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Samsung profits driven by mobile growth

...mobile analyst at IDC, said that while smartphone performance was impressive, the feature phone and mid-market segment is equally important to the company. "The... Read more

27 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

ZTE smartphone push pays off at expense of profits

The Chinese handset maker sees revenue jump but profit growth fall as it shifts its focus from feature phones to own-brand smartphones and continues a push to expand sales in Europe Read more

11 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Nokia drops into the red as smartphone sales fall

The Finnish handset maker plummets to a loss in the second quarter as plunging smartphone sales reflect a struggle to keep up with iPhone and Android Read more

21 July, 2011 by Ben Woods

Sony Ericsson hit by £173m loss in final quarter

...have shown massive losses in its last quarter, largely due to plummeting feature-phone sales. Sony Ericsson lost €247m in 2011, although its Xperia line... Read more

19 January, 2012 by David Meyer
RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

...Jazz family out there. We're still working on boarding people from feature phone to smartphones. That is probably a trend for the next two... Read more

7 May, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

BlackBerry Curve 9360 rounds the bend

...Curve models, they are aimed at people looking to progress from a feature phone onto their first fully-fledged smartphone, according to RIM. "The new... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

RIM juices BlackBerry enterprise, dilutes consumer

The BlackBerry-maker says it will continue to target consumers, but through partnerships rather than through its own internal development efforts Read more

30 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Vodafone aims to grow data use with Facebook phone

...with the launch of a Facebook-centric handset. The Vodafone 555 Blue feature phone has a 2.4-inch non-touchscreen display and a Qwerty... Read more

27 July, 2011

New RIM chief: BlackBerry must chase consumers

...to go into feature phones. However, there's still a lot of feature phone users out there — it varies by market — but around 50 to... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Lenovo passes Dell to become No 2 in PCs, says iSuppli

...markets", told me this week that the company was also growing its feature phone, smartphone and tablet businesses in China, and planned to enter the... Read more

1 December, 2011

Three: 9 in 10 customers to buy smartphones

...confirmed to ZDNet UK on Monday that it now offers very few feature phone devices, with customers favouring a full smartphone experience; partially defined by... Read more

21 November, 2011

ARM brews Big.Little tech for less greedy smartphones

...the ability to scale down their power use to that of a feature phone, if the application is simple enough. There's an increasing demand... Read more

20 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Should your next mobile app be an HTML5 web app?

...to access HTML5 apps in the not too distant future. "In the feature phone market, we're expecting to see HTML5 browsers start emerging in... Read more

18 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Mobile phone market grew 20% in Q1, says IDC

...devices (phones with a QWERTY keyboard), once a bright spot within the feature phone market, appear to be losing steam as smartphones gain popularity. Still... Read more

29 April, 2011

Nokia-Microsoft deal 'good' for developers and operators

...That leaves open the possibility that [Symbian] will continue as a super-feature-phone platform," Fogg told ZDNet UK, adding that this will fit in... Read more

11 February, 2011 by David Meyer

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