Archive for January, 2008

Ribbit Amphibian ties mobile phone Web

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:14 No Comments

Telephony startup Ribbit today unveiled its first consumer service – code-named Amphibian – running on top of the company’s Web/telephony-integrated development platform.
Ribbit launched its platform late last year, touting its Flash-based development platform and VoIP-delivery backend as a platform to enable developers to build all sorts of voice/Web-integrated applications.
Its launch focus was on Ribbit [...]

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Red Bend Unveils Concept Linux Cell Phone

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:05 No Comments

Red Bend Software on Tuesday introduced a Linux-based mobile phone that can be customized and updated with software and applications over-the-air.
Red Bend, a developer of firmware over-the-air mobile client software, partnered with several companies, including Digital Airways, Opera Software, Synchronica, Trolltech and Zi to create the necessary components for the phone, called Mast.
Mast is [...]

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IDC Finds Slower Growth in the Mobile Phone Market in 2007

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:00 No Comments

The mobile phone market has achieved a new milestone by shipping more than 300 million phones during the fourth quarter of last year. Roughly 334 million handsets were shipped during the holiday period, which is a new record in the industry. This is 15.3 percent more than the previous quarter. Roughly 1,144.1 million (1.1. billion) [...]

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Nokia defies downturn, and iPhone, to extend mobile lead

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:57 No Comments

The Finnish cellphone pioneer has kept its sales and margins growing, despite new ’smartphone’ challenges, and its 40% world market share is as big as its next three rivals’ combined. A strategy of producing for faster-growing emerging markets, switching production and sourcing to them, has ensured that its share price holds up against the general [...]

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Nokia Grows Faster Than Other Mobile Phone Makers

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:20 No Comments

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was the fastest growing company out of the top five mobile phone makers and captured a large chunk of the global market in the fourth quarter of last year, while Samsung and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) continued to struggle, according to a report released on Tuesday by research firm iSuppli.
Nokia is the “monster [...]