Frequent Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) forecaster Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, has come out with a whopper of a prediction that dwarfs many of his previous iPhone guesses. He’s…

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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) said today it is launching PlayNow Arena, the long-awaited upgrade of its online music store PlayNow, on Monday. The new internet site—which will debut…

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We have added more top speakers to the lineup for our EconMusic conference, which will explore the emerging economics of the digital music business at London’s Natural History Museum on…

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Speaking of Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) software business, the Finnish handset maker says it plans to integrate certain content delivery services into a single offering. The release is a little vague…

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Despite the fact that the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) sells a phone every 18 seconds, the Finnish phone manufacturer doesn’t get much respect in Silicon Valley, Forbes reports today. The publication…

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-- Lonely Planet-*Nokia* Maps tie-up: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has struck a distribution deal with Lonely Planet, which will provide Nokia Maps with downloadable destination guides. The guides, which are located…

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In our second of a series (first is here) of reviews on mobile content from the Olympics, we took a look at the major sports news sites – ESPN (NYSE:…

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) or RIM: who’s got it tougher as the two try to increase sales by branching out into each others traditional customer segments? FT.com takes a look at…

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-- Best Buy launches airport kiosks: Best Buy said today it will install 12 vending machines in U.S. airports as part of a pilot project. The so-called Best Buy Express…

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Is Apple’s tight control over iPhone applications a blessing in disguise for Nokia? In the last two weeks, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has pulled three applications from its stores: the $999-joke…

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At the moment, mobile revenues remained pretty minimal for Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) in Q2. But during the company’s conference call with investors, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., WMG’s chairman and…

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With the Linux operating system gaining speed and eight new handsets being announced this week for a total of 22, critics are starting to wonder about the viability of Google’s…

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This year, worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008, a 11 percent increase compared to the 1.15 billion units sold last year, according to a…

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-- Treemo added to T-Mobile deck: Treemo, a Seattle-based mobile social network, announced today that it has been added to the T-Mobile deck, in addition to AT&T (NYSE: T) and…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) announced three new Rokr handsets today, one of which is based on the LiMo Foundation’s Linux operating system. That follows a LiMo announcement yesterday that unveiled seven…

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-- SinglePoint launches mobile ad platform for TV campaigns: Bellevue-based SinglePoint announced today it has launched SingleBrand, a platform that allows mobile ads to be included in TV text campaigns.…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has updated its popular Google Maps for mobile application with transit directions for Symbian S60 3rd edition and Windows Mobile devices, Google announced on its blog. The…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) cut prices of its handsets in July to increase the pressure on its rivals (possibly the company noticed that Motorola was slowing its descent into obscurity) reports…

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A report from Strategy Analytics shows that 297 million mobile phones were shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2008, and increase of 15 percent year-on-year. This is higher than…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is investing about $150 million more in its direct venture arm, Nokia Growth Partners, more than doubling the size of its current fund. The priority for the…

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has lost more marketshare this quarter according to analysts, slipping to fourth place six months earlier than expected. Motorola releases its figures tomorrow, but an average estimate…

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Analyst J Gold and Associates has come out with a prediction that Symbian and Android will begin merging into one open source OS within 3-6 months, and it’s gotten a…

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Yesterday Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) finally signed another licensing pact, which saw Qualcomm’s share price leap. It should also be noted that Nokia’s share price rose (3…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing a key executive in its nascent mobile advertising unit: Mike Baker, the former CEO of Enpocket (which Nokia bought last year) and current VP and…

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As we speculated when Qualcomm delayed its earnings report, the company has settled its legal spat with Nokia (NYSE: NOK). Here’s the key paragraph from the release: “Under the terms…

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