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Articles tagged with: Verizon and Smartphones
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, wind, palm, htc, blackberry, rim, htc-dream, admob, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, symbian, sprint, operating-system, windows, storm, os
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
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, 3g, iphone, smartphone, apple, verizon-wireless, palm-pre, palm, htc, blackberry, blackberry-storm, npd-group, touch-screen, sprint, storm, option, 3g-network, qwerty, webos,
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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US Wireless Growth Won't Be Stopped by Weak Economy
A Strategy Analytics report is predicting that US cellular subscriber growth will remain strong despite the economic situation, although growth levels will scale back slightly from 2008. US cellular service revenues will also continue to grow, albeit at a slower growth rate of 3.9%, down from 7.5% in 2008. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, analytics, smartphone, arpu, t-mobile-usa, ict, itu, metropcs, leap-wireless, lte, strategy-analytics, verizon-wireless, alltel, mobile-broadband, us-cellular,
Microsoft Wins Mobile Search Deal with Verizon
verizon Wireless has signed a deal with Microsoft to provide portal, local and Internet search as well as mobile advertising services to customers on its devices. The five-year agreement will go into effect in the first half of 2009 when Microsoft Live Search is targeted to be available on new verizon Wireless feature phones and smartphones. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, smartphone, verizon-wireless, mobile-advertising, mobile-search, nielsen, display, mobile-web,
Third of 3G iPhone Buyers Switched from Other Carriers to Join AT&T
According to a new report from The NPD Group, the leader in market research for the wireless industry, 30 percent of U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's new iPhone 3G from June through August 2008 switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S. By way of comparison just 23 percent of consumers, on average, switched carriers between June and August 2008. Nearly half (47%) of new AT&T iPhone customers that switched carriers switched from verizon Wireless, another 24 percent switched from T-Mobile, and 19 percent switched from Sprint. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, verizon-wireless, blackberry,
Motorola Reported to be Working on a "Google Phone"
It has been reported that Motorola is ramping up development of mobile phones based on the Google backed Android Operating System. The company is understood to have 50 staff working on Android phones and is ramping up its team to 350 people. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, motorola, qualcomm, wind, gartner, symbian, mobile-linux, operating-system, windows, linux, os, fingerprints
CTIA Wireless Show to Focus on Open Network Opportunities
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. more
Related Tags: android, google, sim-card, t-mobile, iphone, social-networking, t-mobile-usa, cisco, apple, steve-jobs, sprint-nextel, quattro-wireless, verizon-wireless, usa-today, walled-garden, personal, mobile-games, sony, sprint, open-source, nextel, operating-system, mobile-video, ctia, san-francisco, flash, motricity, connect, vantrix, vantrix,
Rogers Cuts iPhone Data Cost, But Not Everyone Happy
TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Canadians have always grudgingly accepted hefty monthly cellphone fees, but the upcoming launch of Apple's 3G iPhone has led normally compliant Canucks to protest a perceived price gouge by Rogers Communications. more
Related Tags: buffalo, roaming, verizon-wireless, blackberry, rogers, Canada
Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, microsoft, samsung, driving, open-handset-alliance, docomo, verizon-wireless, gartner, apple, compete, symbian, sk-telecom, open-source, operating-system, linux, andrew, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, os
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