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The Future of Smartphones
Is the Recession Changing the Way You Trade?
Nokia and Sony Ericsson 3rd Quarter results reveal much about the current market
Google's Android breaking into the mobile phone market
October this year will bring the release of Android - Google's first open source mobile platform.
Nokia losing market share
Many of our members - especially the ones active in the Indian, Middle East, and African markets are beginning to distribute low cost Chinese Manufactured handsets. We think that there is a good business case here as on the one hand the end user is getting a lot more features for his money, and on the other hand, the sales margin is somewhat higher than handsets from the tier 1 manufacturers. Obviously, great care needs to be taken in selecting the supplier, in order to ensure that the quality, reliability as well as all the certifications correspond to expectations. This is another story.. but more on that at a later time.
Motorola on a war path
Or so it seems, given the code names that Motorola is baptizing its latest newborn. After Alexander, details of which has been leaked last week, the Motorola Atila is a Windows-Mobile based handset that like the iPhone has no keyboard.
Gartner predicts handset market to grow by 11% in 2008
Market Research firm Gartner has released some figures for the mobile handset market place. It is forecasting 1.28 billion units to hit the market in 2008; a growth of 11% relative to the 1.15 billion units sold last year. A For the first half of 2008, c. 600 Million handsets have hit the market. We are however set to see a moderate improvement for the second half of the year, and this will very much depend on the last quarter where seasonality and new product introductions are a sales booster.
It is finally here.. the 3G iPhone and it is US$199
It is one of the most traded phones on our exchange: the original iPhone. And now the much awaited 3G iPhone has just been announced last night by Steve Jobs at the WWDC in San Francisco. It is half the price at US$ 199.- with 3 G capability, and a GPS chip. It is black, but you can avail of a white option if you were to opt for the more expensive (US$ 299) 16 GB. The sound quality is vastly improved too.
CeBIT Asia 2008
- Dates:
- October 27, 2008 - October 30, 2008
- Location:
- Shanghai, China
- Venue:
- Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong/Shanghai
GITEX 2008
- Dates:
- October 19, 2008 - October 23, 2008
- Location:
- Dubai, UAE
- Venue:
- Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
