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Articles tagged with: Idc and Palm
Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to idc's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more
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Handheld Device Vendors Benefit from Dell's Departure
According to idc's Worldwide Handheld QView, vendors shipped a total of 720,000 units during the second quarter of 2007, a 43.5% decrease from the same quarter one year ago and a 21.8% decrease from the previous quarter. This marked the second consecutive quarter in which total worldwide shipments have not crested above the million unit mark. more
Western European Mobile Phone Market Sees Slowdown in 2007
According to idc, the final quarter of 2006 saw total mobile phone shipments, including traditional mobile phones and converged devices, of 57.8 million units. This represents year-on-year growth of 6% and means that the total market in 2006 stood at just over 185 million units, with healthy year-on-year growth of 9%. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, prepay, htc, symbian, walkman, razr, feature-phones
European Handheld Demand Evaporates in 3Q06
..ained its market dominance by increasing market share to 67% overall and 71% of the converged device market, shipping over 2.54 million units, representing year-on-year growth of 28%. The vendor's commitment to the S60 platform was extended with the more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, fujitsu-siemens, htc, fujitsu, hp
European Converged Device Market Shows Poor Opening Quarter
According to the latest market data from idc, the Western European mobile device market (including standalone handhelds and converged devices) grew by 25% year on year in the opening quarter of 2006, as total shipments reached 3.2 million units. Significantly, the handheld market failed to recover from the dramatic decline in 4Q05, as shipments of just 549,000 units represented further negative growth of -21% year on year, with only Fujitsu Siemens registering positive growth. Additionally, disappointing growth of 43% and shipments of 2.67 million units for converged devices meant market performance fell below expectations. more
Related Tags: mobile-email, fujitsu-siemens, fujitsu, hp, sharp, symbian, acer, ntp, os, motorola,
Popularity of Entry Level Phones Drives Growth in Mobile Phone Shipments
The worldwide mobile phone market showed signs of recovery from the first quarter of 2005 due to impressive shipments of entry-level mobile phones to both developing and mature markets. According to idc's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide mobile phone shipments totaled 188.7 million units in the second quarter, increasing 7.3% sequentially and 16.3% from the same quarter one year ago. more
Related Tags: lg-electronics, oem, walkman, n-series, razr
Enhanced security for wireless devices
PatchLink Corp. says that it has integrated the security management of wireless smartphones and PDA devices into its UPDATE software platform. In addition, PatchLink has established a new Wireless Division to support its ongoing wireless security management technology, integration research and development. more
Related Tags: gartner, research-in-motion, symbian, yankee-group, palm-os, os, pda
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