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Articles tagged with: Samsung
Samsung Star Mobile Phone Sales Surpass 5 Million Units
samsung says that sales of the samsung Star, its touch screen mobile phone has surpassed the 5-million mark. The Star (model number S5230), launched in May, is the fastest model in samsung's history to reach the milestone. more
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Samsung Awards UK Mobile Phone Repair Contract to Regenersis
Repair and servicing company, Regenersis says that it has been awarded a contract by samsung to manage the logistics and repair for their direct customer mobile phone repairs across the UK. This is in addition to a contract recently awarded by samsung to Regenersis in Poland. more
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US trade agency opens flash memory chip inquiry
The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into certain types of flash memory chips that a Pennsylvania company claims violates its patents. more
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Samsung Launches Mobile Widget Development Kit
samsung Mobile Innovator has announced the availability of a mobile widget software developer kit (SDK) for its TouchWiz user interface. With the release of the samsung Mobile Widget SDK1, developers will have the opportunity to create widgets for different samsung phones across multiple platforms, including samsung's propriety operating system. more
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Court says ex-Samsung boss guilty over bond deal
A Seoul court ruled Friday that former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee was guilty of breach of trust and handed him a suspended prison sentence in another legal blow to the South Korean tycoon. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down 6% - Smartphones Up 27% in Q2
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market. more
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Orange UK Launches Welsh Language Mobile Phone
Orange UK has launched what is claimed to be the world's first Welsh language based mobile phone. The samsung S5600 will be launched in September and will be exclusive to the Orange network. Specific software was created by samsung to bring this initiative to life which includes 44,000 plus Welsh words on the device. more
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Shipments of Cell Phones Return to Growth in Q2
Global shipments of cell phones in the second quarter climbed 4.7 percent compared to the first, marking the first sequential increase for the market since the third quarter of 2008, according to iSuppli Corp. Worldwide shipments amounted to 265 million units in the second quarter, up from 253 million in the first. more
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Smartphone Growth Encouraging - Cell Phone Market Still Expected To Shrink in 2009
The worldwide mobile phone market recorded another quarter of year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide, down 10.8% from 302.2 million units in 2Q08. The second quarter results are an improvement from the 17.2% decrease seen during 1Q09, but ongoing challenges stemming from the economic crisis remain a factor to watch. more
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Global Handset Shipments Fall 8% in Q2 2009 - Hints of Recovery
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile handset shipments fell 8 percent year-over-year, to reach 273 million units in Q2 2009. The rate of decline was slower than the previous quarter, as the market showed tentative signs of stabilization. more
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