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Articles tagged with: Docomo and Sharp
DoCoMo Shows Off Concept Phone Made from Wood
Japan's NTT docomo says that it has developed a mobile phone prototype made with the surplus wood of trees culled during thinning operations to maintain healthy forests. The prototype was created in collaboration with Sharp, Olympus and "more trees," a reforestation project founded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and others. more
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The Mobile Phone that Unlocks and Starts Motor Cars
Sharp and docomo have developed a mobile phone which can also work as an electronic key for Nissan Motor cars. The phone will incorporate Nissan's Intelligent Key system, already a standard feature in various Nissan vehicles. more
Walt Disney: To Begin Mobile Services in Japan
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Walt Disney's Japan unit said Tuesday its new Japanese cellphone service would start on March 1. more
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Symbian reaches 30 million smartphone shipments in Japan
Symbian has announced that over 30 million phones based on Symbian OS have shipped in Japan up until the end of November 2007. Symbian's market share of the NTT docomo FOMA market grew in one year from 50% to 65% at the end of H1 2007. To date, a total of 69 mobile phone models based on Symbian OS have launched in Japan by six Symbian customers: Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp and Sony Ericsson. more
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20.4m Symbian smartphones shipped in Q3 2007
Smartphone OS vendor, Symbian has announced that during Q3 of this year, the company shipped 20.4 million smartphone licenses, bringing its total to 165 million licenses since the company was formed. 15 new Symbian enabled smartphones models commenced shipment in Q3 2007, bringing the total number of models in the market at the end of Q3 2007 to 134 phones. more
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Over 10 Million Smartphones Shipped in Asia in Q1
The latest APAC smart mobile device market estimates from Canalys reveal the continuing rise of converged devices (smart phones and wireless handhelds) in the region, with more than 10 million units shipping in a quarter for the first time. Canalys research suggests that 10.1 million smart phones shipped in Q1 2007, along with 435,000 wireless handhelds and less than 150,000 handhelds. APAC remains the largest region for smart mobile devices, making up 46% of the global market, compared to 37% for EMEA and 17% for the Americas. Canalys puts total worldwide shipments at 23.2 million units in Q1 2007, up 39% from the 16.7 million shipped in the same quarter one year ago.
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Related Tags: rim, fujitsu, symbian, walkman, linux Japan's NTT DoCoMo Jan-Mar Group Net Profit Pluges 43% TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- NTT docomo said Friday its group net profit tumbled 43% on year in the January-March quarter, partly due to higher sales promotion costs. more Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, kpn, softbank, kddi, hutchison Six Firms to Jointly Develop Platform for 3G Mobile Phone Handsets Six large telecoms companies, docomo, Renesas Technology, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp and Sony Ericsson have announced that they plan to jointly develop a next-generation mobile phone platform for dual-mode handsets supporting HSDPA/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE. Development of the platform is targeted to complete during Q2, FY2008 (July-September). more Linux Poised to Expand Role as Mobile OS The use of Linux as a mobile operating system (OS) has been steadily growing, with an increasing number of companies announcing plans to develop Linux platforms. Linux is uniquely positioned in the OS space with implementations in both the smartphone and feature phone segments. This is in sharp contrast to Symbian, Windows Mobile and Palm which have focused on the smartphone segment. However, Linux phones still represent a small segment of the overall handset market. more Related Tags: wind, palm, ims-research, ims, mobile-linux, open-source, samsung-electronics, linux Vendors Developing Low Cost 3G Handsets Japan's docomo, Renesas Technology, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric and Sharp Corp. have jointly announced that they will jointly develop a mobile phone platform combining a single-chip LSI for dual mode handsets supporting HSDPA /W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and core software such as operating systems. The new mobile phone platform will help accelerate the global adoption of W-CDMA services including FOMA, and lower the costs of these handsets. more Related Tags: w-cdma
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