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Articles tagged with: Rim and Smartphone
Smartphone Shipments in Malaysia Expected to Fall in 2009
Results from IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 4Q 2008, shows that sales of converged mobile devices (smartphones) in Malaysia dropped by 3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), but shipments for the full 2008 grew slightly to reach 1.2 million units. The market stayed afloat with strong consumer demand for data-centric converged mobile devices, which continued to beat market expectations by growing 80% year-on-year, while voice-centric converged mobile devices declined by 9%. more
Related Tags: idc, nokia, htc, acer, apple-iphone, Malaysia
Mobile Handset Market Stays Afloat with 258 Million Shipped in 1Q-2009
Despite tough corporate and unemployment news making the headlines, the mobile handset-buying public did not head to the hills during the first quarter of 2009. Handset vendors had shipped 258 million handsets by the end of the quarter. Although that represents an 11% year-over-year decline, the result significantly exceeded the previous forecast of 253.5 million. "Green shoots are sprouting," is how ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders describes the latest figures. more
Related Tags: abi-research, nokia, 3g, tim, , apple, samsung, iphone, ericsson, iden, lg, blackberry, touchscreen, sharp
Korean Handset Manufacturers Targetting 50% of US Market in 2009
South Korean mobile phone manufacturers are expected to take a 50% stake in the US handset market this year, according to Taiwanese market sources cited by DigiTimes. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, samsung, smartphones, driving, tim, cdma, gartner, blackberry, blackberry-storm, storm, USA
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
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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, samsung, eu, apple, smartphones, wind, gartner, htc, touchscreen, sharp, omnia, operating-system, windows, linux, danger
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, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, 3g, nokia, samsung, motorola, eu, ict, smartphones, gps, driving, lte, verizon-wireless, ericsson, verizon, gartner, iden, lg, blackberry, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, reliance, sony, 3, oem, omnia, walkman, storm
Survey Finds: 17% of Shoppers Spent Over $100 on Mobile Apps in 2008
A survey of 235 US smartphone users who installed applications on their devices in 2008, conducted by ABI Research in November, reveals that a surprising 16.5% spent between $100 and $499. That level of spending is especially significant given the low cost of most mobile applications, ranging from as little as a dollar or two at Apple's iPhone App Store, to at most about $25. more
Related Tags: nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, itunes, apple, itu, abi-research, app-store, mobile-content, USA
Research In Motion Increases Subscriber Growth Expectations
Research In Motion has announced that it expects its net subscriber account additions for fiscal Q4 to be over 20% higher than the 2.9 million net subscriber account additions forecasted by rim on December 18, 2008. rim says that it had record levels of net subscriber account additions throughout the month of December and continued to see strong levels following the holiday buying season. more
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Smartphones Take a Third of Mobile Advertising Impressions
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has highlighted explosive iPod Touch growth and smartphone Operating System (OS) market share in its December 2008 Mobile Metrics Report. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, iphone, ipod, smartphones, wind, palm, admob, symbian, operating-system, windows