Articles tagged with: Smartphones and Apple
LG Tops Traditional Phone User Satisfaction Ranking
..ates reports. The studies measure customer satisfaction with traditional wireless handsets and smartphones across several key factors. In order of importance, key factors in examining traditional wireless handsets are operation (30%); physical more
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Mobile Application Store Users to Quadruple in Five Years
.. capabilities in both running native applications and viewing 'real Internet' websites, smartphones have increased usage and user expectations for mobile content", says David Chamberlain, In-Stat analyst. "Along with the expanding han more
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Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
..f netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to smartphones. The two types of device belong to the same mobile Internet device (MID), a term coined by Intel, owing to their Internet browsing/multimedia processing capabilities. Besides netbooks more
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IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009
..2010." The outlook for converged mobile devices (also known as smartphones) has also been scaled back as a result of the industry's changing dynamics. The previously stated 8.7% growth has been reduced to 3.4% as IDC expects all segments to b 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
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Smartphones to Account for 23% of All New Mobile Phones by 2013
..t manufacturers to design increasingly ‘smart' and highly personalised mobile devices. A new smartphones report from Juniper Research forecasts that these so-called ‘smartphones' will account for 23% of all new handsets sold per annum by 2013 more
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Despite Recession - US Smartphone Market Still Growing
According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers represented 23 percent of all handset sales in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2008 compared to just 12 percent in Q4 2007. Led by the release of Apple's iPhone 3G at $199, the average price for a smartphone fell 23 percent from $216 in Q4 2007 to $167 last year. more
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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
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Weak Forecast for Taiwan's Smartphone Shipments in Q1 '09
According to statistics compiled by Taipei-based MIC - Taiwanese smart cellular device shipment volume (including smartphones and PDA phones) reached 9.61 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, up 46.4% year-on-year, but down 12.8% sequentially. The industry was affected by the global economic downturn and the reduction of Apple iPhone 3G production after the shipment peak in the third quarter. more
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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
.. 4Q08 it was that the converged mobile devices segment (commonly referred to as smartphones) grew 25.9% over 4Q07, clearly outpacing the rest of the industry. For full year 2008, converged mobile devices saw growth of 36.1%, representing 17. more
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