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Qualcomm introduced successor of powerful Snapdragon 800 which was unveiled in January. The new Snapdragon chip is labeled 805, and among other things brings support for 4K video.

Nokia is developing technology codenamed 3D Touch, according to The Verge. It is a way of interacting with the device without touching it, and the technology is being developed for several years.

Google's store for Android applications might appear on BlackBerry OS 10.2.1. Information comes from the CrackBerry forums on which Google Play is displayed on the BlackBerry Z10 device.

The company Ericsson in its Mobility Report predicts that in the period from the end of this year until 2019 the smart phone market will experience a big boom. In the same period, revenues from smart phones will increase by 10 times. By 2016 subscriptions on smart phones should overtake those on the so-called "dummy" mobile devices.

BlackBerry plans to release on the November 21st new model P'9882 smartphone to the market, which should replace the current model P'9981. This date was revealed by Lewis Hamilton during a BlackBerry event in Dubai.

After months of rumors, Google has finally officially unveiled the Nexus 5. The device has a 4.95 inch screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3, and it is produced by LG.

The US Patent system is broken. The system has strayed very far from its original intent as a means to ensure that inventors were able to get a return on their work. Now a patent is something to be used to hinder the competition. Companies buy them up and stock them away in holding groups like an arsenal. It is no longer about real innovation and progress, but simply a way for large corporations to bargain and shape the market in the manner that they want. Many times we have seen a company buy up a stock of patents with the intention to attack another or even defend themselves.

According to new research consulting firm Strategy Analytics Chinese, Huawei took third place in the global delivery of smart phones. It can be inferred from the data for the third quarter of this year, and the period from July to October when the Huawei replaced the position with the Korean company LG, which has fallen to fourth place.

According to the Korean newspaper ETNews, a new version of the operating system Android will be more focused on options for television than for smart mobile phones, so it may not bring such a huge update for smartphones as many of users are expecting.

Samsung has announced operating results for the third quarter. The company achieved an operating profit of $9.6 billion, while total revenues amounted to more than $55 billion.