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Articles tagged with: Motorola and Google
Verizon says iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6
Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone - the Droid - for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. more
Related Tags: verizon-wireless, android, droid, USA
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, sony-ericsson, 3g, microsoft, nokia, iphone, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, ericsson, nortel, netbooks, ovi, compete, sony, touch-screen, wimax,, operating-system, windows, 700mhz, chipset
Tech Firms to Develop Guidelines for White Spaces Database
Seven technology companies have announced that they are working together to facilitate the timely creation and operation of a white spaces database to govern use of the USA's vacant television broadband spectrum, commonly known as TV white spaces. more
Related Tags: microsoft, dell, federal-communications-commission, USA
Chinese Man Killed by Exploding Mobile Phone
A 20 year old Chinese man has reportedly died after a mobile phone battery exploded - and severed a main blood artery in his neck. According to local news reports, he had recently brought a new battery and just charged it prior to the explosion. more
Dell Smartphone Rumours Resurface
The persistent rumours that computer maker, Dell is preparing to launch a range of mobile phones got another boost when it was reported that the firm could launch its first handsets next month. A report in the Wall Street Journal said that Dell has had a group of engineers working on the phones for more than a year from an office in the Chicago area. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, smartphones, wind, wall-street-journal, dell, touchscreen, chicago, windows
Top 10 Mobile Phones Used in the USA During Q3 '08
According to a report from the Neilson Group released last month, the following are the top ten phones used in the USA during the third quarter of 2008. more
Related Tags: nokia, iphone, apple, apple, lg, blackberry, rim, mobile-games, tetris, weather, nielsen, cnn, USA
Nokia and Motorola Dominate Chinese Smartphone Market
A report from China's CCID Consulting has found that the sales volume of China's smart phone market in 2008Q3 reached 7.474 million units, up 0.6% over Q2 '08; the sales revenue in Q3 reached 18.17 billion Yuan, up 4.5% over 2008Q2. Smart phones' sales volume in 2008Q3 accounted for 19.3% of the total mobile phone sales volume, up 0.7% over 2008Q2. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, nokia, china-mobile, ericsson, sony, oss, symbian, smart, ccid-consulting, linux, China
Chinese Projector Mobile Phone
Apple, motorola and Nokia heads take note ... the next innovation leader you could face probably won't come from Japan or the US, but China. A projector phone's release, an entire month ahead of the release of the hand-held projector, is just one more sign that more cell phone innovations will come from mainland China. more
Related Tags: android, solar-power, apple, apple, projector, google-android, China
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
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Motorola Expected to Announce "Google Phone" Plans this Week
The new head of motorola's mobile phone division, Sanjay Jha has decided that the company should focus the bulk of its efforts on developing phones based on the Google backed Android system. Spurces close to the issue told The Wall Street Journal that the plans will be formally announced on Thursday and could result in thousands of job cuts. more
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