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Articles tagged with: Microsoft and Compete
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, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
Microsoft must fight back in mobile market
Media Analyst Screen Digest has just published its latest company report, which examines the challenges facing microsoft in the highly competitive and challenging mobile market. According to Screen Digest research, Nokia, Google, Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple pose potent challenges to microsoft's mobile ambitions. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, apple, wind, lte, blackberry, screen-digest, zune, windows, nokia,, backup
Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire
After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with Nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, 3g, nokia, iphone, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, ericsson, nortel, netbooks, ovi, sony, touch-screen, wimax,, operating-system, windows, 700mhz, chipset, ces, target, razr
Facebook-Twitter talks break down
Opinion piece by Madan Sheina, principal analyst at Ovum
What would have been the first major consolidation between two social
networking giants has failed to materialise, as Facebook's attempts to woo
Twitter with an all-stock offer fell on deaf ears. Facebook's valuation seems
to have been the sticking point. But with neither company as yet able to
demonstrate that it can make money on a scale that matches its number of users,
the outcome might not be a bad thing.
more
Related Tags: google, sms, social-networking, twitter, ovum, ofta, yahoo, text-messages, facebook, target
Telecom Carriers Should Consider Partnering With Google
Google's influence and market power with key telecommunications industry stakeholders is having a significant impact on the industry, according to Gartner. more
Related Tags: android, google, skype, open-handset-alliance, gartner, dell, mobile-internet, 800mhz, fcc, operating-system, linux, 700mhz, presence, downlink, wired, cloud-computing, os, cloud
Brightstar Signs Handset Deal with UK Retailers
Handset distributor, Brightstar Europe has entered into an agreement with the Independent Mobile Phone Dealers Association (IMPDA) that will enable members of the organisation to benefit from the full range of Brightstar's customized distribution and supply chain services. more
Related Tags: wind, brightstar, UK
Mobile Advertising Worth $12 Billion by 2011 - report
Telecom carriers around the world are turning their attention to advertising as a potential source of revenue, according to Gartner. The research firm forecasts that the worldwide mobile advertising market alone will be worth over US$12 billion by 2011 but advised carriers that they will need to rise to some key challenges if they are to realize their advertising ambitions. more
Related Tags: google, mms, sms, analytics, privacy, rcom, gartner, mobile-advertising, mobile-internet, nokia,, television
Low-price Mini Notebook PC Shipments to Reach 8.02 Mln Units in 2008
According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center, Taiwan), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, worldwide low-price mini notebook PC shipment is expected to reach 8.02 million units in 2008. In 2009 shipment volume is forecasted to reach a scale of 18.3 million units, growing 128% annually. more
Related Tags: intel, dell, ict, 3, mic, asus, acer, linux, notebook, os
Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, samsung, smartphones, driving, open-handset-alliance, docomo, verizon-wireless, verizon, gartner, apple, symbian, sk-telecom, open-source, operating-system, linux, andrew, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, os
Mobile Rich Media Advertising to Near $2.8 Billion by 2012
Media Analyst Screen Digest has just published its latest report and says that it believes the market for rich media advertising on mobile will reach US$2.79 billion by 2012, with global mobile TV advertising accounting for the lions share at US$2.44 billion. In terms of the formats that will deliver this revenue, there are those that will deliver, and those that will disappoint. more
Related Tags: google, mobile-tv, rcom, screen-digest, mobile-games, mobile-advertising, weather, nokia,, global-mobile, mobile-web
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