Articles tagged with: Lg and Windows Mobile
LG Shows Off First Android Based Smartphone
lg Electronics has shown off its first Android based mobile phone, just a week after it announced plans for three new Windows Mobile based smartphones. The new android OS based lg-GW620 features a 3-inch full touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad. more
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LG Announces Three New Windows Mobile Based Smartphones
lg Electronics has announced the imminent launch of three new Windows phones in the next few weeks. The three devices will kick off lg's most aggressive smartphone strategy to date, which will ultimately result in a total of 13 new lg-branded Windows phones launched globally before the end of 2010. more
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LG Shows Off Windows Mobile Phone with 3D Menus
lg Electronics has shown off its first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that has been integrated with lg's 3D S-Class User Interface. Built-around a 3D cube layout, the S-Class UI eliminates nested menus wherever possible, providing more direct access to features and applications. A simple flick of a finger rotates the cube so that any one of its five faces can be accessed instantly. more
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Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
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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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UPDATE: Sony Ericsson Plans 2000 Job Cuts
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Sony Ericsson struggled to break even in the second quarter amid continued weak sales of mid-to-high-end phones and increased competition, and said it would cut costs. more
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Gameloft Launches TouchScreen Mobile Games
Mobile games developer, Gameloft has launched a range of games designed especially for touch screen mobile handsets. Using the company's experience from developing stylus-based games for the Nintendo DS, Gameloft says that it sought out ways to best utilize the touch screens, which transform gameplay into a more intuitive experience and remove the limitation of small keyboards. more
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Are There Any iPhone Alternatives? Here Are Some Rivals
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Apple may face plenty of competition from wireless phone makers when it launches its iPhone this coming week. But when it comes to the high end of the market, it largely has the field to itself. more
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