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Carphone Warehouse gets UK exclusive for LG Optimus 3D launch

The LG Optimus 3D will launch exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy this spring. It’ll later be available to other UK retailers.

The phone, which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February, has an auto-stereoscopic 4.3-inch display that avoids the need for 3D glasses.

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Vodafone, HTC, Best Buy and 20:20 rewarded for innovation at Mobile News Awards

Last night's Mobile News Awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane saw major wins for some of the industry's best known names.

Vodafone's Sure Signal femtocell won the Innovative Product award, the HTC Desire won Innovative Handset, Best Buy's 'Walk out working' picked up the Innovative Service award and 20:20 won Innovative Distributor.

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ZTE annual results show strong international growth

Chinese telecoms company ZTE Corporation has announced its 2010 annual results today. Revenue was up 21% year-on-year, with net profit up over 32%.

Revenue from international operations has now grown to account for the majority (54%) of ZTE’s total operating revenue.

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New report says Apple generated 29 per cent of all smartphone revenue last year

Nokia produced the largest number of smartphones last year - but Apple generated more revenue from the smartphone market. That's the conclusion of a new report from Strategy Analytics.

It's calculated that the smartphone market was worth a total of $99 billion in 2010, almost double the 2009 figure.

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UK mobile app downloads generated £280 million last year

Mobile research company research2guidance says revenue from UK mobile application downloads reached £280 million in 2010. It's calculated that smartphone users in the UK downloaded over 860 million apps last year, with paid-for apps accounting for 105 million downloads (just over 12%).

The company says 8% of the world's total app downloads currently take place in the UK.

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