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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter

The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more

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Mobile Internet Device Shipments to Rise Nearly Eightfold by 2012

..gh WWAN. Once enabled, PNDs allow the implementation of solutions such as real-time traffic, rerouting, remote map and database updates, location-aware advertising and purchasing of services such as fast-food orders and gas purchases. PNDs are more

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

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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

Ericsson Announces Plans to Cut 5,000 Jobs

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Touch Screens in Mobile Devices to Deliver $5 Billion Next Year

..ding Apple - are essentially niche players. A number of factors are driving further adoption of touch screen-based mobile devices. Consumers are looking for more intuitive user interfaces and personalization options as device functionality incre more

Surprising New Markets Drive Six-fold Increase in GPS Shipments

.. cameras brings a more user friendly version to the masses, driving uptake. Arran added, "I think we will see this eventually being adopted across the whole camera market, from holiday makers to professionals. New compact cameras such as the Ni more

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UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation

.. weren't just targeting the converged market, "but the whole market, driving lower cost and innovation right through the mid-tier." Already, some 200 million Symbian-based units have been shipped globally. Nokia said Tuesday it had the more

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grows 14.3% Amid Economic Jitters

..ow cost segment will remain present in certain emerging markets throughout 2008, driving worldwide shipment growth. In contrast, more mature regions are increasingly characterized by highly competitive markets for replacement handsets and somew more

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Majority of Australians Say Mobile Internet is Too Expensive

..ion and uptake of the internet on PC was the driving force behind Sony Ericsson re-designing the mobile web experience," stated Josh Oxspring, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson Oceania. "With products specifically designed to mirror the more

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