Articles tagged with: Nokia and Sony

Apple Loses Lawsuit Over Nokia and Sony Patents

A patent holding company jointly owned by nokia, Sony and MPEG LA has won a patent lawsuit against Apple for infringing three of its patents. more

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Nokia is the "Most Trusted" Brand in India - Report

nokia has emerged as the most trusted brand in India - ahead of homegrown Tata Telecom. According to a study released recently by The Trust Research Advisory (TRA), nokia ranks first in terms of being the 'Most Trusted Brand' for Indians and by a good margin, followed by Tata, Sony LG, Samsung Reliance, Maruti LIC, Airtel and Titan respectively. more

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Consortium to Develop Mobile Phone to High-Definition TV Connectivity Standards

A group of companies have announced the formation of the MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) Consortium to develop a new mobile audio/video interface standard for directly connecting mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics (CE) devices to high-definition televisions and displays. more

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Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market

Opinion by Ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst

Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014

During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications and services to mobile phones. more

Related Tags: app-store, ovum, smartphone, symbian, google, microsoft, windows, google-android, nokia,, os, cagr, 2g

Q1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 9.4% - Smartphones Grew 12.7%

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year. more

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

Krusell's Top-10 Handset Sales Chart for April

The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its "Top 10"-list for April 2009. The list is based on number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases ordered from Krusell during April 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.

(2) nokia 3109
(1) Samsung SGH-i900/i910 Omnia
(8) nokia 5800
(5) nokia E71
(4) HTC Touch HD
(7) nokia 3120
(3) nokia 6300
(6) nokia E51
(-) Sony Ericsson C702
(-) Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia

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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more

Opera Reports Over 20 Million Users of its Java Mini Browser

Norwegian web browser developer, Opera says that its Mini mobile browser userbase has reached 20.5 million, representing 160% growth since February 2008. Opera Mini users viewed 7.3 billion pages, a 290% increase over February 2008. Opera Mini servers processed more than 1.2 petabytes of data in February, generating more than 124 million MB of data traffic for mobile operators worldwide. Since February 2008, data transfers have grown 338%. more

Advanced Mobile Services Attract "Media Techies" and Others

Defying the conventional wisdom that consumers in emerging markets simply want "no-frills" devices and services, Strategy Analytics has identified sizable numbers of users who want advanced products - and are willing to pay for them. A new report from the Emerging Markets Communications Strategies (EMCS) program, "Emerging Markets Consumer Segmentation," is based on analysis of mobile phone users in eight Asian and African countries. more