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South Korea hits Qualcomm with antitrust fine
News South Korea is home to some of the world's largest handset manufacturers, notably Samsung and LG. In its statement, Qualcomm said it was "very proud of the long-standing, mutually beneficial relationships [Qualcomm has] enjoyed with the Korean...
[July 24, 2009, 16:06]
Nokia further reduces forecast
News As competition in the handset market intensifies, Nokia is also focusing more attention on its services. The world's largest maker of mobile phones also warned it can no longer predict its market share for the quarter.
[December 5, 2008, 11:00]
Motorola reports $3.6bn fourth-quarter loss
News The loss had been widely expected after Motorola in January announced plans for layoffs and said revenue would come in below analysts' expectations, on weaker-than-expected handset sales. Motorola said that during the quarter just ended, it shipped...
[February 4, 2009, 14:22]
Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips
News TrustZone is a low-level technology that builds security into the processor core itself, and allows operating systems makers, handset vendors and silicon manufacturers to come up with their own security systems based on the hardware platform.
[May 27, 2003, 14:31]
Europe gets Voice Command
News Around 30 engineers will be employed by the facility, charged with developing new mobile applications, software and services, as well as new handsets, with the first handset from the R&D facility to be showcased in the near future.
[March 7, 2005, 16:15]
Sony Ericsson ups the ante for mobile gaming
News The mobile phone industry is using games as a way of shoring up handset sales and network revenues, which have shown signs of levelling off. Sony Ericsson is hoping that the focus on multimedia and gaming, and its new P800 smartphone handset, will...
[May 13, 2003, 15:25]
Symbian OS upgrade aims at mass market
News Symbian is backed by most major handset makers, who also license its software for smartphones that add handheld computer-like features to mobile phones. Other tweaks allow handset makers to integrate graphics acceleration hardware and Secure...
[February 25, 2004, 11:50]
Analyst: Android handsets set to overtake iPhones
News While T-Mobile UK — the exclusive carrier of the first Android device, the G1 — wouldn't put a figure on how many of the devices have been sold, it did say the handset now accounts for 20 per cent of its contract sales.
[March 9, 2009, 8:53]
Siemens: Why the smartphone world doesn't need Microsoft
News The handset represents a new departure for Siemens: while it is customised for the entertainment market segment, with specific built-in features and a sleek design, it can also run any application written for Nokia's Symbian-based Series 60...
[May 1, 2003, 15:06]
Symbian's security problems worsen
News If the handset is rebooted, it gets stuck and can't be used until it is disinfected. However, doing this causes all data on the handset to be lost, F-Secure said. A Trojan horse has been created that causes smartphones to crash, security software...
[April 7, 2005, 10:20]
Profit warning and poor forecast from Ericsson
News Ericsson's handset sales division made a loss of over £1bn last year, forcing the company to announce in January that it was putting its mobile phone manufacturing division up for sale. Last month, Motorola announced that disappointing handset...
[March 13, 2001, 8:18]
Sendo-Microsoft lawsuit to proceed in Texas
News Sendo had planned to develop a handset based on Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 platform, which was then code-named Stinger. Three months later, Sendo filed its lawsuit, in which it accused Microsoft of using it as a stepping-stone to gain entry into...
[October 1, 2003, 15:00]
What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2009
News The company has not made a groundbreaking handset since the Razr, which came out five years ago, and many analysts and observers are seeing this year as make or break for Moto. Motorola is not the only manufacturer expected to show off new Android...
[February 13, 2009, 14:35]
Motorola takes Linux into the mobile mainstream
News Eirik Chambe-Eng, co-founder of a popular mobile Linux platform, Norway-based Trolltech, says Linux gives handset manufacturers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) "complete control", and in turn keeps Microsoft and Symbian at bay.
[July 31, 2006, 12:35]
2001: Great gadgets
News That was the consensus when Nokia unleashed its latest handset -- which some correspondents thought could be the result of a tryst between a Game Boy Advance and a traditional mobile phone. It's hard to accuse American phone-maker Motorola of...
[December 27, 2001, 6:31]
Battle for the mobile space heats up
News Fri 22 Feb: The software giant is at 3GSM talking to major handset makers who are interested in using its software to build a new generation of smart cell phones Motorola's first 3G handset: The A820 Tues 19 Feb: The PC software giant is seeking...
[February 19, 2002, 13:28]
Nokia's flat Q1 warning prompts fears
News Fears are growing that the mobile sector is facing a slowdown following the announcement by Nokia Tuesday, that it has lowered expectations for handset sales growth in 2001. Earlier this month, Nokia warned it had sold fewer than expected handsets...
[January 31, 2001, 7:03]
Roundup: Are PCs losing their grip on the Internet?
News If it's not the TV it'll be a either a 3G or GPRS handset: either way, it looks like the PC's reign as king of the Net is about to grind to a juddering halt -- or is it? Tue, 09th May 2000 Relationship could open up grand opportunities for set-top...
[November 15, 2000, 15:17]
Smartphone sales show astronomical growth
News It estimates that nearly 3.6 million units of smartphones and smartphone-PDAs were sold in the second quarter, representing about 3.3 percent of the overall handset market. Overall, shipments of plain handsets again grew strongly in the second...
[August 6, 2003, 11:30]
Symbian smartphones get email, photo services
News Symmetry Express supports any handset based on Symbian OS 6.1 or 7.0, which includes smartphones such as the Sony Ericsson P800 and Nokia's 6350 and 7650. The Symmetry software pushes email automatically to the handset, a feature that has become...
[June 16, 2003, 15:39]
