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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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Popularity of Entry Level Phones Drives Growth in Mobile Phone Shipments

The worldwide mobile phone market showed signs of recovery from the first quarter of 2005 due to impressive shipments of entry-level mobile phones to both developing and mature markets. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide mobile phone shipments totaled 188.7 million units in the second quarter, increasing 7.3% sequentially and 16.3% from the same quarter one year ago. more

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SonyEricsson returns to the Top5 handset sales chart

The worldwide market for handsets took off in the second quarter of 2003, reflecting continued consumer demand for mobile telephony. According to IDC's Worldwide Handset QView, worldwide handset shipments grew by 19.2% year-over-year in 2Q03 and increased sequentially by 6.7% to 118.3 million units. Nokia maintained its top position in the market while Sony Ericsson regained the number 5 spot from LG Electronics. more

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Palm to get MMS applications

Electric Pocket has launched a MMS client software for users of Palm OS powered PDA's. Pixer MMS is already shipping in the Asia/Pacific region with Palm Tungsten W handhelds and is the first and only MMS solution for the Palm OS platform. Pixer MMS is specifically designed to make picture messaging easier for users, as they can take advantage of the handheld's screen and stylus when composing messages. This solution is designed to be particularly attractive for Asia/Pacific markets in which the predominant languages include graphic characters. more

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SonyEricsson drops out of Top5 ranking

The worldwide market for handsets grew in the first quarter of 2003, reflecting broad consumer interest in voice-enabled mobile devices. According to IDC's Worldwide Handset QView, worldwide handset shipments grew by 16.6% year-over-year in 1Q03 and dropped sequentially by 12.4% to 107.6 million units. Nokia maintained its top position in the market while LG Electronics replaced Sony Ericsson in the top 5. more

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