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PC vendors want slice of smartphone pie
News Converging mobile PCs and smartphone capabilities push vendors toward lucrative smartphone market, but barriers to diminish impact, says Gartner.
Tags: Development/design, Smart phones, Cellular phones, revenue, mobile, handset, Smart Phone, PC Company, Gartner Inc., Sales
Open source, features to drive smartphone market
News Symbian remains dominant mobile OS but market share will dip, with emergence of competing open source platforms Android and Maemo, predicts In-Stat.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Applications and tools, Nokia Corp., Open Source, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile, handset, Smart Phone
Nokia vs Apple: The hidden scandal
Insight commentary Nokia's dragging of Apple to court over wireless patents exposes IP law as being on the verge of failure.
Tags: Copyright, Mobile/Wireless, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Marconi, Phone, mobile, handset, intellectual property, wireless technology
Booming gray market threatens cell phone industry
News Apple iPhone's official carrier in China is enduring meager sales, just one result of the expansion of global market for copycat handsets.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., MediaTek, Phone, cell phone, handset, China Unicom, Sales, handset company, China
Microsoft's Sidekick data 'almost certainly lost'
News U.S. users of the T-Mobile Sidekick handset have been told their personal data, which was being hosted by Microsoft, is unlikely to be recovered after a server failure.
Tags: Cellular phones, VoIP/IP telephony, Smart phones, VoIP, Hiptop, Microsoft Corp., handset, Sidekick, Backup, Server
Symbian: Regaining momentum?
News Growing interest in smartphones among consumers is likely the biggest driver of renewed interest in Symbian, whose software powers many of the devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Applications and tools, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile-phone software, China Mobile Ltd., Android Effort, software
Android's spread could become a problem
News With more handset makers adopting Android, there's a danger of multiple versions of the operating system.
Tags: Google Android, Phone, Operating System, software, mobile, handset, Google Android, Android, Device, Carrier
Smartphones: A bigger target for security threats
News As the iPhone, BlackBerry, and other devices become more popular, harmful software such as viruses and spyware is emerging to exploit their vulnerability.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Phone, Security, software, mobile, handset, Smart Phone
Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
News The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone", due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Phone, AppleInsider, handset, UMTS, Carrier, AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless, GSM
Nokia faces challenge retaining smartphone lead
News Could the smartphone market spell the end of Nokia's cell phone dominance? Competition, especially from the likes of Apple and RIM, is tough and expected to get tougher.
Tags: Development/design, Symbian, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone, U.S., mobile, handset
Vendors split over reuse of mobile gear
News Mobile phone components can be reused in toys and even medical devices, says Sony Ericsson, but not all mobile makers are keen to venture in this direction.
Tags: Components, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Phone, Mobile Recycling Volume, cell phone, mobile, handset
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., web technology, smartphone operating system, CSS, Ovi SDK, Ovi Navigation Player Application Programming Interface, SDK, Nokia Corp.
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News New Amazon service will let developers build in one-click payment buttons into mobile applications on smartphones and other devices.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Smart phones, Phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., handset, Amazon Payments, Smart Phone, Google Checkout
Samsung's market value approaches Intel's
News In 2002 it surpassed Sony, and now some analysts expect Samsung to surpass Intel in market valuation in a year or so.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Memory Chip, TV, Market Capitalization, semiconductor, Sony Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., handset
Gartner: PCs, handsets to lead electronics recovery
News Analyst firm says it has seen first signs of economic recovery in the electronics industry, with mobile phone and consumer PC markets leading the way.
Tags: Personal Computers, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Phone, mobile-phone, Recovery, home PC, handset, Personal Computers, Semiconductor
