Communication Devices

• LightSquared Wants FCC to Set GPS Receiver Standards

  By John Eggerton, February 8, 2012
  Washington - LightSquared has asked the Federal Communications Commission to come up with enforceable reliability standards for unlicensed GPS receivers.  More

• Sprint: 1.8 Million iPhones Exceed Q4 Expectations

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 8, 2012
  Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint's activation of 1.8 million iPhones in the fourth quarter exceeded company expectations.  More

• Verizon Prices Droid 4 at $199

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 7, 2012
  Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless priced its Motorola-made Droid 4 LTE smartphone at $199 and plans Feb. 10 availability through its direct channels.  More

• NPD: First-Time Smartphone Buyers Skew Heavily To Android

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 6, 2012
  Port Washington, N.Y. - U.S. consumers purchased more Android-based smartphones than Apple smartphones in the fourth quarter, an NPD Group survey of consumers found.  More

• HTC Cites LTE Disappointment For Q4 Sales, Profit Declines

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 6, 2012
  Taoyuan, Taiwan - HTC cited weakness in its U.S. sales as the primary reason for its first quarterly decline in sales and net profits in fiscal 2011.  More

• Canalys: U.S. Q4 iPhone Shipments Soar 221%

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 3, 2012
  Palo Alto, Calif. - U.S. smartphone shipments soared 38.1 percent in the fourth quarter to 30.8 million and 42.9 percent to 100.5 million in calendar 2011.  More

• ComScore: Samsung, Android Maintain Top Share

  By Joseph Palenchar, February 3, 2012
  Reston, Va. - Samsung maintained its lead in cellphone handset share among the installed base of cellphone subscribers in the fourth quarter compared with the third quarter.  More

• Scosche Ships New Chargers

  By John Laposky, February 3, 2012
  Oxnard, Calif. -- Scosche has begun shipping two new backup chargers for Apple devices, as well as a new compact car charger.  More

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