Posts Tagged: smartphone


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Line Targets Kids With Toy Smartphone (PICS)

Together with Takaratomy, the popular mobile chat application is targeting kids with its upcoming Li...

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  • April 29, 2013
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Apple iPhone Now Nearly 25% of China’s Smartphone Market, but Android’s Growing Faster

Market research firm Kantar has recently released its data from January 2013, and it shows AppleR...

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  • February 27, 2013
  • at 8:00 am
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Couples Messaging App LoveByte Launches for Android, Avoids Clash with Between

LoveByte, a popular mobile messaging app for love couples, is finally available on Android. This new...

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  • January 28, 2013
  • at 9:20 am
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Bangkok Game Studio Releases ‘Lost Cubes,’ A Fun Puzzler for iPhone

Thailand-based game studio Pocket Playlab has recently released a fun puzzle game for iPhone called ...

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  • January 10, 2013
  • at 10:30 am
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Survey Says Japan is Now Using Far More Chat Apps

As we pointed out yesterday, 2012 was a pretty big year for NHN Japan’s Line chat app. But if ...

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  • January 4, 2013
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Zoota: Yet Another Player in Vietnam’s Online Social Battlefield

Social networks are a growing battlefield in Vietnam. As noted by Nguyen Huy of Mimo.vn in a recent ...

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  • December 20, 2012
  • at 11:00 pm
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‘Line Play’ Virtual World Comes Out of Beta With a Million Users

NHN’s Japan has officially brought it’s Line Play virtual world application out of beta,...

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  • December 18, 2012
  • at 3:35 pm
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Rakuten Rolls Out ‘Smartpay’ Mobile Payments Solution

I suppose given that many other companies have already launched smartphone payments solutions in Jap...

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  • December 6, 2012
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Lei Jun Explains Xiaomi’s ‘Selling-Through-Scarcity’ Sales Tactic

Xiaomi’s inexpensive but powerful Android smartphones have been a big hit with Chinese users o...

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  • March 7, 2013
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Huawei Launches Ascend P2, Says it Sold 32 Million Smartphones in 2012

Chinese phone-maker Huawei unveiled its new Ascend P2 today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, S...

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  • February 24, 2013
  • at 11:47 pm
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NTT Docomo To Sell New Smartphone Specifically for Pre-Teens

Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced today that it will soon be accepting preorde...

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  • January 10, 2013
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In the Smartphone Space, Huawei Hopes Bigger is Better

I really hope that 2013 is not the year that we see the ever so ridiculous term ‘phablet’...

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  • January 8, 2013
  • at 11:25 am
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Domestic Chinese Smartphones Attract Praise But Not Profits

We here at Tech in Asia have been very impressed with some of the low-cost smartphones coming out of...

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  • December 25, 2012
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Nokia No Longer King of Mobile as Samsung Set to Ship More in 2012

According to forecasted numbers from analysts at iSuppli, 2012 will see Korean manufacturer Samsung ...

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  • December 20, 2012
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KDDI Set to Launch HTC J Butterfly in Japan On December 9

Japanese carrier KDDI (TYO:9433) has announced the launch date for its much anticipated HTC J Butter...

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  • December 6, 2012
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Chinese Mobile Ads are Stealing Your Location, Phone Number, and Contacts

Chinese smartphone users agree: mobile ads are annoying. But did you know there’s also a decen...

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  • November 29, 2012
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