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Nokia Instant Community Makes Social Networking Far Too Easy [Video]

Have you ever been sitting in a cafe, playing around on the available WiFi network there, and had the sudden urge to just set up a chat room with everyone else in the establishment? Sounds like a good time to you? Well, Nokia agrees, and that’s why they’ve come up with Instant Community: a way [...]

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GSM Technologies to Reach 4 Billion Mobile Connections Worldwide

GSM-HSPA is expected to reach 4 billion mobile connections worldwide in September 2009 next month, according to a research data from 3G Americas. Globally, GSM-HSPA grew by 20 percent adding nearly 645 million new connections in the same 12 months.

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IDC: Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Expected To Shrink in 2009

The worldwide mobile phone market recorded another quarter of year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide, down 10.8% from 302.2 million units in 2Q08. The second quarter results are an improvement from the 17.2% decrease [...]

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Research: Streamed Mobile Music Services to Remain Strong as Revenues Approach $5.5bn by 2013

Despite the impact of the global recession, revenues from streamed mobile music services and full-track downloads are expected to exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

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Research: Mobile Consumers Prepared to Support Green Initiatives

The results of a recent consumer survey conducted in North America by ABI Research suggest that nearly half of those mobile consumers surveyed are somewhat likely or very likely to be influenced by suppliers’ green credentials when purchasing services or devices.

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Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 8.6 Per Cent

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 8.6 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year.

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Research: Android Smartphone Shipments to Grow 900 Percent in 2009

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. Healthy support from operators, vendors and developers is driving adoption. Apple iPhone OS will be the next fastest-growing smartphone operating system in 2009, with a 79 percent growth rate.

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J.D. Power: Apple Ranks Highest among Smartphone Consumers

Apple ranks highest in customer satisfaction with smartphone manufacturers, while LG ranks highest among traditional mobile phone users, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study and the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Traditional Mobile Phone Satisfaction Study.

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Research: For Wireless Handsets, 2010 Will Be the Year the Bleeding Stops

No matter who you ask, the assessment is the same: 2009 will be a bad year for cellular handset sales worldwide. However ABI Research’s current forecasts for 2010 are cautiously optimistic – if by optimism you mean that we may see shipment numbers stabilize and maintain an essentially flat growth rate rather than falling further.

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Money Saving Coupons Issued Via Mobile Phones to Increase by 30% During the Next Two Years says Juniper Research

Mobile Coupons are expected to be one of the biggest winners of the current global recession. Juniper Research forecasts that the redemption value of mobile coupons will increase by over 30% by 2010. Juniper Research found that the twin effects of shoppers needing to make economies in their spending and merchants ever keen to make [...]

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