Samsung is preparing another low-end device for the Chinese market – S359. The device, which won’t impress many with its specs sheet, works on a CDMA 1X 800MHz band, featuring…

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Chinese ZTE has opened an LTE (Long Term Evolution) testing laboratory at its U.S. headquarters in Richardson, Texas. The idea is to use the facility to test the company’s dual-mode…

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Chinese ZTE has opened an LTE (Long Term Evolution) testing laboratory at its U.S. headquarters in Richardson, Texas. The idea is to use the facility to test the company’s dual-mode…

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The latest buzz is that Verizon and Apple are discussing the possibility of jointly developing an iPhone for Verizon’s CDMA network and finally introducing it in the year 2010. Apple’s exclusive distribution deal with AT&T ends next year and analysts expect that the network carrier may try to persuade Apple to extend that contract further.

Incidentally, AT&T had officially mentioned last week that though it activated 1.6 million iPhones, its earnings had fallen by 9.7 percent in the first quarter, whereas Apple posted its best second quarter ever last week, including the sale of 3.79 million iPhones, a 123 percent increase since last year’s quarter.

Source: MobileBurn