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Articles tagged with: Playstation and Nintendo
Foxconn Full-Year Profits Drop 83%
Foxconn International Holdings - the mobile phone manufacturing division of Taiwan's giant Hon Hai Precision Industry has reported a net loss for the second half of last year, which dragged its full year profit down by 83.% to US$121 million - compared with US$721 million a year earlier. more
Related Tags: foxconn, thomson, microsoft, kindle, iphone, amazon, intel, motorola, eu, apple, ipod, lte, dell, hon-hai-precision-industry, oem, Taiwan
Popular Consumer and Mobile Products Fuel MEMS Boom
From the gyroscope in your playstation 3 game controller, to the accelerometer in your iPhone, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are making major inroads in the consumer- and mobile-electronics worlds, causing market revenue in this area to nearly triple from 2006 to 2012, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: microsoft, iphone, isuppli, ict, driving, lte, texas, stmicroelectronics, mems, 3, accelerometer, mp3, gyroscope, microelectromechanical, notebook
iPhone Mania Boosts Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Market
The success of AppleĆ's iPhone is spurring competitors to offer products with comparable features, fueling a sales boom for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometers used to detect motion in smart phones. more
Related Tags: microsoft, iphone, apple, apple, voip, isuppli, sony, mems, analog, smart, accelerometer, analog-devices
Smartphone Owners Play Games More Often than Use the Business Tools
According to Portable Devices, the most recent report from leading market research company, The NPD Group, at least half of the owners of portable devices are using their devices about the same if not more today than they were three months ago. This is especially pronounced among smartphone owners, with 46 percent claiming they use their smartphones more. more
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10 Years Since the Fomation of the Bluetooth Standard
Bluetooth technology, the global standard for short range wireless communications, turns 10-years-old this week. While the idea of Bluetooth technology was born over a decade ago, the first products didn't appear commercially until the year 2000. In that short time -- a span of eight years -- 1.5 billion Bluetooth enabled devices have been shipped, and the organization behind the technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, has grown from a handful of companies to 10,000 members. more
Related Tags: microsoft, bluetooth, bluetooth-special-interest-group, abi-research, hands-free, mp3
Apple iPhone Rank as the Top Phone This Christmas in Europe
comScore, which monitors internet activity has released the results of a study of the frequency of online search inquiries for the most popular gadgets in the UK, France and Germany this Christmas. The products studied were twenty different models of gadgets from the game console, mobile phone, and portable music player segments. The study covers the early stages of the Christmas shopping season during the first three weeks of November. more
Related Tags: microsoft, ipod, comscore, samsung, apple-iphone, nano, UK
Bluetooth-enabled Equipment Shipments to Hit 800 million this Year
IMS Research has tracked the market for Bluetooth technology since its inception, and has recently published the eighth edition of its annual Bluetooth technology report. In this new report, IMS continues to forecast healthy growth. However, caution should be exercised over the ultimate attach rates of Bluetooth technology in the total cellular handset market. As cellular handsets become more prevalent in less affluent markets, there is a growing demand for low-cost handsets that have only basic functionality. In this particular segment, it is probable that many handsets will not be enabled by Bluetooth technology, and hence the ultimate attach rate of 90% of all handsets globally, which suppliers initially anticipated, is unlikely to be attained. more
Related Tags: thomson, bluetooth, gps, ims-research, ims
Wireless Electronics Spending Growth to Slow
The global market for all types of electronic equipment will essentially maintain its rate of revenue growth in 2007, propelled by accelerated expansions in the data processing, consumer electronics and wired communications segments, predicts iSuppli. more
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Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics Devices Embraced by Some, Shunned by Others"
With Wi-Fi appearing in mobile PCs, home routers, and phones, there has been much hype around Wi-Fi crossing over into the Consumer Electronics (CE) space, reports In-Stat. But the CE space is just warming up to Wi-Fi, with some device segments, such as gaming consoles and handheld games, welcoming Wi-Fi with open arms, the high-tech market research firm says. In other device segments, such as digital video camcorders and standalone Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), the door has been kept shut on Wi-Fi. more
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Bluetooth Market to Exceed 500 Million Radios in 2006
After an explosive year of growth in 2005 that has seen the Bluetooth market more than double, 2006 looks set to provide another healthy year of profits for Bluetooth vendors. In its new study, ABI Research concludes that the market for Bluetooth radios will grow by 71% to a level just over 500 million radio shipments in 2006. Stuart Carlaw, Principal Analyst, Wireless Connectivity, notes, "This growth will be attributed to extremely robust attach rate gains in the cellular handset market as well as a continuation of the explosive growth in the headset market." more