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Articles tagged with: Google and Storm
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, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
Bus left you waiting in the cold? Use your cell phone to track it down
It's a question heard at countless bus stops: "Have you seen the number 48 go by?" Cold, impatient bus riders stamp their feet, check their watches, and wonder if that bus is ever going to come. But in Seattle, a cell phone and the ingenuity of two University of Washington students has come to the rescue. more
Related Tags: iphone, seattle, twitter, itu, gps, washington, students, buses, connect,
Russians Blame Mobile Phones for Lightning Strike Deaths
Russian officials are putting the blame for a sudden surge in deaths from lightning strikes at increased mobile phone ownership. The most notable case was Marina Sadykova who was talking on a mobile phone when struck by lightning. When her body was recovered, the mobile phone was found melted to her hand. more
Related Tags: weather, lightning, Russia
Mobile Operators Brace for Global Surge in Mobile Messaging Abuse
Messaging security firm, Cloudmark has published the results of its research into mobile messaging abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe which point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, mobile-messaging, text-messaging, walled-garden, chief-technology-officer, mobile-advertising, spam, virus, sms-spam, cloudmark, smsc, radar, churn, fraud, premium-rate, option, texting, globe
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