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Articles tagged with: Samsung and Personal
Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
Related Tags: android, google, orange, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, social-networking, apple, qualcomm, isuppli, ict, huawei, wind, ovi, lg, rim, symbian, smart, operating-system, windows, widgets, google-android, churn, os
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, nokia, sim, iphone, social-networking, smartphone, motorola, eu, skype, 3-uk, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, smartphones, wind, open-handset-alliance, ericsson, idc, lg, blackberry, compete, touchscreen, sony, 3, oem, inq1, windows, sanjay-jha, chipset, windows-live, storm, music, global-mobile, barcelona, mobile-world-congress
Mini-Notebooks Made Explosive Entry into EMEA PC Market in 2008
Following a major surge in the back-to-school season, mini-notebook momentum continued unabated in the final quarter of the year. Thanks to robust consumer demand in Western Europe in the run up to Christmas, overall EMEA mini-notebook shipments reached 3.6 million units, in line with expectations, representing 20% of total portable sales and 30% of consumer portables in EMEA in 4Q08. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, microsoft, amd, intel, eu, vodafone, mobistar, tesco, elisa, lte, zte, dell, idc, sfr, touchscreens, asus, notebook, presence, bell
Alvarion overtakes ALU, MOTO in mobile WiMAX
Worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment and phones/Ultra Mobile PCs dropped 21% to $245 million in 3Q08 from 2Q08, and are expected to continue sliding through 2009 as the economic recession puts the squeeze on this early market, says Infonetics Research in a new report. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, clearwire, alcatel-lucent, infonetics-research, 3, alvarion, wimax,, motorola,
Samsung Mobile Installs 115 Charging Stations at Three of the Busiest U.S. Airports
samsung Mobile has set up 115 charging stations at three more US airports to enable passengers to recharge their mobile phones if necessary. The new airports are George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (IAH), Miami International Airport (MIA) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). With today's additions, samsung Mobile has installed charging stations in 10 of the nation's busiest airports in the USA, which are accessible to more than 395 million passengers annually. more
Related Tags: rsa, florida, airports, airport, washington, samsung-mobile, miami,
Wireless experts believe that, by 2017, personal networks will have to cope with at least a thousand devices, like laptops, telephones, mp3 players, games, sensors and other technology. To link these devices will require a ˘â‚¬ËśNetwork of Everything'. It represents an astonishing challenge, but European researchers believe that they are moving towards the solution. more
Related Tags: bluetooth, privacy, teliasonera, driving, alcatel-lucent, telefonica, ict, eu, mp3, 4g, nokia,, wifi, telefonica,
Apple Ranks Highest in Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction
iPhone manufacturer Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report. The study, now in its second year, measures business customer satisfaction with wireless smartphones -- defined as mobile phones offering advanced capabilities and personal computer-like functionality -- such as a BlackBerry or Treo. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, microsoft, iphone, smartphone, motorola, apple, apple, bluetooth, smartphones, gps, blackberry, hands-free, battery, j.d.-power, apple-iphone, operating-system, touch-screen,
Samsung UK Marketing Manager Returns to Motorola
Just a month after he left Motorola UK to head up samsung UK's marketing department, James King is to return back to Motorola. He resigned from samsung a few days ago, citing personal reasons - which in some media had been reported as a family bereavement. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, motorola, ericsson, sony, omnia, UK
Sprint Expands Range of Phones That Get Corporate E-Mail
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel plans to give a number of its non-smartphones access to corporate e-mail accounts in an effort to entice subscribers and stave off customer defections. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, mobile-email, smartphones, sprint-nextel, ibm, motorola, lg, blackberry, touchscreen, 3, sprint, nextel, email, razr, hotmail,
India Sells 10,000 Phone per Hour in Q1 '08
According to IDC India, close to 85 million mobile phones were shipped in India between April 2007 and March 2008, compared to just under 66 million units shipped over the equivalent period a year ago. This was a record and amounts to a year-on-year growth of around 29 percent in terms of units. more
Related Tags: wcdma, edge, idc, lg, India
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