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RIM reports quarterly loss and plans 'refocus' on enterprise business

Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry mobile devices, has reported its fourth quarter results for the financial year that ended on 3rd March 2012.

During the quarter, it shipped approximately 11.1 million BlackBerry smartphones and over 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.

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Are social media and smartphones really killing SMS and MMS?

Mark Bridge writes:

A couple of research reports this week have noted that text messaging and picture messaging growth is slowing down. Could this be the end for our trusty friend SMS and its bolder, brighter (and slightly flakier) sibling MMS?

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Samsung Galaxy Note hits 5 million sales after 5 months

Samsung Electronics says the GALAXY Note, which it released in October last year, has sold 5 million units in just 5 months.

The Galaxy Note bridges the divide between ‘tablet’ and ‘smartphone’ with its 5.3-inch display and touch-screen stylus.

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ZTE reports profits up but revenue down

ZTE Corporation has published its annual results for the year ended 31st December 2011.

Revenue increased to RMB86.25 billion (£8.62 billion), up 23.4% year-on-year, while net profit was down 36.6% to RMB2.06 billion.

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Almost a billion 'smart connected devices' shipped last year

The latest figures from the International Data Corporation show that the total number of PCs, media tablets and smartphones shipped last year exceeded 916 million units.

Total revenue from these devices was over $489 billion.

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