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<title>Hands on with JVC's new MirrorLink-capable head units</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/09/we.get.to.check.out.jvcs.upcoming.kw.nsx600.and.nsx700.head.units/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357763347_jvcnsx7in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Over at the JVC booth at the CES show in Las Vegas, the company had its latest head units on display that feature MirrorLink connections for Android and Symbian-powered phones. This allows users to control their smartphone and access content from them on the new KW-NSX600 and KW-NSX700 head units. The former sports a fixed 6.1-inch touchscreen, while the latter gets a motorized 7-inch touchscreen,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple, Google continue to grow US smartphone dominance</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/03/samsung.also.grabbing.more.share/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354125699_ScreenShot2012-11-28at12.01.06PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[iOS and Android further consolidated their dominance of smartphone platforms in the US during a three-month period ending in November, according to new comScore data.  Google's Android rose from 52.6 percent in August to 53.7 percent in November, while Apple's iOS advanced from 34.3 to 35 percent.  Losing out in the battle were RIM -- slipping from 8.3 to 7.3 percent -- and Microsoft, which droppe...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook looking at buying WhatsApp messaging app</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/03/could.hint.at.plans.for.messenger/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354551914_whatsapp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook is in talks to possibly buy WhatsApp, the developer of a popular namesake messaging app, say TechCrunch sources.  It's so far unknown what price Facebook might be offering, or how far into negotiations the companies are.  If confirmed, though, the talks would suggest that Facebook plans to dramatically alter its messaging services....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Android cracks 70 percent marketshare in new Gartner data</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/14/samsung.grows.lead.on.apple.in.smartphone.sales/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1210/gs2-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Android devices now represent 72.4 percent of the cellphone market, according to new third-quarter research data by Gartner.  The figure represents a major boost over Q3 2011, when Android had a 52.5 percent share.  Some of that ground appears to have come from the platform's closest rival, iOS, which has slipped from 15 to 13.9 percent.  Also down are Research in Motion's BlackBerry phones, shi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IDC: Android at 75 percent smartphone market share</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/02/blackberry.symbian.plummet.year.over.year.ios.ticks.up/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351889142_ScreenShot2012-11-02at4.44.11PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Seventy-five percent of the smartphones shipped last quarter ran Google's Android operating system, according to new figures out from market analysis firm IDC. The new total represents a jump of nearly 20 percentage points over Android's market share for the same quarter last year, with much of Android's growth coming from corresponding drops in share for Nokia's Symbian platform and Research ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Feature: How Nokia lost control of its own destiny </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/16/nokia.a.victim.of.its.own.success.and.poor.choices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1210/nokia-protest-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[How does a company that was the leading mobile handset maker in the world for 15 years, and $11 Billion in cash just five years ago become an also ran? Thatís a question many at Nokia must have asked themselves as they watched it lose control of its own destiny and instead become highly reliant on a strategic alliance with Microsoft to survive. A former manager with the Finnish phone giant spoke w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung loses ground to Apple, HTC in US phone market</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/04/android.controls.smartphone.platforms/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343196490_galaxysiiiiphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Samsung retained its top spot in the US phone market during the July quarter, but lost a little ground to some of its rivals, according to new tracking data from comScore.  At the end of the April quarter Samsung had 25.9 percent of the market; by the end of July, though, it had dropped 0.3 points to sit at 25.6 percent.  Also losing some share were second-place LG, which slipped from 19.2 percent...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia begins updating Symbian phones with Belle Refresh</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/27/nokia.brings.belle.refresh.to.its.symbian.powered.phones.with.html5.browser.more/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346078660_nokia-ms-in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia's Belle Refresh update for Symbian-powered phones has just began being sent out, the company revealed on its forum on Monday. The first unlocked handsets to get it will include the Nokia N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7 and Oro. It will then be sent out to handsets in various countries that are locked to various providers....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia sheds Qt app unit, leans more on Microsoft </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/nokia-qt-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia has sold off its Qt app tools unit as the company leans further on its partnership with Microsoft, reports Bloomberg. The Finnish handset maker offloaded the Qt unit including around 125 staff to long-time partner Digia signaling the end of its in-house software development efforts. Nokia had bought into Qt as a cross-platform application development framework to encourage developers to writ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gresso shows off $1,700 Cruiser Air Black with Symbian S40</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/25/exclusivity.of.symbian.s40.powered.phone.is.guaranteed.thanks.to.555.unit.run/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343243688_gressocruiser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Gresso, which makes ultra-rare and exclusive devices, has now brought out its latest gadget, the Cruiser Air Black. The phone is the maker's first with a one-piece aluminum alloy construction and weighs just 106 grams. Its production will be limited to just 555 units....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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