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The Global Market for Mobile Phones

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 12:57 pm

According to a recent survey from Nielsen, mobile phone penetration in nine countries -- five developed countries and the four BRICs -- is above 80% in all nine. South Korea ...
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Launch of Microsoft-Driven Nokia Lumia Stronger Than iPhone, Android Debuts

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) can actually claim to have beaten the operating platforms of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in at least one respect. Technology research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that  Nokia, which operates ...
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Ho-Hum: iPhone to Get Larger Screen

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 7:25 am

The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report ...
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Nokia Claims Lumia 900 Stock-outs Due to Sales, Not Bug (NOK, MSFT, T)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 7:19 am

The introduction of the Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), and AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) was not exactly a thing of beauty. First, the ...
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LG Agrees to Meet Microsoft’s Royalty Demand (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, MMI, ORCL, NOK)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Korea’s LG Electronics has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the right to use Microsoft claims it owns and that is required for all ...
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Holiday Smartphone Surprise: Samsung Sales Running Next To Apple (AAPL, SSNLF, GOOG, NOK, RIMM, MSFT)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 9:55 am

Smartphone makers are expected to sell some 142 million units in the current calendar quarter. The bulk of those sales are pumping up the revenues at two vendors -- Apple ...
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Sprint Loses Less… Back in the Barrel (S, AAPL, T, VZ, VOD, CLWR, PCS, LEAP)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 10:41 am

When Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) announced earlier this month that it would bet the company on its sales of the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), investors pounded ...
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Nokia — Maybe Not as Bad as You Think (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF, ARMH, INTC, HPQ)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 9:17 am

The headline number from Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) third quarter earnings report is that sales fell by -13% year-over-year. But there were some positives as well. Instead of an expected ...
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Nokia’s Future And Microsoft’s Money

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 4:49 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) won a huge victory today. Struggling handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which is still the global leader in its industry, will use Redmond's mobile OS in its ...
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Will New Verizon 4G Phones Threaten iPhone Sales?

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 2:50 pm

The availability of the iPhone 4 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on the Verizon Wireless network is expected to be be a big win for the carrier, a joint venture ...
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Verizon iPhone To Have Major Impact on Wireless Carriers (AAPL, VZ, VOD, T, S, DTEGY, GOOG)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Now that Verizon Wireless has struck a deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to offer the iPhone on Verizon's wireless network, everyone expects the carrier to profit handsomely from the ...
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Nokia Delays E7 Smartphone, Shares Slump

Posted: December 14, 2010 at 1:29 pm

Nokia Corp.  (NYSE:NOK) new Chief Executive Steven Elop was hired in September to lead a turnaround of the struggling cellphone maker whose market value has eroded by $61 billion.  With ...
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Motorola, Back From The Dead, Gives Apple A Run For The Money

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 1:55 pm

The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may appear to be invulnerable at the top of the smartphone food chain, but it may soon have company. ChangeWave reports "Among individual iPhone models, ...
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Windows Phone 7 Versus Smartphone Heavyweights, Better Late Than Never (MSFT, AAPL, RIMM, GOOG, HPQ, T)

Posted: October 12, 2010 at 12:16 pm

There doesn't seem to be too much excitement among the technorati for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). The comments generally replay the "too little, ...
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RIM Reports Above Expectations, Stock Up 6%

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) today reported a 68% rise in quarterly profit, proving the BlackBerry maker is far from dead. The shares rose in after-hours trading. Profit was ...
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