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Western European Mobile Phone Market Grows After Five Quarters of Consecutive Declines

Top Western European Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments and Market Share, 3Q09 (Units in Millions) Vendor 3Q09 Unit Shipment 3Q09 Market Share 3Q08 Unit Shipment 3Q08 Market Share 3Q09/3Q08 Change Nokia 16.5 35% 16.0 36% 3% Samsung 14.3 31% 12.9 29% 10% LG 5.1 11% 2.0 4% 150% Sony Ericsson 4.9 10% 7.0 16% -30% Apple 2.1 4% 2.0 4% 6% Research in Motion 1.4 3% 0.8 2% 87% Others 2.5 5% 4.0 13% -38% Total 46.8 100% 44.7 100% 5% The Western European mobile phone market rose for the first time in the la...
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Intel releases beta version of the Atom Developer Program SDK

Hoping to capitalize on the incredible growth of the netbook platform, Intel has released the beta version of their Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) for both the Microsoft Windows and Moblin Operating Systems. With the SDK, independent software vendors (ISVs) and individual developers can design, develop, and submit applications for Intel-based netbooks to a future-planned App Store – similar to Apple’s App Store for the iPhone. The notion of an Application Store spe...
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Gartner Q3 2009 Smartphone Sales Figures

"Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 308.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.1 per cent increase from the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 41 million units, a 12.8 per cent increase from the same period last year.“The third quarter of 2009 saw the announcement of many new mobile devices, including several Android smartphones ready for the holiday season in the fourth quarter, but hardware commoditisation and the growth in open platform...
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Global Handset Shipments Fall 4 Percent in Q3 2009, but Return to Growth Expected in Q4

Global Handset Shipments (Millions of Units)   Q3 '08   Q4 '08   2008   Q1'09   Q2 '09   Q3 '09 Nokia   117.8   113.1   468.4   93.2   103.2   108.5 Samsung   51.8   52.8   196.6   45.8   52.3   60.2 LG Electronics   23.0   25.7   100.8   22.6   29.8 ...
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