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Articles tagged with: Operating System and Sony
LG Tops Traditional Phone User Satisfaction Ranking
Apple ranks highest in customer satisfaction with smartphone manufacturers, while LG ranks highest among traditional mobile phone users, according to a couple of J.D. Power and Associates reports. The studies measure customer satisfaction with traditional wireless handsets and smartphones across several key factors. In order of importance, key factors in examining traditional wireless handsets are operation (30%); physical design (30%); features (20%); and battery function (20%). Among residential smartphone owners, key factors are ease of operation (30%); operating system (22%); features (21%); physical design (18%); and battery function (9%). more
Related Tags: j.d.-power-and-associates, iphone, lg, apple, gps, smartphones, personal, landline, battery, j.d.-power
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, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, ericsson, nortel, netbooks, ovi, compete, touch-screen, wimax,, windows, 700mhz, chipset, ces, target, razr
iPhone Showing High Wi-Fi Usage Rates in the USA and UK
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has highlighted growing Wi-Fi usage in the US and the UK in its November Metrics Report. Worldwide iPhone requests grew 52 percent month over month to 359 million in November, giving the iPhone 6.3 percent of total requests. In the US the iPhone is now the top device with 9.9 percent of requests. more
Related Tags: android, wi-fi, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, ipod, smartphones, blackberry, admob, playstation, 3, blackberry-bold, wifi,
CTIA Wireless Show to Focus on Open Network Opportunities
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. more
Related Tags: android, google, sim-card, t-mobile, iphone, social-networking, t-mobile-usa, cisco, apple, steve-jobs, smartphones, sprint-nextel, quattro-wireless, verizon-wireless, usa-today, verizon, walled-garden, personal, mobile-games, sprint, open-source, nextel, mobile-video, ctia, san-francisco, flash, motricity, connect, vantrix, vantrix,
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, samsung, motorola, gps, wind, zte, china-mobile, td-scdma, lenovo, ericsson, mobile-internet, symbian, open-source, ccid-consulting, windows, linux, China
UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation
Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, microsoft, texas-instruments, samsung, smartphones, driving, docomo, texas, apple, motorola, lg, blackberry, panasonic, symbian, open-source, samsung-electronics, siemens, license-fees, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, nokia,, os
Symbian Components to be Offered as Open Source Software
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, texas-instruments, samsung, docomo, texas, motorola, lg, symbian, open-source, os, ntt-docomo
Sony Ericsson 1Q Net Profit Slumps 48%
LONDON (Dow Jones) - Sony Ericsson, the world's No.4 maker of mobile phones, on Wednesday posted a 48% drop in first-quarter profit, as slower sales, higher research and development costs and a component shortage took a toll on the bottom line. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, windows-mobile, microsoft, xperia, stockholm, sme
Verizon CEO Wants to Spur Innovation With Open Model
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- In unveiling the technical specifications for its open network, Verizon Wireless said it will make the process to get any program or device certified simple, quick and inexpensive. more
Related Tags: android, google, deutsche-telekom, t-mobile-usa, t-mobile-usa, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, verizon, chief-technology-officer, verizon-communications, sprint, open-source, nextel, laptop, ivan-seidenberg,
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