27.03.2009
Mobile handset sales to pick up in 2010
2010 looks like it will be a better year than 2009 for mobile handset sales. ABI Research’s current forecasts for 2010 suggest that shipment numbers will stabilize and a flat growth rate (rather than a decline) will be maintained.Practice... |
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27.03.2009
Developers to be charged for Windows Mobile app updates
A report from PC World suggests that Microsoft may be planning to charge developers who submit more than five applications or application updates to the Windows Mobile Marketplace within 12 months. Microsoft first announced the Marketplace concept... |
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03.03.2009
Smartphone sales impacted by recession
Sales of smartphones and other mobile phone handsets fell by 4.6% in the last quarter of 2008 - the strongest indicator yet of the impact of the global recession on the mobile phone industry.Figures released by Gartner Inc. show that worldwide... |
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03.03.2009
Motorola failed to spot smartphone trends, says CEO
Motorola's joint chief executive, Greg Brown, has admitted the company "didn't see the trends coming in smartphone and 3G with the kind of foresight and customer attention that it should have" and failed to properly address the... |
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02.03.2009
Asus announces P835 smartphone
It wasn't ready in time for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but the Asus P3835 smartphone has now been announced and is widely believed to have been worth the wait.The Asus P835 has a 3.5 inch touchscreen and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. It... |
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27.02.2009
Nokia to move into laptop production?
Nokia has announced to the Finnish press that it is considering entering the laptop market.World-famous as a mobile phone brand, Nokia is looking ahead to a time when PC and smartphone technology will become more integrated. Nokia's Chief... |
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27.02.2009
BlackBerry Curve outsold iPhone in December
The BlackBerry Curve has emerged as the most popular smartphone in retail stores, with Apple's iPhone 3G as the runner up.A list compiled by AvianResearch shows that, in December, more of RIM's BlackBerry handsets were sold than any other... |
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26.02.2009
Mobile search engines rise in popularity
ABI Research has published new data which shows that, in 2008, 70% of consumers who used their mobile phones to access the Internet sought information through mobile search engines. This is a 14% increase on 2007, a figure which demonstrates the... |
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26.02.2009
Toshiba aims to annihilate the iPhone with its TG01 smartphone
Toshiba has officially entered the lucrative smartphone market with the TG01, a new touch-screen smartphone that is already being dubbed the "iPhone killer".Due for a summer release in Europe, the TG01 is a super-slim smartphone with a 4.1... |
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25.02.2009
Smartphone users paying dearly for mobile applications
Nearly a fifth of smartphone owners paid more than $100 for mobile applications last year. A new survey by ABI Research shows that 17% of smartphone users spent less than $500 but more than $100 on mobile applications in 2008 – a level of... |
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