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- Apple reportedly sees weaker demand for iPhone 5, cuts orders
Apple is said to be reducing its orders for components going into the iPhone 5 due to slowing demand for its latest handset, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the situation. The company has been cutting its orders for touch-screen displays and other parts since last month, two people said. Apple wasn't immediately available to comment on the report. The Wall Street Journal
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Report of Apple's denial of cheaper iPhone retracted: Reuters on Friday retracted its story quoting an Apple executive as denying a report that the company was developing a less expensive iPhone. The news agency said that its source -- the Shanghai Evening Post -- was no longer credible. The Register (U.K.)
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- Nokia sees strong sales from low-end Asha smartphones
Nokia's surprising upbeat report last week had an element that went largely unreported: The Finnish phone maker shipped 9.3 million units of its low-end Asha smartphones in the fourth quarter, a 50% rise from the third quarter, a trend which suggests strong growth in emerging markets. Analysts believe that cheaper smartphones will take an increasingly larger share of the global cellphone market. For 2013, Nokia Executive Vice President Chris Weber said the company will place a strong emphasis this year on camera phones. All Things D
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- Carriers put connected devices, not new hardware, on display
Wireless carriers emphasized new data-related technologies, rather than smartphones and tablets, at last week's 2013 International CES. Verizon dedicated most of its booth space to its two-year-old Innovations Center. "We are going to encourage thermostats, health care devices, your car and all of those things to be connected over the Verizon network," Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam told an interviewer. AT&T talked up its new home security and energy management projects. "I think the future growth in this industry is in connecting devices that consume data on our network," said AT&T Mobility chief Ralph de la Vega. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.)/Dow Jones Newswires
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- Smartphones have become the new clicker
The traditional remote control is becoming less needed given all a smartphone can do, wireless industry analysts noted after seeing many of the new gadgets on display at an industry event last week. Consumers are becoming much more comfortable with these connected devices. "Now that, increasingly, consumers have a device with them to monitor virtually anything they do with the Internet, why not offer that capability to monitor and remote control?" Reticle Research analyst Ross Rubin said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
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- AT&T engages developers to give voice service a lift
AT&T is joining a growing roster of global carriers who are encouraging developers to create applications in order to give voice and text revenues a boost. AT&T last week released an application program interface and turned to the company Tropo to help deliver a platform that will enable developers to produce apps aimed at providing cellphone users with more flexibility on their voice and texting services. MIT Technology Review online
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- Vuzix may beat Google to the punch with "smart" glasses
Vuzix last week demonstrated Internet-enabled smart glasses that the Rochester, N.Y.-based firm hopes to release commercially this summer for "under $500," which means the upstart is likely to beat Google to market. The Android-powered, Bluetooth-controlled glasses would let wearers view social network updates, check their e-mail and use some applications, according to a limited prototype that the company released. VentureBeat
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- Single-function digital devices are on the wane
Consumers are looking to buy multipurpose digital devices such as smartphones and tablets in the coming year, and have little interest in single-purpose gadgets such as cameras and e-book readers, according to an Accenture survey. The trend was particularly pronounced among young U.S. consumers, with more than one in 10 millennials planning to buy a tablet device in 2013. eMarketer
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- Peace breaks out between FCC and telecom industry stakeholders
For the first time in four years, telecom industry executives, consumer groups and other interested parties found little to quibble with in conversations with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and other FCC members at an industry event last week. A session involving four commissioners found universal optimism that 5 GHz frequencies will play a major role in expanding next-generation Wi-Fi networks in public spaces. CNET/Internet & Media blog
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- 50 quick facts about the U.S. wireless industry
Test your knowledge or learn something new by reviewing CTIA's 50 Wireless Quick Facts. We provide facts on the wireless industry's impact on the economy as well as facts on innovation, demographics, usage, competition, the environment, and taxes and fees. The facts also feature third-party projections for how wireless technology is transforming other industries, including health care, transportation, agriculture and the public sector. Read the 50 Wireless Quick Facts now.
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