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Articles tagged with: Sony and Google
In Japan, Smartphones Surpass Feature Phones among Newly Acquired Devices for First Time Ever
A survey of over 4,000 Japanese mobile phone subscribers reports that Sharp is country's most popular manufacturer, with a 23.5% market share. Google's Android platform accounted for the majority of smartphone market at 61.4 percent, followed by Apple with 34.2 percent of the market. more
Related Tags: sharp, android, apple-iphone, panasonic, fujitsu, nec, Japan
Nortel Sells Patent Portfolio for $4.5 Billion
Nortel has concluded the auction of its patent portfolio and raised US$4.5 billion from the bidders, considerably higher than the initial offer of US$950 million from Google. more
Related Tags: nortel, ericsson, apple, research-in-motion, auction
Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market
Opinion by Ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst
Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014
During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party
applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and
OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus
on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications
and services to mobile phones.
more
Related Tags: app-store, ovum, smartphone, symbian, nokia, microsoft, windows, google-android, nokia,, os, cagr, 2g
Sony Ericsson Inches Closer to Android Smartphone Launch
sony Ericsson is reported to be closer to launching a smartphone running the Google backed Android OS, according to Peter Ang, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific at sony Ericsson. He told Digitimes that the new Android 2.0 based phone will also have more multimedia support than the previous versions currently on the market. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, android, open-handset-alliance, symbian, testing
Foxconn in Running for Sony Ericsson Android Phone Production
sony Ericsson is likely to out-source the production of its initial Android based smartphones to Taiwan's Foxconn Electronics, reports DigiTimes, citing a report in the Chinese language Commercial Times newspaper. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, orange, foxconn, , smartphone, eu, smartphones, tim, ericsson
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless, navigation, indoor, garmin-asus, music, webos, touch-screen
Opera Reports Over 20 Million Users of its Java Mini Browser
Norwegian web browser developer, Opera says that its Mini mobile browser userbase has reached 20.5 million, representing 160% growth since February 2008. Opera Mini users viewed 7.3 billion pages, a 290% increase over February 2008. Opera Mini servers processed more than 1.2 petabytes of data in February, generating more than 124 million MB of data traffic for mobile operators worldwide. Since February 2008, data transfers have grown 338%. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, nokia, ericsson, ovi, opera, opera-mini, web-browser, georgia, mobile-web, connect
Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire
After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with Nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, 3g, microsoft, nokia, iphone, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, ericsson, nortel, netbooks, ovi, compete, touch-screen, wimax,, operating-system, windows, 700mhz, chipset, ces, target, razr
The 5800 - A Good Foundation for Nokia Touch Screens
Opinion piece by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at Ovum
Nokia's first proper touch-screen handset will reach several key European
markets in the next few days. As a significant milestone in the company's
strategy, we've been pleasantly surprised by its execution, which will provide a
strong foundation on which to introduce further touch-enabled handsets. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, ericsson, ovum, touch-screen, comes-with-music, music, android-market, era, true
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, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, nokia, motorola, china-mobile, ericsson, oss, symbian, smart, ccid-consulting, linux, os, China
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