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The mobile industry has long held that Samsung's broad range of mobile devices makes it nimble in changingmarkets, while Apple loses out by rigidly sticking to its high-end gadgets.

Production has been indefinitely halted at a Chinese supplier to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) after the factory was suspected of using child workers.

A U.S. consumer lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing prime real estate on Android smartphones will help mobile rivals like Microsoft make their antitrust case with European regulators should damaging secrets emerge in court.

A U.S. consumer lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing prime real estate on Android smartphones will help mobile rivals like Microsoft make their antitrust case with European regulators should damaging secrets emerge in court.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's third-biggest smartphone manufacturer, plans to spend $300 million on global marketing in 2014, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

BlackBerry Ltd said it would not renew a deal allowing T-Mobile US Inc to sell its products, a gamble by the smartphone maker as it struggles to stabilize its business under an aggressive new chief executive officer.

Lawyers asked T-Mobile to remove its television commercial which was a parody about smartphone theft, saying it belittled the issue.

At the height of its business, BlackBerry servers provided supported its devices with secure email technology, which now is key to its survival.

After more than dismal last quarter financial reports, BlackBerry is contemplating its exit from the smartphone market.

Industry watchers did not look too kindly on BlackBerry's move to focus on its enterprise customers.

Japan-based camera maker Nikon reduced its prices in a bid to remain competitive against smartphone makers.

Mike Lazaridis, one of the founders of BlackBerry, sought Carlyle's decision on a possible bid for the smartphone maker.

After Microsoft announce the purchase of its handset business, the unveiling of the newest smartphone from Nokia is a watershed event for the future of the company.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's first open-source technology Tizen would be released first on a smart TV early next year.

The trend now with interested buyers of Blackberry is to carve up the smartphone maker instead of purchasing it lock , stock and barrel.