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Sony Ericsson’s last financial results before the joint venture ends have shown massive losses, largely due to plummeting feature-phone sales. The London-based mobile device maker’s results for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the full year, released today, revealed a 20 percent year-on-year drop in overall shipments. Added to component shortages due to the Thai floods, and significant restructuring costs …

As the rumored release date for Apple’s next-generation iPad nears, clues as to what the iPad 3 will look like keep flowing from a variety of sources. A new rumor involves images found in iBooks 2, Apple’s latest iOS app, which hint at a 2x display, giving more weight to the rumors that a Retina Display will be included on …