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Nokia unveils seven new handsets for emerging markets

  • November 4th, 2008
  • 10:01 am

Nokia, the Finnish mobile handset maker, unveil seven new phones for the emerging mobile markets. Nokia has always had an upper hand in the emerging markets, but faces acute competition from vendors like ZTE and Samsung Electronics. It unveils 1202 model, follower to top-selling 1200, to retail for around 25 euros, to roll out e-mail service across Series 40 devices and 2 new phones, both priced at 40 euros, will have e-mail support.

Handset makers are looking for ways and means to capture the developing markets as the demand for handsets is huge.

   

Samsung hits market share with over 17% in Q3 (South Korea)

  • November 4th, 2008
  • 6:40 am

Samsung Electronics gains in third quarter despite the global economic slow down. Samsung hits the largest-ever market share with over 17% of industry sales. The operating profits from cell phones augmented over 9% from July to September. Nokia, which leads the chart of top cell phone maker shows a drop of 2% points from the previous quarter, and Motorola saw operating losses of 27% and its market share slipped by a point from the previous quarter.
Its third quarter sales were up 15% from a year ago and 6% from the second quarter. However, ascending prices ate potential earnings lead to drop in profit to 44% from last year and 43% from the previous quarter.

Microsoft & LG in a mobile collaboration deal (South Korea)

  • November 3rd, 2008
  • 10:23 am

Microsoft and LG Electronics have inked a preliminary agreement on strategic collaboration in mobile technology. “The agreement ensures continued strategic collaboration in R&D, marketing, applications, and services in the field of converged mobile devices,” LG said. While, LG’s home market rival Samsung Electronics have also launched the domestic version of the Omnia touch screen handset model, based on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. Samsung said, the model will be available from mid-November under an exclusive deal with No. 1 mobile operator SK Telecom.

Microsoft is anticipating that its Windows Mobile operating system can continue to give competition to Symbian, a platform backed by the world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia and used in two-thirds of smartphones - mobile handsets with computer-like capabilities.
Research in Motion and Apple’s iPhone racing to threat Symbian, while several manufacturers are planning or have started to roll out smartphones based on Google’s Android software. Both LG and Samsung are members of the Symbian Foundation and are also developing models based on Android.

Intel to support development of China’s mobile TV standard CMMB (Taiwan)

  • July 29th, 2008
  • 12:31 pm

According to sources in the Taiwan handset industry, Intel will support the development of China’s mobile TV standard China mobile multimedia broadcasting (CMMB) by supporting mobile Internet device (MID) and ultra mobile PC (UMPC) platform products supporting CMMB technology.

In line with Intel’s move, a number of IT makers, including Asustek Computer, Lenovo, Haier, Samsung Electronics and Fujitsu, are reportedly planning to launch CMMB-compatible MID or UMPC products, the sources indicated.

The upcoming CMMB-compatible MID/UMPC devices will feature a display ranging from 6- to 10-inch sizes and run on either Windows Mobile or Linux operating systems, the sources noted.

The development of CMMB MID and UMPC products follows the steps that have taken by Dopod, Samsung and Motorola in the development of CMMB-compatible handsets, pointed out the sources.

   

Samsung let’s you INNOV8 with it’s new entertainment mobile (South Korea)

  • July 25th, 2008
  • 12:52 pm

Samsung Electronics in collaboration with Symbian Limited has unveiled the Samsung INNOV8, i8510, an entertainment mobile. This phone is equipped with high-end features and multimedia including an 8 megapixel camera, internet browsing, audio playing, and ergonomics.This is Samsung’s eighth mobile phone based on Symbian OS. INNOV8 is based on Symbian OS v9.with  power efficiency, platform security and phone performance.

INNOV8 brings users a ‘cinema in your pocket’ experience through access to asuite of applications from the S60 applications library, they can watch videos, including DivX files, view pictures and play two exclusively free embedded 3D games on the 2.8” LCD display. With HSDPA connectivity at 7.2Mbps and seamless connection through Wi-Fi, Samsung INNOV8’s optical mouse and easy navigation enables users’ quick internet browsing, alongside GPS and geo-tagging. The smartphone can receive push e-mail and is Bluetooth-capable. The 2.8-inch LC screen has an accelerometer sensor.

   

AT&T offers MediaFlo - TV services for mobile phones (US)

  • July 21st, 2008
  • 7:18 am

AT&T offers MediaFlo TV, a cellphone television service, in an effort to gain additional revenue share from mobile devices.   

It is a brand new service on a brand new network, and two brand new devices. The service is offered to AT&T customers using the Vu phone from LG Electronics and the Access from Samsung Electronics.

This service offers everything from music to Web surfing to improve its revenue as mobile phone call prices drop.The AT&T MediaFlo content will include full-length shows from CBS, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, Fox, MTV, NBC 2GO, NBC News2Go and Nickelodeon.

   

Apple plans cheaper, Nano-based phone

  • July 12th, 2007
  • 12:49 pm

Apple Inc. plans to launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano music player.

Kevin Chang, a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan, cited people in the supply channel that he did not name and an application with the U.S Patent and Trademark office for his dated July 8.

Apple filed a patent application document dated July 5 that refers to a multifunctional handheld device with a circular touch pad control, similar to the Nano’s scroll wheel.

Apple did not respond to requests for comment.

Long lines of people turned out on June 29 when U.S. sales began for the iPhone, a mobile phone with a music player and Web browser. Analysts have estimated that sales in the first weekend were as high as 700,000 units.

Chang said a way to follow up the iPhone with a cheaper version would be to convert the Nano into a phone and price it at $300 ($NZ384) or lower.
The iPhone sells for $US500 and $600, depending on storage space.

“We believe that iPod Nano will be converted into a phone because it’s probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower end phone without severely cannibalising iPod Nano,” he said noting that the new phone could have “rather limited functionality.”

Because of the anticipated lower price, 2008 sales of 30 million to 40 million units “is achievable,” .

This would be a much larger volume than is expected of the first iPhone, Apple has targeted sales of 10 million units in 2008, which would give it a 1 percent share of the global market.

Sales of the iPhone are expected to be limited to a small percentage of the market due to its high price tag, particularly in the United States where 85 percent of consumers tend to spend $100 or less on cell phones.
But analysts predict that a cheaper phone from Apple, which leads the digital music player market, could pose a much bigger threat to long-established phone makers such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson.

Taiwan’s Catcher Technology will be the “major source of metal casing” for the new phone,  who cited an unidentified channel source.

Revenue from Apple could represent up to T$8 billion ($US244 million) revenue for Catcher in 2008.