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Another handset maker, another warning about growth in cellphone sales. Samsung said today that worldwide market growth on a unit basis "could come short of our initial forecast for 9 percent growth" in 2008, according to Reuters . James Chung, a spokesperson for the Korean electronics giant...
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This is worth noting giving the amount of energy that goes into mobile content use. Five of the top handset makers have launched a star-rating system to compare the energy-efficiency of cellphone chargers; most wall chargers consume the greatest share of their electricity when disconnected from the phone...
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Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices. The complaints, which were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and with the U.S. International...
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ION Media Networks and a Fox station group have successfully tested a mobile TV network in Chicago and Denver, and are now gearing up for a big push at January's Consumer Electronics Show. The broadcasters tested Mobile Pedestrian Handheld technology, which is being developed by Harris, LG Electronics...
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As the economy continues to spiral downhill, more analysts are expecting mobile-phone sales to shrink next year, which will mark the first time since 2001, according to a poll conducted by Reuters . The survey found that 8 out of 22 analysts are even less bullish, and expect the market to decline next...
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Another line in the sand crossed at Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ). Samsung has ousted the American handset maker from its number one position in the US market. Research firm Strategy Analytics reports that the Korean electronics maker edged ahead in the third quarter taking 22.4 percent of the US handset market...
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A report on smartphone satisfaction ranked Apple's iPhone as having the highest customer satisfaction. Released today by J.D. Power and Associates, the report measured five factors when it came to customer satisfaction, ranging from ease-of-use to battery life. On a 1,000-point scale, Apple ( NSDQ...
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Cellphone makers shipped 303 million units worldwide in Q3, which is down slightly from the previous quarter, according to data released by Strategy Analytics today. Marking the wireless industry's weakest growth rate since 2002, sales were up only 5 percent from a year ago. That compares to the...
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Samsung's third quarter net income plunged 44 percent to 1.22 trillion won ($863 million), the company reported today, the lowest since the second quarter of 2003. As Bloomberg reports , oversupply drove down prices of semiconductors and displays, hitting profits. Still, net income met analyst expectations...
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There falls another bigger deal: Samsung has withdrawn its proposal to acquire SanDisk...it launched a public bid for $26 per share in cash last month. The memory card maker rejected the bid right after, and it was only a matter of time before Samsung had to cave in, considering the current economic...
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On the eve of T-Mobile's public release of the first Android device, there is plenty of momentum growing behind an older, entrenched operating system that will soon be license free, too. Since June, 52 companies have announced plans to join the Symbian Foundation to gain free access to the OS, Reuters...
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The International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones made with chips by Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ), a court ruled Tuesday. AP reported that the ITC imposed the ban in June 2007 because it said some of the Qualcomm chips infringed on patent owned by Broadcom, but the court found that the...