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Articles tagged with: Idc and Windows Mobile
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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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to idc's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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INTERVIEW: Microsoft's Windows Mobile Sees High Growth Ahead
MUNICH -(Dow Jones)- With the Internet going more and more mobile, Microsoft, the world's dominant software producer, sees high growth potential in software for mobile devices, a top executive said Thursday. more
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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
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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
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