Articles tagged with: Open Handset Alliance and Palm

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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Can Google's Foray into Mobile Phones Succeed?

The promise: ubiquitous, mobile Internet access for millions of users worldwide. The stakes: a market of 324 million units and advertising revenue of $3.8 billion by 2011. The risk: embarking on an ambitious effort to establish a consortium to promote a new platform for mobile computing/communications, an endeavor that others have tried before - and have achieved only high-profile failure.  more

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