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Articles tagged with: Samsung and Lg
Handset Manufacturers to Support the Joint Innovation Lab Widgets Standard
The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) had announced that handset manufacturers, LG Electronics, Research In Motion, samsung Electronics and Sharp will support its widget specification in future mobile handsets from Q1 2010. 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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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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Q1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 9.4% - Smartphones Grew 12.7%
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year. more
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Apple, Motorola et al Sued Over Music Recognition Software
A US based company, Tune Hunter, Inc. is suing a raft of companies for allegedly infringing a patent relating to identifying music by a digital signature. The service is largely similar to widely known music identification service provided by Shazam. more
Related Tags: apple, shazam, amazon, napster, motorola, at&t, pantech-wireless, pantech, USA
Fractus Sues Ten Cellphone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement
Ten mobile phone vendors are being sued for allegedly infringing patents relating to internal antennas used on their handsets. Spanish antenna manufacturer, Fractus says that is has sued samsung, LG, RIM, Pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTStarcom, and Sanyo for infringing nine different patents. more
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Global Handset Shipments Fall at Fastest Rate in History during Q1 2009
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile handset shipments fell a huge 13 percent year-over-year, to reach 245 million units in Q1 2009. De-stocking by cautious retailers and a worldwide economic downturn caused handset shipments to fall at their fastest rate in the industry's 27-year history. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
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