Articles tagged with: Smartphones and Sharp
Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
.. market dropped 15.8% in 1Q09, converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) continue to grow year on year at 4.0%. Growth within this segment was evident in Western Europe, North America, and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan). Mo 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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Worldwide Smartphone Sales Reached Its Lowest Growth Rate in Q3 '08
.. grow but at a slower pace. Although leading mobile operators are subsidising more smartphones, to reach lower prices they tie the device to two year contracts with monthly data plan rates which remain too expensive for the mainstream more
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Smartphone Makers' Shares Hit on Report of Slowing Sales
..g following a research report that showed a dramatic slowdown in the sales growth of so-called smartphones. The term smartphone refers to devices, such as the BlackBerry, the iPhone and the Palm Treo, designed to handle email, Web surfing and or more
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Worldwide Smartphone Sales Grew 16% in Second Quarter of 2008
..om the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. In addition, of all mobile device sales, smartphones' share remained stable at 11 per cent. "Although global smartphone sales to end users [in the first half of 2008] reached 64 mill more
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Symbian reaches 30 million smartphone shipments in Japan
..this is linked to today's announcement that there have now been over 30 million Symbian smartphones shipped in Japan. We will further strengthen our partnership with Symbian with the view to developing new features quickly." Haruhiko Hisa more
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20.4m Symbian smartphones shipped in Q3 2007
..nging its total to 165 million licenses since the company was formed. 15 new Symbian enabled smartphones models commenced shipment in Q3 2007, bringing the total number of models in the market at the end of Q3 2007 to 134 phones. Nigel Cliffor more
