HTC’s patent dispute with Apple has damaged its finances, the company said. The handset maker announced today that it has revised its second-quarter outlook (PDF) from an expected NT$93.6 billion (about $3.1 billion) to NT$91 billion. In addition, the company’s anticipated gross margin of 29 percent has been revised to 27 percent. HTC’s operating margin …

Samsung and Apple are already doing a nice job controlling the smartphone market, but in the coming year, things will get even better for the companies, according to a new report. Cannacord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley wrote in a note to investors today that he believes Apple’s and Samsung’s combined worldwide market share at the end of the second quarter …

Nokia has hit back at Google after the search giant charged Microsoft and Nokia with collusion and using patent trolls to discourage device makers from using Android. “Though we have not yet seen the complaint, Google’s suggestion that Nokia and Microsoft are colluding on intellectual property rights is wrong,” Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant told Reuters today. “Both companies have their …

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced today that its committee has come to an agreement on the Nano-SIM standard. There’s just one issue: the organization didn’t say which technology was chosen. According to ETSI, its Smart Card Platform Technical Committee agreed to a new form factor for the SIM card, called the “fourth form factor.” The form factor, better …

It’s no secret that more of us are picking up Web-connected mobile devices. But the growth with which that’s happening is nothing short of impressive. At the D10 Conference today, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB) partner Mary Meeker revealed that at the end of 2011, there were 1.1 billion mobile 3G subscribers around the world, representing 37 percent growth over …

Nokia has brought a couple of its location-based services to Bing Maps. The company announced yesterday that Bing Maps users will now have traffic information available to them from Nokia’s Where platform. Where is available in 24 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. According to Nokia, users in the U.S. already had traffic information available to them, but …

Google is set to unveil its long-rumored tablet at its I/O conference next month, according to a new report. Citing a “trusted source,” technology site TechnoBuffalo said the search giant will show off the device at its conference, which kicks off June 27, and give a unit to every developer in attendance. As for the unit itself, TechnoBuffalo’s source said …

Research In Motion had at least considered licensing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) before its chief executive Thorsten Heins shifted focus, according to a new report. Late last year and early into 2012, RIM’s executives were drawing up plans to make BBM available for licensing to device makers and carriers, the Wall Street Journal is reporting today, citing sources. According to the …

Nokia World is getting a makeover. The mobile company announced on its blog today that Nokia World will no longer be “a single, large-scale event.” Instead, the company has decided that it might be a better idea to hold several “smaller, more intimate events” designed around topics catering to specific audiences. “Think less CES, more SXSW,” Nokia’s Heidi Lemmetyinen wrote …

If you’re not sure if you want to buy an application, you can now try it out before you drop your cash. Amazon announced yesterday that Android device owners will now be able to test drive applications, in its Appstore before they buy. The new Test Drive feature is currently available in beta, and only supports apps that use the …