Articles tagged with: Apple Iphone and Smartphones

iPhone's China Introduction to Boost Smartphone Market

The arrival of Apple's iPhone in China is expected to help accelerate global shipment growth for smart phones in 2010 and 2011, according to iSuppli Corp. more

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Online Consumers With Web-enabled Phones Adopt the Mobile Internet

Online price comparison website, PriceGrabber.com has commissioned a survey which finds that people are increasingly using price comparison services via their mobile phones. In PriceGrabber's survey, nearly 58 percent of online consumers currently own a mobile phone capable of connecting to the Web. Of the online consumers with Web-enabled phones, 21 percent own a smartphone, 8 percent own an iPhone, and 29 percent own another type of Web-enabled phone. more

Related Tags: iphone, pricegrabber, mobile-internet, USA

IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009

The worldwide mobile phone market felt the full effects of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 as shipments fell 11.6% year over year, marking the first time the holiday quarter has not recorded double digit growth in seven years. This closed out a year that was dismal at best, yet overall 2008 managed to grow 4.3% over 2007. This has set the stage for what IDC predicts to be a very rough 2009, with the most recent market forecast anticipating growth of -8.3% for the year. more

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Weak Forecast for Taiwan's Smartphone Shipments in Q1 '09

According to statistics compiled by Taipei-based MIC - Taiwanese smart cellular device shipment volume (including Smartphones and PDA phones) reached 9.61 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, up 46.4% year-on-year, but down 12.8% sequentially. The industry was affected by the global economic downturn and the reduction of Apple iPhone 3G production after the shipment peak in the third quarter. more

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Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Handset Shipments to Double from 2008 Through 2010

Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business models, and increased value for handset manufacturers, Wi-Fi technology will continue to penetrate deeper into mobile handsets over the next five years. more

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter

The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more

GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn

Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. more

Increasingly Advanced Smartphones Demand Multi-Touch User Interfaces

Since the introduction of the Apple iPhone in January 2007, multi-touch technology - and the way it lets users zoom in and zoom out with a so-called 'pinch gesture' - has become a hot topic. But does it really close the gap between smartphones and mobile computers, enabling handsets to perform most daily tasks as easily as a laptop computer or a combination of several devices can? more

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Economic Downturn Sparked a Battle for 3rd Place in Mobile Phone Market

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end-users reached more than 309 million units in the third quarter of 2008, a 6 per cent increase compared to the third quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Growth dipped back into single figures, representing less than half the 16 per cent growth rate of the same period in 2007. more

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Apple Ranks Highest in Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction

iPhone manufacturer Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report. The study, now in its second year, measures business customer satisfaction with wireless smartphones -- defined as mobile phones offering advanced capabilities and personal computer-like functionality -- such as a BlackBerry or Treo. more