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Intel’s Yolo low

Safaricom today announced a smartphone based an Intel design — part of the chipmaker’s effort to enter the global low-cost phone market. The Yolo smartphone is aimed “cost-conscious…first-time buyers” in Kenya, said Intel, which is responsible for both the core electronics and phone’s design. Related stories Xolo X900: Meet Intel’s first smartphone That design was announced at CES 2013. Inside …

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Dear HTC, here’s how you can become popular again

commentary Dear HTC, I have been a fan of your hardware since my time with the T-Mobile MDA back in 2007. When you became the first company to produce an Android smartphone (T-Mobile G1), I upgraded my loyalty status to “die-hard” and enjoyed releases such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, HTC Hero, and HTC Evo 4G. With relatively few companies …

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