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Nokia cuts production, closes R&D facility
News Company says it's cutting production at one plant in Finland and closing an R&D site there to help slash costs by US$905 million by 2010.
Tags: Layoffs, Innovation, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Sales, Finnish company, smartphones sale, Forecasting
Turning smartphones into language translators
News More language translation tools becoming available in mobile app stores, enhancing mobility of business travelers in foreign countries, say handset makers.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Tool, Optical Character Recognition, software tool, food, marketing
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
Smartphone boom defies wider handset slump
News The past year has seen a 27 percent increase in smartphone sales--while the term "smartphone" will soon become meaningless, according to analyst Gartner.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Europe, Gartner Inc., Sales, Smartphone, Apple iPhone
RIM profit and BlackBerry sales disappoint
News Quarterly sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones came in lower than analysts had expected. And earnings were low due a legal charge.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, Sales, Apple iPhone, strategy, analyst
Gartner sees slowdown in smartphone sales growth
News Amid a general fourth-quarter slowdown in sales growth, Samsung and RIM made significant gains with their latest handsets.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Gartner Inc., Sales, smartphone sale, Western Europe, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., handset
Smartphones and low-cost handsets to dominate market
News Midrange mobile devices are getting squeezed out as more consumers opt for smartphones and people in the developing world buy low-cost handsets.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Quarter, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Juniper Networks Inc., Cell Phone, Sales, phone, Smartphone
Android sales to outstrip iPhone's by 2012
News Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report has predicted.
Tags: Smart phones, Smart Phone, Android, Google Inc., Sales, smartphone sale, Symbian Inc., Linux, Apple iPhone, handset
Nokia to lay off 1,700 workers
News The handset manufacturer has said U.K. workers will be affected by the cuts, but has not confirmed how many.
Tags: Layoffs, Apple Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Spokesperson, Gartner Inc., Symbian Inc., Finnish company, Worker, London, U.K.
Nokia's net profit drops by 69 percent
News Poor sales in China, the Middle East and Africa prompt analysts to call on Nokia to introduce more 'iconic' high-end smartphones.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Forecasting, Handhelds, Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Forecasting, phone, net profit
Android development gathers steam in S'pore
News Mobile app development on the Android OS is gathering steam in the country, with location-based apps among the most popular, says developer group.
Tags: Development/design, Business applications, Mobile applications, Open source, Apple Inc., App, Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Developer
Nokia's net profit falls 90 percent
News The bad news isn't over yet for the top mobile handset maker, but the company says the bottom may be near.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Euro, Mobile, Sales, Touch Screen, net profit, financial
Universal charger for Asian mobile users?
News Manufacturers will likely introduce handsets that support one-fits-all chargers in Asia, following European Commission accord on universal chargers, analyst says.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Asia, Research In Motion Ltd., Cell Phone, phone, agreement, LG Electronics Inc.
More apathy for a Dell smartphone
News Without seeing the device, industry observers remain underwhelmed by what Dell could bring to the mobile computing market.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart Phone, Sales, brand name, handset, industry, High Tech Computer Corp., brand, Dell Computer Corp., PC
Mobile phone sales figures not pretty
News Manufacturers shipped between 245 million and 282 million units in the first quarter, compared with 282 to 290 million a year earlier. Only bright spot was smartphone sales.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Quarter, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Sales
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