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Articles tagged with: Qualcomm and Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Shows Off Two New Android Smartphones
Sony Ericsson has shown off two new smartphones as part of its Xperia family. Both models, the Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro are powered by a 1GHz qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and run the latest platform of Google's Android - Gingerbread 2.3. more
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Industry to Settle on a Generic Phone Charger for All Mobile Phones
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers have announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. The aim of the initiative, led by the GSMA, is to ensure that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger connections and energy-efficient chargers resulting in an estimated 50 per cent reduction in standby energy consumption and the potential elimination of up to 51,000 tonnes of duplicate chargers. more
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Financial Crisis Hits Western European Mobile Phone Market
The Western European mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008, as total handset shipments decreased significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped 45.8 million handsets in 3Q08, down 8.0% from the previous year and up 5.1% over 2Q08. The third quarter has historically been a ramp-up period as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, resulting in year-on-year growth as high as 20%. However, this year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. more
Related Tags: iphone, samsung, motorola, cisco, apple, apple, ericsson, idc, lg, sony, oem, omnia, music, feature-phones
Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows
The worldwide mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) as total handset shipments were down significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. The third quarter of the year has historically been a ramp-up quarter as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, producing year-over-year growth rates as high as 20% as a result. This year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. more
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Qualcomm Warns of Slowing Handset Replacement Cycle
qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs says that there are signs that mobile phone owners are delaying plans to replace their existing handsets - slowing the replacement cycle. Speaking in an interview on CNBC television, he said that the trend has been most noticeable in Japan and South Korea. However, sales of smartphones appeared to be remaining strong. more
Related Tags: motorola, arpu, isuppli, smartphones, gartner, ericsson, lg, sony, churn
Compound Growth Rate for China's Mobile TV Output - Report
China's CCID Consulting, has reported that with the drive of export and domestic demands, China's mobile phone output continues to grow in 2007, reaching 554 million sets, with a growth rate of 25.4%. The export volume wass 322 million sets, which accounts for 58.2% of all phones made in the country. Currently, China's global mobile phone manufacturing base is quite steady. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have transferred their capacities to China; because of this factor, the export volume of China's mobile phone increases 26.2%. Meanwhile, China's domestic mobile phone enterprises' capacity increases are evident, especially ZTE, Huawei and K-Touch. more
Related Tags: broadcom, intel, samsung, motorola, bluetooth, huawei, gps, zte, nxp, sony, infineon, seven, mp3, rfmd, nokia,, motorola,, global-mobile, era, China
Wireless-Chip Market Outpaced Wireline-Chip Market in 2007
Growing adoption of 3G technologies and feature-rich cell-phone chips led to a 13% increase in sales of cellular baseband processors in 2007, according to The Linley Group. Sales of networking chips, in contrast, declined by about 1% during the same period according to their new report. The slowdown in wired-communications chips is also reflected in the FPGA market as sales of FPGAs for communications systems declined 7%. more
Related Tags: broadcom, ethernet, texas-instruments, wcdma, texas, nxp, sony, infineon, analog, freescale, mediatek, nokia,, cellular-baseband
Half Billion Phones Now Include the Flash Lite Player
Adobe Systems has announced that more than 500 million mobile devices have shipped with Adobe Flash Lite software to date. Flash Lite, Adobe's Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, has seen over 150 percent growth over the last year and is now delivered on mobile phones and devices from all major handset manufacturers worldwide. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, microsoft, docomo, sony, symbian, oem, adobe, flash, nokia,, motorola,, adobe-flash
Could Motorola Fall Off the Mobile Map?
It may not be a question that many in the industry are asking themselves yet, or at least not out loud, but each poor set of results increases the possibility that Motorola could follow Siemens out of the back door of the mobile phone industry. IMS Research says that whilst it yet remains unlikely that anything so drastic might occur, the latest results from Motorola's Mobile Devices unit did little to inspire. more
Related Tags: rcom, samsung, lg, ims-research, ims, razr
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