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Articles tagged with: Google and Smartphones
Foxconn in Running for Sony Ericsson Android Phone Production
Sony Ericsson is likely to out-source the production of its initial Android based smartphones to Taiwan's Foxconn Electronics, reports DigiTimes, citing a report in the Chinese language Commercial Times newspaper. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, orange, foxconn, , smartphone, eu, tim, ericsson, sony
Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director
Upwards view: Linux is losing ground
The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It
leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly
complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost
netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been
overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms
of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still
outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.
more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, apple, ipod, wind, ovum, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, open-source, operating-system, windows, freescale, linux, laptop, os
Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
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Smartphones to Account for 23% of All New Mobile Phones by 2013
Rising demand for complex multimedia-centric applications is forcing handset manufacturers to design increasingly ‘smart' and highly personalised mobile devices. A new smartphones report from Juniper Research forecasts that these so-called ‘smartphones' will account for 23% of all new handsets sold per annum by 2013. more
Related Tags: nokia, iphone, juniper-research, smartphone, apple, driving, compete, app-store, operating-system, andrew, nokia,, rooted
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
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
E112 and A-GPS will revive the LBS platform and middleware market
According to a new report from the telecom analyst firm Berg Insight, the market for LBS platforms and middleware in Europe will return to growth in the coming years, with demand driven by E112 requirements and increasing adoption of A-GPS. more
Related Tags: smartphone, gps, lbs, a-gps, wave
Dell Smartphone Rumours Resurface
The persistent rumours that computer maker, Dell is preparing to launch a range of mobile phones got another boost when it was reported that the firm could launch its first handsets next month. A report in the Wall Street Journal said that Dell has had a group of engineers working on the phones for more than a year from an office in the Chicago area. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, motorola, wind, wall-street-journal, dell, touchscreen, chicago, windows, razr
Consumers Want Citywide Wi-Fi - And Are Willing to Pay for It
A report commissioned by Wi-Fi application vendor, Devicescape has found that most respondents want citywide Wi-Fi (84%) and, surprisingly, many are willing to pay for it (56%) as they would a utility. The report also found that an overwhelming number of Wi-Fi users expect Wi-Fi while on the road (91%) and when traveling, the most-often used device for accessing Wi-Fi was the smartphone, such as an iPhone (vs. laptops) more
Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, iphone, smartphone, lte, devicescape, connect,
GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn
Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, ict, edge, gps, abi-research, blackberry, personal, open-source, apple-iphone, smart, chipsets, navigation
T-Mobile's Google Phone Coming to More European Countries
T-Mobile says that it plans to start selling its G1 smartphone - based on the google backed Android operating system - in several European countries within the next few weeks. The HTC manufactured handset is expected to on sale in the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Austria by the end of this month. more
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, smartphone, htc, operating-system, Netherlands
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