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Articles tagged with: Operating System and Samsung
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, wimax, motorola, eu, w-cdma, ict, smartphones, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, nokia,, os, apps
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, smartphones, wind, verizon, palm, htc, blackberry, rim, htc-dream, admob, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, symbian, sprint, windows, storm, os
Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, iphone, smartphone, eu, apple, smartphones, wind, gartner, htc, rim, touchscreen, sharp, omnia, windows, linux, danger, nseries, os, africa
Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
Related Tags: android, google, orange, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, social-networking, apple, qualcomm, isuppli, ict, huawei, wind, ovi, lg, rim, personal, symbian, smart, windows, widgets, google-android, churn, os
Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
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, google, sony-ericsson, 3g, microsoft, nokia, iphone, intel, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, ericsson, nortel, netbooks, ovi, compete, sony, touch-screen, wimax,, windows, 700mhz, chipset, ces, target, razr
Samsung to Launch a "Google Phone" in Q1 2009
Samsung is reported to be preparing to launch a new smartphone based on the Google backed Android operating system within the next few months. The second "Google Phone" is expected to be available in both GSM/3G and CDMA options and sold via T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, smartphone, sprint-nextel, cdma, htc, sprint, samsung-electronics, omnia, google-phone,
Apple Ranks Highest in Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction
iPhone manufacturer Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report. The study, now in its second year, measures business customer satisfaction with wireless smartphones -- defined as mobile phones offering advanced capabilities and personal computer-like functionality -- such as a BlackBerry or Treo. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, microsoft, iphone, smartphone, motorola, apple, apple, bluetooth, smartphones, gps, blackberry, hands-free, personal, battery, j.d.-power, apple-iphone, touch-screen,
Teardown Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of BlackBerry Bold
In its first-ever solo television advertisement for a product, Research In Motion touts its new BlackBerry Bold 9000 smart phone as a device that allows users to "Connect to everything you love in life in a bold new way." more
Related Tags: sandisk, iphone, semiconductor, texas-instruments, flash-memory, isuppli, gps, blackberry, rim, touch-screen, battery, blackberry-bold, memory, analog, rogers, wlan, displays, andrew, flash, rogers-communications, downlink, display, microsd, music, qwerty, touch-screen, marvell, television
Open Source OS Assists Chinese Development of the Smart Phone Market
A report from Chinese research firm, CCID Consulting shows that the sales volume of smart phones in China's market in the first half of 2008 reached 15.671 million sets, up 32.1% over H1 2007, and the sales revenue reached 37.74 billion Yuan, up 25.7% over H1 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, windows-mobile, motorola, gps, wind, zte, china-mobile, td-scdma, lenovo, ericsson, sony, mobile-internet, symbian, open-source, ccid-consulting, windows, linux, China
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