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Articles tagged with: Sony Ericsson and T Mobile
ZTE Aims to be a Top-5 Phone Manufacturer This Year
China's ZTE is close to breaking into the top-5 of global handset manufacturers after it saw handset shipments jump by 40% in 2008 to reach 45 million units, according to the Taiwan based DigiTimes publication. The company had set itself a target of gaining a top-5 placement by 2011, but did accept that shrinking market share in competitors could bring that date forward. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, wcdma, huawei, vodafone, tim, wind, zte, cdma, ericsson, ovi, iden, gartner, sony, digitimes, windows, target
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
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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, 3g, windows-mobile, nokia, sim, iphone, social-networking, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, skype, 3-uk, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, smartphones, wind, open-handset-alliance, ericsson, idc, lg, blackberry, compete, personal, touchscreen, sony, 3, oem, inq1, windows, sanjay-jha, chipset, windows-live, storm, music, global-mobile, barcelona, mobile-world-congress
Industry to Settle on a Generic Phone Charger for All Mobile Phones
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers have announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. The aim of the initiative, led by the GSMA, is to ensure that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger connections and energy-efficient chargers resulting in an estimated 50 per cent reduction in standby energy consumption and the potential elimination of up to 51,000 tonnes of duplicate chargers. more
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Sony Ericsson pre-loads Fun Text in Customised Handset
Sony Ericsson has announced a deal with mobile messaging service provider Fun Text to pre-load the Fun Text application onto one of its new handsets, which Hutchison 3G is to launch in Q2 this year. more
Related Tags: 3g, mobile-messaging, hutchison-3g, ericsson, sony, symbian, 3, sprint, wap, UK
Nokia and Motorola Dominate Chinese Smartphone Market
A report from China's CCID Consulting has found that the sales volume of China's smart phone market in 2008Q3 reached 7.474 million units, up 0.6% over Q2 '08; the sales revenue in Q3 reached 18.17 billion Yuan, up 4.5% over 2008Q2. Smart phones' sales volume in 2008Q3 accounted for 19.3% of the total mobile phone sales volume, up 0.7% over 2008Q2. more
Related Tags: android, google, nokia, motorola, china-mobile, ericsson, sony, oss, symbian, smart, ccid-consulting, linux, os, China
Economic Downturn Sparked a Battle for 3rd Place in Mobile Phone Market
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end-users reached more than 309 million units in the third quarter of 2008, a 6 per cent increase compared to the third quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Growth dipped back into single figures, representing less than half the 16 per cent growth rate of the same period in 2007. more
Related Tags: nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, motorola, apple, apple, rsa, smartphones, o2, wind, ericsson, gartner, iden, lg, sony, omnia, apple-iphone, walkman, xperia, display, music
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, gps, abi-research, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, personal, sony, a-gps, e911, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia, polaris-wireless, navigation, option, touch-screen
T-Mobile Planning "Google Phone" Launch at End of Sept - report
T-Mobile USA is reported to be planning a launch of its first Google Android phone within just a few weeks. Sources told the Reuters news agency that the mobile operator would make an announcement in New York City, and said that Sept 23rd was the probable date for the press conference. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, t-mobile-usa, wind, ericsson, touchscreen, sony, windows, google-android, new-york, target,
Sony Ericsson Launches its First AWS Handset on T-Mobile USA
Sony Ericsson has announced the expansion of its carrier channels in the USA to include T-Mobile USA, starting with the launch of the TM506 in early September. Sony Ericsson will now reach more than 31 million wireless subscribers through this partnership. The TM506 is Sony Ericsson's first handset that supports T-Mobile's AWS spectrum (1700/2100Mhz bands). more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, ericsson, sony, aws, display, 3g-network,
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