Articles tagged with: Global Mobile and android

Motorola Buys Location Based Software Developer

Motorola announced that it has acquired the privately-held developer of location-based software, Aloqa for an undisclosed amount. Aloqa has joined Motorola Mobility, which is comprised of Motorola's Mobile Devices and Home businesses. Motorola Mobility is expected to be spun off from Motorola in the first quarter of 2011. more

Apple's iPhone Bright Light for Taiwan's Handset Manufacturers

The overall performance of the Taiwanese smart cellular device (including Smartphones and PDA phones) industry in the first quarter of 2009 was not strong, reports the Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). Shipment volume of the Taiwanese smart cellular device industry in the first quarter of 2009 reached 6.72 million units. more

Related Tags: mic, apple, iphone, oem, asus, acer, htc, apple-iphone, smart, pda, Taiwan

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

The Financial Crisis and the Mobile Device Industry

Opinion piece by Detlev G. Pinkus, President & CEO of United Design Works

The financial crisis and it affects causing far-spread consequences by reaching all economic areas more or less worldwide. The Mobile Device Industry will pass trough an extended painful education phase that the market will be no longer governed by the handset industry thus by consumers. more

Related Tags: google, smartphone, samsung, motorola, dell, boston, music, boston-consulting-group

Visa to Bring Mobile Payment Services to Google Phone

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Visa said on Thursday it will bring mobile payment services to the new G1 smartphone, the first device to use Google's Android operating system. more

Smart Mobile Device Shipments Jump 53% to 118 Million in 2007

The latest market data from analyst firm Canalys shows how much the converged device market (all smart phones and wireless handhelds) has grown over the past year. These, typically high-end, devices represented around 10% of the global mobile phone market by units in 2007, with annual growth of 60% making them one of the fastest growing segments of the technology industry. Year-on-year growth climbed every quarter throughout 2007, to reach a peak of 72% in Q4. more

Can Google's Foray into Mobile Phones Succeed?

The promise: ubiquitous, mobile Internet access for millions of users worldwide. The stakes: a market of 324 million units and advertising revenue of $3.8 billion by 2011. The risk: embarking on an ambitious effort to establish a consortium to promote a new platform for mobile computing/communications, an endeavor that others have tried before - and have achieved only high-profile failure. more

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