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Motorola Becomes a First-Mover Again

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:29:00 +0100

“Android provides differentiation today, but may not tomorrow,” says recent Canalys report on Motorola’s market strategy.

During its Q3 earnings call on 29 October, Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay Jha announced the company’s quarterly profit of $12 million, up from a $397 million loss a year ago.

Canalys claims the quick rollout of DROID following the CLIQ demonstrates that the company is moving in the right direction, having suffered from portfolio stagnation following the earlier tremendous success of the RAZR.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/11/2009

Application Stores as a Great Opportunity for Mobile Navigation

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:06:00 +0100

Application stores are presenting a new, significant channel for the promotion and distribution of mobile applications in EMEA.

In recent report Canalys analyzes how important will this channel become for navigation applications, and what opportunities does it present.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/10/2009

What Do Consumers Do With Their Phones?

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:40:00 +0100

A recent Canalys consumer study looked at what features consumers are using on their phones. The main conclusions pointed out by Canalys are that customers on SIM-only contracts consume more data than their pre-paid counterparts, the use of data services is limited outside of smart phone owners, social networking on mobile phones remains a relatively small, but growing service and that many consumers will look for navigation services on their next mobile phone.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/10/2009

Apple Ranks Highest Among Both Consumer and Business Smartphone Owners

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:14:00 +0100

Overall satisfaction among smartphone owners has increased considerably over time as manufacturers continue to improve styling, feature sets, usability and software, according to the J.D. Power and Associates studies.

Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones used primarily for personal reasons, with a score of 811, and performs particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features and physical design. LG (776) and RIM BlackBerry (759) follow Apple in the rankings.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/10/2009

Mobile Navigation Users Increased to 28 Million

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0100

According to a new research report by the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of mobile subscribers downloading navigation routes and turn-by-turn navigation instructions using their mobile handsets increased twofold from H1-2008 to H1-2009 and reached 28 million.

Until 2015, the subscriber base is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.7 percent to reach 160 million users worldwide.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/10/2009

Canalys Special Report “Smart phone market trends 2009/2010”

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:29:00 +0100

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The mobile industry is pinning its hopes on smart phones as the driver of growth in difficult times. Overall mobile phone shipments are falling, but smart phones are growing and taking an increasing share of the market.

Companies such as Apple and RIM are seeing increases in demand for their devices, challenging the likes of Nokia, and leading a fundamental shift toward new device form factors and use of mobile applications by consumers and businesses...

The Canalys “Smart phone market trends 2009/2010” report pulls together, in a concise format, qualitative analysis of key market trends, top-level market share and shipment estimates for the leading vendors, comparative analysis of vendors’ performance and evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, and forecasts for future market development.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 09/10/2009

AIRCOM Reveals the Economic Reality of LTE Migration

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:55:00 +0100

AIRCOM International, the network planning and optimisation consultancy, revealed the economic reality of LTE migration facing mobile operators around the world - as much as US$1.78 billion for a tier one US operator in the first year.

As the economic downturn puts pressure on credit markets, and mobile operators attempt to limit significant CAPEX commitments, AIRCOM says they believe that innovative approaches to LTE network roll out, network sharing for example, will be essential in ensuring the profitable delivery of future mobile services.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 01/10/2009

Mobile application sales to hit $16 billion per year by 2013

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:36:00 +0100

The number of smartphones sold each year will increase from around 165.2 million in 2009 to 422.96 million in 2013, with the total number of smartphone users approaching 1.6 billion, according to Wireless Expertise, an UK-based wireless market research and consulting firm.

Its latest report “The future of mobile application storefronts” shows how smartphone penetration will reach approximately 28-30% of the total mobile market by 2013.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 28/09/2009

Q2: Nokia Retains Lead but Apple and RIM Are Rising Fast

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:20:00 +0100

“Smart phones continue to shine as one of the brightest spots of the technology industry, with shipments growing despite the global recession,” says the recent Canalys’ report on the Q2 key smartphone market trends.

The report shows that Nokia maintains global lead, Apple’s success continues, as the iPhone takes 23% of the North American market and RIM continues to gain share, succeeding with its push into the consumer market. Touchscreens become the preferred interface, representing 40% of all shipments.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 31/08/2009

Feature Phones Still Rule the U.S. Market

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:05:00 +0100

According to The NPD Group, a market research company, when it comes to sales of mobile phones in the U.S. feature phones still rule the market, even as smartphone sales continue to increase their share of overall handset sales.

