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Articles tagged with: Samsung and True
Samsung Galaxy Tab Carries $205 Bill of Materials
With its new Galaxy Tab GT-P1000, samsung Electronics has developed a product with features and component costs that position it as a large-scale smart phone, rather than as a true competitor to Apple's iPad, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: galaxy-tab, android, tablet, wireless, galaxy-s, samsung-galaxy-s, apps, video, cell-phone, galaxy, touch-screen, samsung-apps
Samsung Poised to Overtake Intel as Largest Semiconductor Maker
As preposterous as it might have seemed 5-10 years ago, samsung Electronics is on track to catch up with Intel in terms of total annual revenues for semiconductors and will most likely become the world's largest IC maker before the middle of this decade. The prospect of samsung overtaking Intel can be seen in analysis of data contained in IC Insights' Strategic Reviews Online database of worldwide semiconductor companies and the five-year market forecasts in the McClean Report 2010 Mid- Year Update. more
Related Tags: intel, wireless, cagr, renesas
Samsung Wins Kazakhstan Mobile WiMAX Contract
Kazakhstan's Alem Communications has selected samsung Electronics as its exclusive Mobile WiMAX network supplier. Alem Communications via its subsidiary Digital TV launched its first commercial Mobile WiMAX service in Almaty, the economic hub of Kazakhstan on May 1st, after the successful soft launch of the service earlier in March. more
Related Tags: alem-communications, mobile-wimax, Kazakhstan
MetroPCS Orders LTE Infrastructure from Ericsson
US mobile network operator, MetroPCS has selected its infrastructure and initial handset vendors for its LTE) service launch - due in the second half 2010. more
Related Tags: metropcs, lte, ericsson, 4g, broadband, dual-mode,
iPhone: Not a top 20 handset for browsing and buying on the mobile web
According to statistics released by mobile billing and analytics firm, Bango, when it comes to the most popular phones for browsing and buying content on the mobile web worldwide, the iPhone still sits outside the top 20. The Bango Top 20 handset list, based on Bango's February statistics, puts the Nokia 3110c on top, followed by the samsung M800 in 2nd and the Nokia 6300 in 3rd. more
Related Tags: google, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, bango, analytics, tim, wind, ericsson, ovi, rim, mobile-internet, billing, mobile-billing, mobile-content, mobile-web, mobile-analytics
Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008
Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp. more
Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, flash-memory, qualcomm, isuppli, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek, ford, display, fabless, wired, nvidia, marvell-technology, renesas, marvell
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
Related Tags: google, sony-ericsson, iphone, smartphone, motorola, apple, apple, qualcomm, smartphones, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, compete, touchscreen, sony, oem, apple-iphone, sanjay-jha, xperia, pace, music
Nokia getting on top of handset media portability
Opinion by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at Ovum
Nokia has greatly extended the range of its multimedia codec support in the
fifth edition of its S60 platform for Symbian OS, in an effort to overcome the
problems of multimedia portability arising from codec proliferation. An
important addition to the core is Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA)
format, which largely completes Nokia's audio codec support. However, some
gaps still remain, notably the DivX Internet video codec and the popular, and
free, Ogg family.
more
Related Tags: microsoft, p2p-, apple, apple, wind, rcom, ovum, ofta, lg, symbian, windows, display, nokia,, archos
Violations of Workers' Rights Reported in Asian Mobile Phone Factories
The mobile phone industry is often presented as a clean, unproblematic industry, but a report from the lobbying group, makeITfair claims that this is not the case. Young electronics workers reportedly handle chemicals without protective gear. They work inhumane overtime hours to cover basic needs and are punished if they make mistakes. The report says that in the export processing zones in Asia where the factories are located, protests are often brutally suppressed. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, iphone, motorola, apple, apple, ericsson, sony, csr, unions, nokia,, pace, motorola,, makeitfair, China
Apple Stresses Manufacturing Cost Reduction for iPhone 3G
The new iPhone 3G sports an evolutionary design that favors cost reduction instead of cutting-edge features, supporting Apple's goal of expanding its market share and achieving a worldwide presence for the product, according to a physical teardown analysis conducted this weekend by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, flash-memory, wcdma, bluetooth, isuppli, infineon-technologies, gps, toshiba, apple, edge, infineon, battery, memory, samsung-electronics, iphone-3gs, wlan, nand, andrew, flash, dram, cambridge, power-amplifier, marvell
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