Reuters – Motorola Inc warned its fourth-quarter results would miss expectations and said its struggling mobile phone business would weaken further in 2009, forcing the company to delay its plan to spin off the unit and cut 3,000 jobs.
Reuters – The world‘s top mobile phone makers fear further weakening demand after reporting third-quarter growth grinding to a standstill, with only Samsung Electronics gaining market share through price cuts.
AP – Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Thursday its profit dropped 35.3 percent in the six months to September, hit by sluggish domestic demand for mobile phone handsets and a strong yen.
PC Magazine – Motorola confirmed Thursday that it will eliminate its MOTOMAGX and Symbian platforms in order to focus on the Google Android, Windows Mobile, and P2K 3G solutions. The company will also delay plans to spin off its mobile business into a separate entity.
Reuters – The potentially lucrative business of mobile phone wallets is waiting for banks and telecom operators to agree on each one’s role and possible revenue flow in the future.
AFP – Videogame titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday unveiled titles tailored for play on freshly-launched “Google phones” running on Android open-source software.
AFP – Motorola Inc. plans to use Android, Google‘s open-source software platform, as the operating system for its showcase mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Investor’s Business Daily – A new service called My Mobile Witness lets users turn their camera phones into personal protection tools. The service is designed to help users when they are in a situation that has them on edge, such as letting strangers into their homes. Users take a photo of that person with their [...]
PC Magazine – Sprint announced the HTC Touch Pro, the most advanced Windows Mobile phone available from any U.S. carrier, is going on sale next week.
Reuters – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday posted a 44 percent drop in third-quarter profit as persistent weakness in its memory business offset a solid performance in flat screens and mobile phones.
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