Posted by Mark Newman
February 20th, 2008
Apple may not have had a physical presence at the Mobile World Congress but its influence was everywhere – in the touch screen displays of new mobile devices, in the widget strategies of operators and device manufacturers, the use of accelerometers and in a range of different mobile music offerings.
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 was the […]
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Posted by Mark Newman
February 14th, 2008
Sometimes you can glean more from the companies and themes that fail to make an appearance at the Mobile World Congress than those that do have a strong presence.
Notable absentees from the event this year were Apple – although this was not particularly surprising given Apple’s track record of attendance at trade shows generally. More […]
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Posted by Mark Newman
January 21st, 2008
We’re expecting a lot more HSDPA mobile phones to come onto the market this year. The big question is how competitive these will be - in terms of retail prices - with 2.5G and 3G devices. Research by Informa Telecoms & Media indicates that the average selling price (ASP) of an HSDPA handset will be […]
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