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Articles tagged with: Nokia and Apple Iphone
Nokia Losing Share in Wi-Fi Handset Market
nokia, the leading market share vendor for dual-mode Wi-Fi handsets, has seen its market lead slip significantly over the past year, reports In-Stat. more
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Nokia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
nokia is suing Apple for allegedly infringing its patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards within its iPhone smartphones. more
Adobe Announces Upgraded Flash Platform for Smartphones
Adobe Systems has announced a new variant of the Flash website software that it expects to be available on the majority of smartphones from early next year - excluding the Apple iPhone. more
Related Tags: adobe, flash, symbian, palm, windows-mobile, widgets, linux, life
New Mobile Platforms Drive Smartphone Growth Worldwide
While Symbian devices such as the nokia N70 and N95 continue to be popular handsets, analysis from mobile advertisign agency, AdMob finds that the iPhone OS, Android and webOS have gained marketshare over competing platforms in the last six months. more
Related Tags: symbian, admob, android, palm-pre
Smartphone Shipments in Malaysia Expected to Fall in 2009
Results from IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 4Q 2008, shows that sales of converged mobile devices (smartphones) in Malaysia dropped by 3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), but shipments for the full 2008 grew slightly to reach 1.2 million units. The market stayed afloat with strong consumer demand for data-centric converged mobile devices, which continued to beat market expectations by growing 80% year-on-year, while voice-centric converged mobile devices declined by 9%. more
Related Tags: smartphone, idc, htc, rim, acer, Malaysia
Nokia Sets Up $10 Million Fund Mobile Flash Developers
nokia and Adobe have announced a US$10 million fund to develop Flash based applications for mobile phones. It's worth remembering that the Apple iPhone currently does not support the Flash format - so the move may be seen as a way of promoting nokia's support for the format. The new fund is a result of the Open Screen Project, an industry-wide initiative of more than 20 industry leaders set to enable a consistent experience for web browsing and standalone applications. Additional Open Screen Project partners are expected to join the fund in the future. more
Related Tags: iphone, apple, ovi, adobe, flash
Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Handset Shipments to Double from 2008 Through 2010
Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business models, and increased value for handset manufacturers, Wi-Fi technology will continue to penetrate deeper into mobile handsets over the next five years. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, smartphone, eu, itunes, apple, itu, smartphones, lte, abi-research, femtocells, ieee
Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more
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Top-10 Selling Mobile Phones in January
The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its "Top 10"-list for January 2009. The list is based on number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases ordered from Krusell during January 2009. 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.
- (1) Samsung SGH-i900/i910 Omnia
- (-) HTC Touch HD
- (9) nokia E51
- (-) Blackberry Storm
- (2) nokia 6300
- (5) nokia 3109
- (7) Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia
- (8) nokia E71
- (-) nokia 6220
- (10) HTC Diamond
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, iphone, samsung, apple, ericsson, krusell, htc, blackberry, blackberry-storm, sony, smart, storm
GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn
Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. more
Related Tags: android, google, iphone, smartphone, apple, ict, edge, smartphones, gps, abi-research, blackberry, personal, open-source, smart, chipsets