Archive for August 27th, 2007
Monday, August 27th, 2007
TechWeb - The purchase gives Yahoo access to software technology that inserts ads in content for mobile devices, such as mobile phone games.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Reuters - Mobile phone maker Motorola
continued to suffer from weak demand in April-July due to its
old phone models, giving competitors a chance to gain market
share, research firm Gartner said on Thursday.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top
cellphone maker, said on Thursday India overtook the United
States in the second quarter to become its second-biggest
market by sales after China.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
InfoWorld - India overtook the U.S. in the second quarter to become Nokia's second-largest market, reflecting the rapid growth of mobile phone use in the country. China remained Nokia's biggest market worldwide.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
PC World - India overtook the U.S. in the second quarter to become Nokia Corp.'s second-largest market, reflecting the rapid growth of mobile phone use in the country. China remained Nokia's biggest market worldwide.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
InfoWorld - Nokia tightened its grip on the global mobile phone market in the second quarter of this year, taking advantage of a stumble by Motorola and strong demand from emerging markets around the world, a market research study said Thursday.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Reuters - Mauritania became the latest African
country to benefit from third-generation (3G) mobile phone
services on Thursday as its newest provider Chinguitel went
live, officials said.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
InfoWorld - South Korea's three big cellphone makers are speeding the path to higher speed data downloads over wireless networks.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Reuters - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co
said on Friday that replacement of its batteries in Nokia
mobile phones is likely to cost the company 10 billion to 20
billion yen ($86-$172 million).Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
NewsFactor - Global mobile phone sales rose by a robust 17.4 percent to nearly 271 million handsets in the second quarter, driven by dizzying sales growth of more than 40 percent in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest data from research firm Gartner. Moreover, Gartner now predicts that worldwide ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Reuters - The Nigerian telecoms regulator is
working on plans to allow mobile phone subscribers to keep the
same number when they change networks in a bid to force
providers to improve services, its top executive said on
Monday.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
USATODAY.com - Yahoo Mail is making it easier to go back and forth between e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging - including letting people send text messages to cellphones directly from their e-mail.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
NewsFactor - On Monday, Yahoo officially released a new version of its free e-mail service, including two features connecting it to mobile phones and instant messaging. Many of the features in this release were previously shown in a long-term public beta.Source: [Link]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as high as $172 million.Source: [Link]
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