Windows Phone 7, Motorola and Google, those pesky smartphone patents, and the doesn’t-yet-exist-but-everyone-knows-it-exists Apple iPhone 5. Geekwire was on hand to catch all of Fichter’s [...]

Are major phone companies preparing to ditch the Android mobile operating system? Samsung WaveIt’s an interesting question. Samsung recently introduced a new line of Wave phones using its own Bada operating system, and word out this week is that Taiwan-based HTC might be looking to move in a similar direction, perhaps by purchasing WebOS from [...]