Articles tagged with: Blackberry and Sony Ericsson

Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more

Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08

The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more

Top 10 Phone Sales for February 2009

The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its "Top 10"-list for February 2009. The list is based on number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases ordered from Krusell during February 2009. Krusell's list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the globe. more

Related Tags: nokia, samsung, ericsson, krusell, htc, sony, 3, omnia, smart

Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession

Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more

Third of Brits Want Simple Phones

Despite the whizz-bang gadgetry of the iPhone and blackberry Storm, Brits have a fondness for simpler times when it comes to mobile phones, according to UK based price comparison website, moneysupermarket. more

Related Tags: nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, motorola, ericsson, lg, sony, UK

Top-10 Selling Mobile Phones in January

The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its "Top 10"-list for January 2009. The list is based on number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases ordered from Krusell during January 2009. Krusell's list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the globe.

(1) Samsung SGH-i900/i910 Omnia
(-) HTC Touch HD
(9) Nokia E51
(-) blackberry Storm
(2) Nokia 6300
(5) Nokia 3109
(7) Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia
(8) Nokia E71
(-) Nokia 6220
(10) HTC Diamond

Related Tags: nokia, iphone, samsung, apple, ericsson, krusell, htc, blackberry-storm, sony, apple-iphone, smart, storm

GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry

The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the blackberry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more

Apple's iPhone Now Top Phone for Mobile Advertising Traffic

AdMob, the world's largest mobile advertising marketplace, has announced the iPhone is now the top device worldwide for mobile advertising traffic, displacing the Motorola RAZR, and in a regional feature focus highlighted traffic from Latin America and the Caribbean has more than doubled in the last year. The iPhone experienced strong traffic worldwide to become the number one device, with 37 percent of requests coming from outside of the US. more

Related Tags: iphone, motorola, apple, apple, ericsson, lg, rim, mobile-advertising, admob, sony, 3, latin-america

Sony Ericsson Unveils PlayNow Arena Content Download Site

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Sony Ericsson Friday announced the launch of PlayNow Arena, an Internet site that gives users access to mobile music, games, and applications. more

Related Tags: itunes, apple, gartner, ericsson, ovi, mobile-games, sony, mobile-music, walkman, mp3, drm, digital-rights

Handango Signs Mobile Games Deal with EA Mobile

Mobile software retailer, Handango has announced a deal to distribute mobile games from the mobile division of Electronic Arts. The EA mobile titles including Madden NFL 08, The Sims 2, The Sims Bowling, MONOPOLY Here & Now, TETRIS, Bejeweled, and many more, are now available on leading smartphone platforms including Windows Mobile, blackberry and Symbian UIQ through Handango's web properties and Handango's on-device client, InHand. more