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Articles tagged with: Htc and Smartphone
Taiwan Smarphone Shipments Rising - Boosted by Apple, Palm and HTC
Taiwan's smartphone shipments are expected to continue to rise during in the second half of 2009, riding on the growth momentum that began to emerge at the end of the second quarter. The shipments are being boosted by the three major brands Apple, Palm and htc, reports Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). more
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Over Quarter of Young Canadians Using Mobile Internet Services
Canadians are becoming captivated by "mobile surfing" - increasingly accessing the web from their cellphones and smartphones daily. Polling conducted by Ipsos-Reid on behalf of Rogers Wireless showed that 26 per cent of wirelessly connected Canadians aged 18-34 are accessing the web from their mobile devices everyday, and of that, 65 per cent are browsing from their mobiles multiple times a day. more
Related Tags: rogers-wireless, mobile-internet, ipsos-reid, personal, seven, facebook, Canada
Canadians to Get Android-Powered Smartphones
Rogers Wireless has announced the exclusive Canadian launch in June 2009 of the htc Dream and htc Magic smartphones, the first cellphones in Canada powered by the Google backed Android platform more
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Smartphone Shipments in Malaysia Expected to Fall in 2009
Results from IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 4Q 2008, shows that sales of converged mobile devices (smartphones) in Malaysia dropped by 3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), but shipments for the full 2008 grew slightly to reach 1.2 million units. The market stayed afloat with strong consumer demand for data-centric converged mobile devices, which continued to beat market expectations by growing 80% year-on-year, while voice-centric converged mobile devices declined by 9%. more
Related Tags: idc, nokia, rim, acer, apple-iphone, Malaysia
HTC Shows Off New QWERTY Smartphone
htc has debuted its newest QWERTY smartphone, the htc Snap - a HSDPA enabled Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard based smartphone. According to the handset vendor, many people find they are overwhelmed by the amount of email they receive. In response to these issues, htc's "Inner Circle" feature allows htc Snap users to press a dedicated Inner Circle key to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox, enabling important messages to be acted upon immediately. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, smartphones, tim, wind, hsdpa
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
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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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Blackpool's mobile working boosted with GIS and CRM connection
Highways Officers and Housing Inspectors in Blackpool, UK, have switched to using htc smartphones loaded with specially developed software and maps from GGP's geographical information system (GIS) to report incidents or defects, complete inspection reports and issue a range of standard communications in real time and without returning to the office. more
Related Tags: smartphones, crm, UK
Despite Recession - US Smartphone Market Still Growing
According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers represented 23 percent of all handset sales in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2008 compared to just 12 percent in Q4 2007. Led by the release of Apple's iPhone 3G at $199, the average price for a smartphone fell 23 percent from $216 in Q4 2007 to $167 last year. more
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, 3g, iphone, apple, smartphones, verizon-wireless, verizon, palm-pre, palm, blackberry, blackberry-storm, npd-group, touch-screen, sprint, storm, USA
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
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