NPD’s Mobile Phone Track information reveals that unit-sales of new feature phones fell 5 percentage points to 72 percent of new handset sales in the Q2 2009, while sales of new smartphones reached 28 percent of overall consumer purchases – a 47 percent increase in the category’s share since last year.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/08/2009

Low-Cost Handsets to Account for over Half of all Mobile Phones by 2014

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:11:00 +0100

According to Juniper Research, low-cost handsets and Smartphones will together account for almost 79% of all new mobile phones by 2014, or just over 1 billion units in all. New research has shown how the mobile handset market is becoming increasingly polarised between low cost handsets for emerging markets and high-end smartphones for developed regions.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 14/08/2009

Handset Vendors Eye Russian Smartphone-based Navigation Market

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:39:00 +0100

More than a third of Russian consumers are interested in a smartphone-based navigation device - while nearly 63 per cent are willing to pay more than euro 4 per month for a vehicle tracking service based on a GPS-enabled smartphone.
These are among the findings of research by Frost & Sullivan which also showed that global positioning system (GPS)-enabled smartphone technology is gaining ground over traditional portable navigation devices (PND) in the Russian navigation and telematics market.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/07/2009

Mobile Web a "Miserable" Experience for Many Users

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:17:00 +0100

Mobile web users have 35 per cent less success completing website tasks on cell phones than they do on a PC, according to a study.
Small screens, awkward input, download delays and badly designed websites were all given as obstacles to a good browsing experience.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 20/07/2009

Consumer LBS Market to Double, "Free" Services to Gain

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:19:00 +0100

Worldwide consumer location-based services (LBS) subscribers and revenue are expected to more than double in 2009.
The growth is being driven by the higher availability of GPS-enabled phones, reduced prices and the appearance of application stores, according to Gartner.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 07/07/2009

Open-Source "Tidal Wave" Will Shift Power to Developers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:20:00 +0100

The number of smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014.
That's the prediciton of telecom consultants Juniper Research, who found that operating systems and applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 06/07/2009

Standard Smartphone Charger Gets Green Light in Europe

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0100

European smartphone users are to get a standardised charger following an agreement between handset manufacturers that control 90 per cent of the region's mobile market.
From next year, new phones will be sold with the charger but will eventually come without one - significantly lowering manufacturing and shipping costs.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

iPhone Fuelling Handset Navigation Uptake

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:41:00 +0100

The rapidly growing smartphone market is providing a much-needed boost for handset-based turn-by-turn navigation.
While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users will increase to 26 million by the end of 2010, according to ABI Research.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

HTC Forecasts 50% US Sales Growth

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:43:00 +0100

Hot on the heels of launching its third Android smartphone, HTC is forecasting its US handset sales to grow by at least 50 per cent this year.
With the arrival of the Hero, the Taiwanese phone maker is establishing itself as the leading manufacturer of the Linux-based devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/06/2009

Palm Targeting Smartphone Growth - Not Apple

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:34:00 +0100

Palm's new CEO Jon Rubinstein believes there is sufficient growth in the smartphone market to profitably sustain "three to five players".
He was speaking after announcing "strong and growing" sales of the company's new Pre handset - with download applications now numbering more than 1 million three weeks after it launched.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/06/2009

Smartphone Ownership Now "Mandatory", Not Techie Toy

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:21:00 +0100

Not owning a smartphone today is the social equivalent to not having email a few years ago - at least in the US.
That's the conclusion of a report in the New York Times, which says that having an iPhone, Pre or BlackBerry is pretty much mandatory these days unless you want to ostracise yourself from "society".

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 11/06/2009

China 3G Build Props Up Global Mobile Gear Market

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:17:00 +0100

Huawei Technologies doubled its market share in the mobile network infrastructure market in the first quarter of 2009.
The Chinese company's success comes as domestic mobile operators prepare to spend over USD $20 billion this year on rolling out the initial phases of China's 3G deployments.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/05/2009

Smartphone Sales Keep Growing As Mobile Market Suffers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:31:00 +0100

Smartphone sales grew 12.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2009 despite sharply falling sales of mobile phones generally - down 9.4 per cent year-on-year.
Leading the charge in high-end device sales were RIM's Blackberry handsets and Apple's iPhone, along with a number of other touchscreen phones, according to research firm Gartner.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 20/05/2009

Smartphone Market Will Remain Buoyant in 2009

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:17:00 +0100

Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation, is confident that sales of smartphones will remain buoyant with growth of 12-15 per cent in 2009.
While his forecast falls short of some estimates which predict 30 per cent increases, it underlines the growing confidence felt in the smartphone sector of the mobile market.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 20/05/2009

Wireless Makes ZTE Fastest Growing Telecom Maker

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:06:00 +0100

ZTE was the fastest growing telecom equipment maker and solutions provider in 2008, according to a report by research firm IDC. The report was based on 2008 earnings.
Driving the growth is the company's wireless business, which grew 20 per cent year-over-year.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 14/05/2009

