-- *Motorola* launches mobile TV, GPS device: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today introduced Mobile TV DH01n, a portable media player including navigation capabilities 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map…

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Motorola’s announcement Thursday that it was mulling over a sale or a spinoff of its cellphone division has analysts working overtime figuring out what this could mean for the handset…

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Nomura International analyst Richard Windsor has caused quite a stir with a research note published to the bank’s clients today saying that beleaguered cellphone maker Motorola (NYSE: MOT) may exit…

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Samsung has reported its fourth quarter earnings, and as expected its handset business is doing well. Samsung sold 46.3 million handsets in Q4, an increase of 41 percent year-on-year. For…

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Mobile operators have set their sights on mobile TV, rolling out their own services with partners like MediaFLO. But a number of vendors are looking to offer other solutions, such…

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-- Motorola has released a couple of handsets, its big hope for regaining marketshare. Motorola’s latest version of its Rokr handset, Rokr E8, takes a page out of Apple’s book.…

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The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) phone stories come thick and fast… Google has signed up Sprint, Motorola, Samsung and DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) as partners reports USA Today citing the ubiquitous “people…

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The latest handset figures for the third quarter are out from Strategy Analytics, and there’s no surprises. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) took 39.2 percent of the market, followed by Samsung with…

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Samsung Electronics has issued its results for the third quarter, earning 2.19 trillion won (US$2.38 billion), an increase of 1 percent year-on-year but well-received as the first time in a…

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The new Serenata handset from Samsung and Bang and Olufsen, a design company renowned for innovative but price design, has officially launch and its most obvious feature is sticking the…

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Samsung is teaming up with Armani to launch a branded luxury mobile phone, as well as other electronic products. The credit card-sized cell phone will be unveiled at the Armani…

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Seven companies including handset manufacturers, Flash producers and chipset manufacturers have backed a new Flash memory standard to be used in mobile phones and other small consumer electronics devices. The…

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Couple of handset content-related moves from Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Samsung: -- Nokia has launched a service which it says will cut the time a GPS-enabled phone takes to pinpoint…

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Samsung has filed a patent which involves using the bottom half of a flip-phone as a joystick. “It may sound simple, but it actually requires a very complex mechanism consisting…

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As Motorola’s woes continue other manufacturers are on the ascendant. “Samsung churned out 37.4 million handsets in the second quarter, compared with Motorola’s self-projected volume of 35 million to 36…

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Samsung has partnered with MusicNet to launch a music download and subscription service in the UK, France and Germany. The service will use the Samsung Media Studio (SMS) application and…

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As the launch of the iPhone draws near the stories on it haven’t let up. The Wall Street Journal has a piece on mobile phones that are (or will be)…

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A survey by Canalys has shown a moderately strong interest in mobile TV. The online survey was conducted in April among more than 2,000 employed, adult mobile phone users in…

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A number of telcos, handset manufacturers, and Mastercard have joined a mobile banking standard which combines the Mifare chip by NXP and Felica by Sony..."By combining this secure chip with…

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Samsung Electronics has released its first quarter earnings for this year, showing a net profit of 1.60 trillion won (US$1.72 billion) on revenue of 14.39 trillion won (US$15.48 billion). Operating…

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Samsung has teamed up with VoiceIndigo to preload podcasting software onto some of its handsets—the first one is the recently announced UpStage which will be through Sprint. The name of…

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Correction: I earlier mistakenly said Verizon Wireless...the phone is on Sprint (Thanks Robin). He consider it innovative as an idea, but poor in execution. His video report below. His column…

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Qualcomm has a two-day hearing before the International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. to argue against a ban on importing mobile phones using its chipsets brought by Broadcom, reports the…

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Samsung has filed a patent for a new way of handling SMS, reports Unwired (via Engadget). The patent, Mobile communication terminal and method of the same for outputting short message,…

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As luck would have it, I happen to be in one of the markets where Verizon V Cast Mobile TV is live. I actually contacted Verizon PR earlier this week,…

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