January, 2010
Motorola Q4 financial report is out: Things are getting better
Posted on January 31, 2010 |
Motorola published their Q4 and full 2009 financial reports, which shows quite clear signs that the company is getting back on its feet. They have earned 142 million US dollars in Q4, which has brought down...
Mobile Phone Market Rebounds
Posted on January 29, 2010 |
After retrenching for five consecutive quarters, sales of cell phones returned to growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, reports consultant IDC. In that period, mobile phone sales rose 11.3%, and vendors including Nokia, Samsung and LG shipped 325.3 million units worldwide. Full-year sales were still down 5.2%, to 1.13 billion handsets vs. 2008, according to IDC. IDC analyst Kevin Restivo called the rebound "dramatic."
Yet, some vendors failed to benefit from this dramatic growth spurt. Take Motorola. The company reported yesterday that while its smartphone shipments increased in the fourth quarter, the company's overall unit sales dropped, and its market share declined from 4.7% of the global market in the third quarter to 3.7% in the fourth. Motorola expects further shipment declines in the first quarter of this year. Based on IDC numbers, Motorola clearly underperforms the market.
Nokia, on the other hand, has done well. The company, which also reported on Jan. 28, announced it has gained some market share. Clearly, even as the market begins to rise, it's not lifting all boats, though.
Samsung’s Q4 financial report, another profitable quarter
Posted on January 29, 2010 |
2009 was a really good year for almost all of Samsung's divisions. And as the just published financial report shows Q4 was just the icing of the cake. Quarter by quarter the number of shipped Samsung mobile phones...
Blimey! All HTC HD2 smartphones out there pack 576MB of RAM
Posted on January 29, 2010 |
We have caught HTC disabling features in their phones before and in order to get them back you had to use some tricks. But this is just ridiculous. As it turns out all HTC HD2 units actually have 576MB of RAM, but...
Samsung Galaxy 2 and S5620 Monte leak
Posted on January 29, 2010 |
The first details on Samsung Galaxy 2 and S5620 Monte recently became available. The Android army is obviously about to get another powerful weapon with new Galaxy, while the Monte will battle it out at...