Apple Expected to Extend iPhone To Multiple Carriers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:26:00 +0100

Apple will almost certainly break with its exclusive AT&T agreement and allow other carriers to support the iPhone, according to analysts.
Citigroup's research firm say that while the arrangement with AT&T has benefitted Apple, the company is likely to open its smartphone to more US operators within the next two years.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 07/05/2009

Blackberry Curve Overtakes iPhone To Be Q1 Best-Seller

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:09:00 +0100

Helped in no small part by aggressive promotions, RIM's Blackberry Curve became the best-selling US smartphone in the first quarter of 2009 - overtaking Apple's iPhone.
The Curve's popularity helped increase RIM's consumer smartphone market share by 15 per cent over the previous quarter to almost 50 per cent, according to market research firm NPD.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/05/2009

iPhone Beats Blackberry in Customer Satisfaction Survey

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:26:00 +0100

The iPhone has come top of JD Power's customer satisfaction study measuring consumer tastes.
The Apple handset ranked highest among smartphone consumers judging five factors: ease of operation, operating system, features, physical design, and battery function.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 30/04/2009

Mobile App Revenues To Reach $25bn By 2014

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:38:00 +0100

Mobile app revenues are expected to climb to more than USD $25bn by 2014 - fuelled by the launch of a raft of new application stores.
But while one-off downloads currently account for the majority of revenues, that will change with the increasing utilization of in-app billing, according to Juniper Research.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 28/04/2009

Apple Sold 3.8m iPhones in Q1 2009

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:01:00 +0100

iPhone sales have boosted Apple's quarterly profit by 15 per cent - despite economic woes and a new handset expected later this year.
The company also said co-founder Steve Jobs intends to return from his medical leave as scheduled at the end of June.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 23/04/2009

Bharti Telesoft Renamed "Comviva" In Market Drive

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:44:00 +0100

Bharti Telesoft has been renamed Comviva Technologies Limited as part of a company-wide re-branding initiative.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director of the Bharti Group, said the name change also signals its intent to be the leading integrated VAS solution provider for mobile operators in emerging markets.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 23/04/2009

Nokia's Q1 Profit Drops 90% - But 5800 Smartphone Shines

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:15:00 +0100

Nokia's first-quarter profit plunged 90 per cent as the Finnish handset maker showed its vulnerabilty to the current economic difficulties.
The world's leading mobile manufacturer posted a net profit of just EURO €122 million (USD $161m), compared with EURO €1.22 billion (USD $1.58bn) in the year-ago period.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2009

Handset Shipments Expected To Drop 20% in 2009

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:50:00 +0100

While cellphone shipments and subscription numbers have held up relatively well during the global recession, the outlook is more tumultuous for the mobile industry.
In-Stat forecasts that both handset sales and subscriptions will take a hit this year.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2009

Strong Q1 Expected from Nokia's 5800 Smartphone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:37:00 +0100

Nokia's Q1 sales are expected to be down when accounced tomorrow - despite the success of its 5800 XpressMusic smartphone launched last year.
Analysts estimate 2.5 million 5800s may have been sold in the first three months of the year - helped by repeated sell-outs in the UK and roll-outs into new markets.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2009

Dell's Smartphone Preparations Gain Pace

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:55:00 +0100

Dell's plans for entering the smartphone market have gained some more meat.
The world's second largest PC brand is working with two companies to develop software and hardware for new mobile devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 14/04/2009

Android Market Reaches 40 Million Downloads

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:28:00 +0100

T-Mobile G1 customers have downloaded on average more than 40 applications from Android Market.
With one million G1s sold that adds up to 40 million downloads in total since the first Android handset was launched six months ago.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/04/2009

iPhone: Not A Top 20 Handset For Browsing And Buying On The Mobile Web

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:26:00 +0100

The iPhone sits outside the top 20 when it comes to the most popular phones for browsing and buying content on the mobile web worldwide.
Nokia's 3110c is the top handset, followed by the Samsung M800 and then Nokia's 6300, according to statistics released today by Bango. The iPhone appears as 24th on the list.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 30/03/2009

ADVERTORIAL: Record-breaking Attendance Expected At East Africa Com

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:14:00 +0100

More than 600 telco leaders are due to attend East Africa's premier learning and networking event which gets underway on Wednesday.
East Africa Com is a two-day, multi-streamed conference with a 40+ stand networking exhibition.
The conference is the only event to represent the East African region and evolved from the highly successful GSM>3G World Series.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 30/03/2009

Boom in Mobile App Store Users Creates Opportunities for Marketers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:58:00 +0100

