Manufacturers
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LG Mobile Phones runs sweepstakes campaign for U.S. push
April 29, 2008
LG Mobile Phones has launched the mobile element of a national sweepstakes campaign to push its merchandise in an increasingly competitive device market.
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Billionaire activist drops lawsuit against Motorola
April 8, 2008
Motorola Inc. and billionaire activist Carl Icahn, who filed a lawsuit against the handset manufacturer, have settled.
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Consumers' mobile experience to improve drastically in coming years: CTIA panel
April 3, 2008
LAS VEGAS – The consumer mobile experience is going to be drastically different in the next few years, according to a panel yesterday at the CTIA Wireless 2008 show.
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Struggling Motorola to split into two companies
March 27, 2008
Motorola Inc.’s board will split the firm into two independent, publicly-traded companies to redo its business strategy and revive its struggling mobile devices and broadband business.
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MedApps wins best business plan in Nokia Mobile Rules! awards
March 20, 2008
Nokia today announces winners of its annual Mobile Rules! competition for innovative mobile business plans and cutting-edge applications, services and technology.
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Intel makes mobile push with Atom chip
March 4, 2008
Chip maker Intel Corp. is making its play for the mobile Internet device market with the launch of a new processor family with different speeds and varying power.
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Manufacturers hold mobile marketing’s future – where else – in their hands
February 19, 2008
Last week’s GSMA Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain was the launch pad for many new next-generation phones that support multimedia and mobile marketing.
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Mobile Internet devices to grow in popularity: Report
February 11, 2008
A new report predicts that always-connected mobile Internet devices will see incredibly fast growth in popularity over the next five years.
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Motorola said to mull new strategy with mobile unit
February 4, 2008
Motorola Inc. is considering the separation of its mobile device business from its other operations. The handset maker’s new strategy is focused on recapturing global market leadership.
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Helio on course, reassures executive
January 30, 2008
Helio uses multimedia content and hip devices to appeal to young consumers. But can the mobile virtual network operator suffering recent bad press make up market share on data use alone?
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Nokia acquires Trolltech for $154M
January 29, 2008
The acquisition will enable Nokia to develop more sophisticated software for its devices, which include mobile phones and desktop applications.
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Nokia achieves 40 percent phone market share
January 25, 2008
Finnish handset maker Nokia ramped up its device shipments last year despite new offerings from Apple Inc., Research in Motion and Samsung.
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SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry to debut this year
January 7, 2008
The Slingbox lets users watch and control their television shows from any location using computers and PDAs. Now it’s the BlackBerry’s turn.
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Verizon calls on consumers to recycle phones
December 27, 2007
For consumers who have received a new mobile phone for the holidays, getting rid of the old one in an environmentally friendly manner may be smarter.
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Smartphones like BlackBerry give rise to the “prosumer”
December 21, 2007
It used to be the case in the enterprise market that companies were buying high-priced smartphones for their employees. Not so much any more.
