Articles tagged with: Lg and Htc
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down 6% - Smartphones Up 27% in Q2
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market. more
Related Tags: gartner, nokia, apple, samsung, motorola, sony-ericsson,research-in-motion, windows, presence, three
Q1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 9.4% - Smartphones Grew 12.7%
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year. more
Related Tags: gartner, nokia, apple, samsung, motorola, sony-ericsson,research-in-motion, touchscreen, sony, oem, play
Fractus Sues Ten Cellphone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement
Ten mobile phone vendors are being sued for allegedly infringing patents relating to internal antennas used on their handsets. Spanish antenna manufacturer, Fractus says that is has sued Samsung, lg, RIM, Pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTStarcom, and Sanyo for infringing nine different patents. more
Related Tags: fractus, samsung, rim, pantech, kyocera, palm, sharp, utstarcom, sanyo, patents, inventions, lawyer
Flagship Phones are Driving Sales on Network Operator Websites
Industry analytics firm, comScore has published data from its monthly wireless e-commerce dashboard, which tracks consumer shopping and purchasing behavior, including handsets and mobile data plans, at all of the major wireless carrier sites. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, iphone, mobile-data, analytics, samsung, motorola, apple, verizon-wireless, verizon, iden, vas, comscore, blackberry, sprint, 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
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm
Taiwanese OEMs Switching from Ericsson to Qualcomm for 3G Phones
Taiwan's handset manufacturers are increasingly switching from the Ericsson mobile phone platform to Qualcomm's own handset platform - report local industry sources. Sources told DigiTimes that because HTC has had good success with its Qualcomm-based 3G handsets, other major handset vendors such as Motorola, lg Electronics, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Palm all intend to adopt the Qualcomm platform for their 3G products. more
Related Tags: motorola, qualcomm, ericsson, cdma, palm, stmicroelectronics, hewlett-packard, nxp, sharp, asustek, modem, Taiwan
Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows
The worldwide mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) as total handset shipments were down significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. The third quarter of the year has historically been a ramp-up quarter as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, producing year-over-year growth rates as high as 20% as a result. This year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. more
Related Tags: google, sony-ericsson, iphone, smartphone, samsung, motorola, apple, apple, qualcomm, smartphones, ericsson, idc, compete, touchscreen, sony, oem, apple-iphone, sanjay-jha, xperia
Nokia in Advanced Talks to Sell Security-Appliances Unit
Nokia is in advanced talks to sell its security-appliances business to a financial investor as it concentrates on consumer Internet services, such as push email. more
Related Tags: android, google, microsoft, iphone, samsung, cisco, apple, apple, ibm, wall-street-journal, gartner, cisco-systems, sharp, research-in-motion, lg-electronics, touch-screen, memory, samsung-electronics, chief-financial-officer
iPhone and HTC Jump Up Handset Sales Charts
The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, has released their "Top 10"-list for June 2008. The list is based upon the number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases that have been ordered from Krusell during June 2008. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, krusell, apple, sony
Krusell - Top-10 selling phones in May 2008
The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, has released their "Top 10"-list for May 2008. The list is based upon the number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases that have been ordered from Krusell during May 2008. Krusell's list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the globe. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, krusell, apple, sony, 3