App stores are offering marketers and advertisers a new way to reach mobile audiences, according to In-Stat.
The researchers forecast more than 100 million app store-compatible mobile phones from multiple manufacturers will be shipping within five years.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/03/2009

Business Mobile Use Revenue To Grow To $284 billion by 2014

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:37:00 +0100

The increasing use of smartphones as the sole business phone will drive revenues from mobile enterprise users to USD $284 billion by 2014.
Yet while the "unwired enterprise" is becoming a reality, hurdles remain in persuading significant numbers of businesses to "go mobile", according to Juniper Research.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/03/2009

Renewable Energy Critical to Connecting the Next 2 Billion Mobile Subscribers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:57:00 +0100

Over 800,000 base stations will utilize alternative energy solutions such as wind or solar energy in 2009, according to ABI Research.
The forecast was made by the researchers' new Clean Telecoms Research Service, set up to meet the growing need for detailed market information about green initiatives.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 17/03/2009

Mobile Internet Becoming Part of Daily Lives

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:29:00 +0100

The number of people in the US using their mobile device to access news and information on the Internet more than doubled in the last year.
An estimated 63.2 million people accessed news and information on their mobile devices in January 2009, up from 36.9 million doing so in January 2008, according to figures released today from comScore.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/03/2009

Smartphone Market: RIM and Apple Closing On Nokia

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:20:00 +0100

Nokia still tops the smartphone market with sales of 60.9 million handsets last year for a total global market share of 43.7 per cent.
But the Finnish phone-maker's sales grew by just 0.8 per cent and its market share dropped from 49.4 per cent, with rivals Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple taking bigger slices of the smartphone pie.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/03/2009

Acer Plans To Drive Down Price of Smartphones

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:22:00 +0100

It was always on the cards from the moment Acer announced its intention to enter the smartphone arena.
Now the Taiwanese electronics giant has made it clear that it plans to drive down the cost of smartphones - to a level where mobile operators could give them away for free.
Acer plans to release two low-priced handsets - the F1 and L1 - in October. Both will be touchscreen devices running Windows Mobile 6.5.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 05/03/2009

Mobile Operators Must Cut Data Fees and Offer Smartphone Subsidies

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:17:00 +0100

While prospects for the overall mobile handset market remain gloomy, smartphones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 per cent in 2009, according to iSuppli.
The analysts' optimistic forecast for global smartphone unit shipments translates into 192.3 million units in 2009, up from 173.6 million in 2008.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 05/03/2009

OnRelay's Ivar Plahte Wins Smartphone-biz.news' Person of the Year Award

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:48:00 +0100

A true visionary, a trend spotter, truly innovative and the driving force behind OnRelay.
Just some of the plaudits from those that voted OnRelay's CEO and co-founder Ivar Plahte as smartphone-biz.news' Person of the Year 2008.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/02/2009

AmAze Clear Winner of Smartphone-biz.news' Product of the Year Award

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:16:00 +0100

AmAze's free navigation and local search service is the winner of smartphone-biz.news' Product of the Year 2008 award.
With 41 per cent of the nominations, the turn-by-turn GPS program was the clear winner in a field that included Fring, mobile messaging service Nimbuzz and cellular fixed mobile convergence solution OnRelay MBX.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/02/2009

Does a Mobile's Embedded Content Influence Purchase Decisions?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:25:00 +0100

Many factors influence consumers' decisions to buy one mobile phone over the other - but it seems that embedded content is an increasingly important one.
A survey by independent app store GetJar has found that brand remains the key purchase decision factor (28% respondents), followed some way behind by user experience (17%).

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/02/2009

Growth of Mobile Content and Services Sector Threatened

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:56:00 +0100

The UK's mobile content and services market could be in for tough times if research from mobile research and analyst house Direct2 Mobile bears out.
Its survey found that over 7 per cent of consumers have stopped, or intend to stop, their spend on content and services until better economic conditions emerge.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 11/02/2009

Subscriptions and Video Drive Mobile Adult Revenues To $ 2.2bn In 2008

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:38:00 +0100

Increasing demand for streamed subscriptions services and video chat earned the global mobile market for adult content USD $2.8 billion in 2008.
That represents an increase of 36 per cent over the previous year, according to a report from Juniper Research.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 11/02/2009

Mobile TV Viewers to Rise to 500 Million In 2013

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:42:00 +0100

The switchover to all-digital television broadcasting in the US and other major countries will create an unprecedented opportunity for the mobile TV market.
A study from ABI Research forecasts that traditional and mobile TV broadcasters and cellular operators in many regions will launch mobile TV services that will attract over 500 million viewers by 2013.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/02/2009