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Articles tagged with: Google and Symbian
Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market
Opinion by Ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst
Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014
During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party
applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and
OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus
on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications
and services to mobile phones.
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Sony Ericsson Inches Closer to Android Smartphone Launch
Sony Ericsson is reported to be closer to launching a smartphone running the google backed Android OS, according to Peter Ang, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific at Sony Ericsson. He told Digitimes that the new Android 2.0 based phone will also have more multimedia support than the previous versions currently on the market. more
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Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
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Nokia and Motorola Dominate Chinese Smartphone Market
.. T-mobile G1 mobile phone announced that google's Android OS would unveil, which has attracted the attention of many mobile phone manufacturers. China's first mobile phone with Android system may be launched in 2008Q4. In the future, Android wi more
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Vodafone, Sony Ericsson Join Google Phone Alliance
The Open Handset Alliance - which develops the google backed Android operating system for smartphones - has announced fourteen new members, including Sony Ericsson and Vodafone. more
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Motorola Expected to Announce "Google Phone" Plans this Week
The new head of Motorola's mobile phone division, Sanjay Jha has decided that the company should focus the bulk of its efforts on developing phones based on the google backed Android system. Spurces close to the issue told The Wall Street Journal that the plans will be formally announced on Thursday and could result in thousands of job cuts. more
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Motorola Reported to be Working on a "Google Phone"
It has been reported that Motorola is ramping up development of mobile phones based on the google backed Android Operating System. The company is understood to have 50 staff working on Android phones and is ramping up its team to 350 people. more
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UPDATE: Google Unveils Android Smartphone for T-Mobile
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- google, Tuesday unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone for T-Mobile USA as the Internet giant hopes to shake up the wireless industry. more
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Open Source OS Assists Chinese Development of the Smart Phone Market
A report from Chinese research firm, CCID Consulting shows that the sales volume of smart phones in China's market in the first half of 2008 reached 15.671 million sets, up 32.1% over H1 2007, and the sales revenue reached 37.74 billion Yuan, up 25.7% over H1 2007. more
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INTERVIEW: Symbian Says Services to Push Smartphone Growth
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- A demand for service-rich smartphones is expected to be a catalyst for success in telecommunications markets such as the U.S., mobile phone software company Symbian's Chief Executive Nigel Clifford said Tuesday. more
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