Smartphones

Taiwan's HTC looks to new handset designs to exit slump

20 May 2013

The designer of models such as the Butterfly and the One is developing new smartphones at mid-range prices to stand out in a thickening crowd of competitors, industry experts say.

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For the young, mobile phones are not all they're cracked up to be

20 May 2013

Brittany Lofton spots them all the time: teens and university students clutching their beat-up cellphones, with screens so cracked that spider-web-like patterns creep across the glass.

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Eddie Ng snapped using phone in Legco Q&A session

10 May 2013

The education minister came under fire online after a picture of him appearing to check the prices on his iPhone during the chief executive's question-and-answer session in the Legislative Council...

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Letters to the Editor, May 5, 2013

5 May 2013

I read with interest what Zhang Dejiang, No 3 on the Communist Party's seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, said to the Business and Professionals Alliance delegation in Beijing on April 27....

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Apple may turn focus to more affordable iPhones, analysts predict

5 May 2013

Apple will not release a large-screened "phablet" phone to compete with arch-rival Samsung this year, according to analysts, as the odds narrow the technology group will release a cheaper iPhone...

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Smartphones are computers, high court rules in case of man who photographed woman in toilet

30 Apr 2013

Smartphones should be classified as computers, according to a high court judge who yesterday convicted a man of one count of dishonest use of a computer after he had tried to use a mobile phone to...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Letters to the Editor, April 26, 2013

We regret that the article ("Attack on tycoons with no conscience", April 22) helped perpetuate stereotypes at the expense of truth. The Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa groups - which are firmly...

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Letters to the Editor, April 21

The danger of a conflict between China and Japan over islands in disputed waters, such as the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, is always possible, given the rise of militarism in both...

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Huawei vows to fix US 'problems'

Huawei Technologies, China's largest phone equipment maker, yesterday said it hoped to "solve the challenges and problems" it has in the United States where it has been accused of being a security...

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MY TAKE

Grave effect of smartphone revolution

For a 40-year-old gadget, it is remarkable what a central role mobile phones continue to play in our lives. April 3 marked the anniversary of Martin Cooper of Motorola becoming the first man to...

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TECHNOLOGY

Intel expands mobile push in China

Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, is accelerating its involvement in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks in the China market. In March, ZTE, China's second-biggest...

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TECHNOLOGY

Facebook keeps world guessing over first smartphone

Facebook will this week unveil its latest push into the mobile world - and industry watchers are convinced the social network is about to launch a Facebook-branded phone.

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