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  • noun Plural form of handset.

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Examples

  • BEIJING — China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. said its supply of Apple Inc. 's iPhone 4 handsets is insufficient to meet user demand but that it will increase its supply as quickly as possible.

    IPhone Demand Outstrips Supply in China Owen Fletcher 2010

  • The new software, which will be available by yearend on handsets from a variety of manufacturers with service on many leading carriers, discards both the Windows desktop metaphor that has crippled Windows Mobile from the beginning and the grid of apps user interface popularized by the iPhone and adapted by Android.

    Windows Phone 7: A Most Un-Microsoft Announcement « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010

  • The software firm sued Motorola, one of the biggest backers of Google's software, claiming the cellphone maker is infringing nine patents in handsets powered by Android.

    Business Watch 2010

  • The software company sued Motorola Inc., one of the biggest backers of Google's software, claiming the cellphone maker is infringing nine patents in handsets powered by Android.

    Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Nick Wingfield 2010

  • They use Virgin handsets that bear the VIRGIN MOBILE trademark on the face and show the logo on the electronic display.

    Flash forward: cellphone lawsuit continues Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Android platform may have started out in handsets, but it was only a matter of time before it ended up in a variety of other devices, from netbooks to set-top boxes.

    Will Google’s Android Power the New Fourth Screen? 2009

  • They use Virgin handsets that bear the VIRGIN MOBILE trademark on the face and show the logo on the electronic display.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • This potential for continuously upgrading applications, without also needing to replace handsets, is the genuine innovation Apple brings to the Japanese mobile market and the most direct challenge to the existing system ..

    Japanese still desperate for Apple’s iPod touch 2008

  • The most radical phone from the new DoCoMo handsets is the D800iDS from Mitsubishi (codenamed “Direct & Smooth”).

    Archive 2007-01-01 Jan Kuczynski 2007

  • The most radical phone from the new DoCoMo handsets is the D800iDS from Mitsubishi (codenamed “Direct & Smooth”).

    Mitsubishi announces touchscreen clamshell for DoCoMo Jan Kuczynski 2007

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