Blog » April 2010

Motorola (NASDAQ: MOT) swung to a net profit in the first quarter, bouncing back from a year-ago loss. However, overall sales at the company's mobile devices division fell in the quarter despite a jump in    

Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has stepped in as a surprise buyer for Palm (PALM). HP will buy Palm and its webOS operating system for1.2 billion, or5.70 a share. With the deal HP becomes a    

The cell phone industry is proclaiming the end of the recession for the segment following an outstanding final quarter of 2009 and a projected substantial growth for smartphones in 2010, according to iSuppli. A    

Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks the design and engineering trends in the handset market, and, thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures fro    

TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao As we noted earlier, mobile ad network AdMob has released its monthly mobile metrics report for March, which takes a close look at Android OS traffic. One interesting stat that    

There were 161.12 million active handset-based mobile instant messenger (IM) accounts in China at the end of first-quarter 2010, rising by 18.13% sequentially, according to Analysys International. The total num    

Global mobile handset shipments totaled approximately 1.15 billion in 2009, with enhanced phones and smartphones capturing approximately 81% of all handset shipments, according to the latest data from ABI resea    

Over 70% of new handsets launched by Samsung in the Taiwan market in 2010 will be touch-enabled models, even including models with a price tag of below NT$5,000 (US$160), according to Andy Tu, president of mobi    

Taiwan-based quartz component makers, including Tai-Saw Technology, Siward Crystal Technology, Harmony Electronics (HELE) and TXC, will see their revenues continue to grow in the second quarter of 2010 as deman    

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) reported a sharp rise in profits in the first quarter, another indication that the broader handset market is recovering. However, the world's largest mobile phone maker's earnings mi