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Articles tagged with: Apple and Itu
Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America
The consumer location-based services (LBS) market has steadily evolved over the past few years, always promising significant revenue generation, but never quite delivering the critical mass of subscribers that were expected. Now, a number of factors - including the development of third-party location databases and technologies - are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones. more
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Live Railway Service Information on the iPhone
The UK's National Rail Enquiries and software developer, Agant have developed a new application that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to access real-time rail journey planning information across the national rail network. more
Related Tags: microsoft, iphone, itunes, ipod, gps, UK
Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
.. We expect the first half of 2009 to be very challenging as vendors and distributors grapple with clearing inventory. Should these conditions persist, the mobile phone market may not recover until the middle of 2010." If there was one more
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Survey Finds: 17% of Shoppers Spent Over $100 on Mobile Apps in 2008
A survey of 235 US smartphone users who installed applications on their devices in 2008, conducted by ABI Research in November, reveals that a surprising 16.5% spent between $100 and $499. That level of spending is especially significant given the low cost of most mobile applications, ranging from as little as a dollar or two at apple's iPhone App Store, to at most about $25. more
Related Tags: nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, itunes, abi-research, rim, app-store, mobile-content, nokia,, music,
iPhone in China: China Mobile or China Unicom?
Opinion by Sherrie Huang, analyst at Ovum
The iPhone distribution negotiations between apple and China Mobile were first
reported in 2007. While many expected to see the two shake hands, no deal has
yet been announced and it is now rumoured that apple will partner with China
Unicom instead. What is interesting is how the competitive environment will
influence any cooperation.
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Related Tags: 3g, sim, iphone, china-unicom, wcdma, itunes, edge, china-mobile, china-telecom, td-scdma, cdma, hspa, ovum, compete, partner, mobile-content, 3g-licence, unicom, music, 3g-network, China
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
Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, iphone, smartphone, eu, itunes, smartphones, lte, abi-research, femtocells, apple-iphone, ieee, pace
China Mobile iPhone Talks Break Down - Again
The on-off talks between China Mobile and apple over rights to sell the iPhones in the country are reported to have broken down again - this time over apple's insistence on selling software direct to consumers. more
Related Tags: 3g, iphone, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, China
Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter
.. We expect the first half of 2009 to be very challenging as vendors and distributors grapple with clearing inventory. Should these conditions persist, the mobile phone market may not recover until later this year, and possibly not until 2010 more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, motorola, smartphones, driving, open-handset-alliance, ericsson, idc, palm, compete, sony, oem, apple-iphone, sanjay-jha, chipset, storm, music
Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010
..reens. Mobile Web applications will be a part of most B2C mobile strategies. Thin-client applications are also emerging as a practical solution to on-campus enterprise applications using Wi-Fi or cellular connections. Cellular Broad more
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