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Articles tagged with: Lg and Sharp
Handset Manufacturers to Support the Joint Innovation Lab Widgets Standard
The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) had announced that handset manufacturers, lg Electronics, Research In Motion, Samsung Electronics and Sharp will support its widget specification in future mobile handsets from Q1 2010. more
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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
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
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Mobile Handset Market Stays Afloat with 258 Million Shipped in 1Q-2009
Despite tough corporate and unemployment news making the headlines, the mobile handset-buying public did not head to the hills during the first quarter of 2009. Handset vendors had shipped 258 million handsets by the end of the quarter. Although that represents an 11% year-over-year decline, the result significantly exceeded the previous forecast of 253.5 million. "Green shoots are sprouting," is how ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders describes the latest figures. more
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Fitch Revises Outlook to Negative on Samsung & LG Electronics
Fitch Ratings says that it has revised its rating Outlook on Samsung Electronics (SEC) and lg Electronics (lgE) to Negative from Stable. At the same time, Hynix Semiconductor's (Hynix) Long-term foreign currency (FC) IDR and senior unsecured debt ratings, which are currently at 'B+', remain on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). more
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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, htc, stmicroelectronics, hewlett-packard, nxp, asustek, modem, Taiwan
LG Electronics Gross Profits Up - but Hit by Currency Woes
South Korea's lg Electronics has reported a sharp jump in 3rd quarter profits to KRW 571 billion (US$537 million) - a 58% rise on a year ago. At the same time, sales rose by 21% to KRW 6.887 trillion (US$6.479 billion). The profit margin was 4.8%, 1.2%P higher than a year earlier. more
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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
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Flexible Display Market to Expand by Factor of 35 by 2013
Flexible displays are playing an increasingly important role in the global high-tech industry, serving as the crucial enabling technology for a new generation of portable devices that are designed to combine mobility with compelling user interfaces. more
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Gartner: 2008 Phone Unit Sales to Rise, Economy Weighs
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Research firm Gartner Wednesday said worldwide mobile phone sales will continue to rise between 10% and 15% in 2008, but said the value of the market will be lower than expected. more
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