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• Consumers win as Android vendors struggle

  Staff cuts at Lenovo and HTC, a failed patch from Google, and Samsung's latest flagship smartphones all highlight how tricky selling Android smartphones has become.

• Lenovo's Motorola business to produce phones at quicker pace, less cost

  In the wake of lackluster earnings, Lenovo said it is working towards pumping out products faster from its newly acquired Motorola Mobility division.

• Microsoft bests Google in patent case appeal

  A federal appeals court has handed Microsoft a win against Google in a long-running lawsuit over patent licensing that was originally filed against Motorola in 2010.

• Belt clips live on in smartphone radiation testing

  The FCC's radiation standards for your smartphone date back to the 1990s. But that's OK. You use a belt clip, don't you?

• Android phone vendors should improve update policies, consumer organization says

  Too many Android phones are running old software with security flaws, according to Dutch consumer association Consumentenbond, which wants manufacturers to update their phones' software more often, and for longer.

• Smartphones from Xiaomi and Micromax pressure established manufacturers

  Indian smartphone manufacturer Micromax and Xiaomi from China have given the low-end segment a shake up with their latest products, and even if the devices don't go on sale around the world, their launches will likely be felt globally.

• Second generation Moto G with LTE goes on sale in Europe

  Motorola Mobility will start shipping the second generation Moto G with LTE in Europe later this month, while smartphone buyers in the U.S. will have to wait.

• Motorola's new Moto E is a more powerful LTE smartphone

  Motorola Mobility's new Moto E has LTE and a more powerful processor than its predecessor, but users will also have to make do with a low-resolution front camera that doesn't measure up to ones offered on competing products.

• Slow Android Wear sales underline challenges Google and its partners face

  The Android smart watch's time may not yet have come: Despite heavy promotion of Android Wear, Google's hardware partners, including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Samsung Electronics, only shipped 720,000 of the devices last year.

• Upgraded Moto E from Motorola gets LTE, more storage, but little else

  The upgraded US$99 Motorola Moto E will get LTE and twice the onboard storage as the previous version, but users will also have to make do with a low-resolution screen and front camera, at least if Best Buy is to be believed.

• Motorola returns to China, touts phone customization

  Would you like your smartphone's cover in wood or leather? And how about the device's metal trim?

• 2014: The year in quotes

  From rattled airline passengers who fear the coming of smartphones to jurors who don't know a smartphone from a tablet, here are some of the colorful quotes from IT news in 2014.

• Fastest LTE speed will be out of reach for most users

  LTE's theoretical maximum download speed will increase to 450 Mbps next year -- but the upgrade will be out of reach for most users, as many mobile operators simply don't have enough radio spectrum.

• Motorola and LG vie to be first with Android 5.0 update

  The race to upgrade smartphones to Android 5.0 (also known as Lollipop) is on, with LG Electronics and Motorola vying with Google's Nexus devices for bragging rights.

• What you should know about Lenovo's Motorola acquisition

  China's Lenovo finally has the global smartphone presence it has craved, finalizing the purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $US2.91 billion.