Take nothing away from Samsung: with a 219% year-on-year shipment growth and higher volumes than any other vendor for the first time, the Korean giant can take a moment to celebrate being number one in the smartphone market. Apple will tell you though: this is only one quarter (and the quarter before a new iPhone [...]
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Samsung Launch Galaxy Note, Journalists Can’t Decide What It Is…
by Daniel Ashdown on September 1st, 2011
Is it a Smartphone? Is it a Tablet? No, it’s a ‘Note’ – Samsung’s Galaxy Note, to be precise, and a new category of device according to Engadget. Or, it’s a ‘phone-tablet hybrid’, says TechRadar. And just one more: CNET call it a ‘tablet phone’. I am sure there are many other categorisations if you [...]
As RIM announces QNX OS and Playbook, news spotlight falls on Nokia
by Anthony Cox on October 4th, 2010
Recent announcements from handset manufacturers in the last week or so put the spotlight firmly on Nokia. RIM’s announcements of its tablet device, PlayBook, and the launch of its new operating system, QNX, both highlight Nokia’s relative silence on new devices and the deployment of Meego-based phones. But the news is worst for Symbian, the [...]
Last week, three of Japan’s largest consumer electronics companies agreed to combine their mobile handset businesses in a stand-alone joint venture. The stated aim is to help the three companies – Casio, NEC and Hitachi – to make significant savings in production and marketing costs and to improve their positions in the cut-throat domestic market. The [...]
We knew it would get worse before it starts to get better, but the first-quarter results that deluged the industry this week pretty much confirmed earlier warnings from industry-leaders such as Nokia and Samsung that the handset market could contract by 10% or more this year. The worst of the pain should already be over, though, with [...]
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