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Add another voice to the growing chorus of conservative growth forecasts for global handset sales this year. IMS Research last week forecast less than 6% growth, near the low-end of recent estimates by various parties and in contrast to the …

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. appears to be upping the ante in the U.S. cellphone market, where it is No. 2 – some distance behind Motorola Inc. and trailed closely by LG Electronics Co.While confident of its future here, Samsung sees …

At the end of the day – the verbal pause du jour – a gathering of thousands of industry people bursting with innovative products, some of them handsets, will undoubtedly kick up a little dust in Las Vegas next week.Whether …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications warned yesterday that its first quarter results, due April 23, will reflect weaker than anticipated handset volumes, leading to lower revenue and flat gross margins. The company said it would ship about 22 million units for …

ONCE THE DOMAIN OF EARLY ADOPTERS on high-tech smartphones, mobile RSS is quietly moving into the mainstream.RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, first came to the Internet in 1999, and the format has become a must-have for savvy Web users looking …

If you think you’re seeing Bluetooth headset advertisements everywhere, offering a bewildering array of styles and functionality from innumerable companies, you’re spot on. The growth of mobile multimedia – driven in part by a shift in emphasis by network operators’ …

ROK Entertainment Group said it acquired a 51% stake in the Finnish mobile software developer Geniem for an undisclosed sum.Geniem develops on-device portals, white-label social networking applications and Bluetooth marketing services for partners including Nokia Corp., Volvo, Pepsi and Sony …

Aloft Media L.L.C. has sued several wireless handset giants over alleged infringement of a patent for transferring contact information using a mobile phone. Aloft Media, based in Longview, Texas, names as defendants Nokia, Motorola Inc., Palm Inc. Research in Motion …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis’ …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis’ …

Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.’s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the operator’s efforts in consumer Internet services, Vodafone said last week at the Mobile World Congress in …

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, are any indication.The forefront …

BARCELONA, Spain – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans at the Mobile World Congress trade show to launch an Internet-services strategy for its handsets, a move that could put the Korean vendor into direct competition with Nokia Corp.’s overarching Ovi …

Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.’s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the operator’s efforts in consumer Internet services, Vodafone said Thursday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, …

BARCELONA, Spain — Attendees of the Mobile World Congress show here have been treated to a range of new devices, from startups to multibillion-dollar entrenched players, evidence that the world’s cellphone industry continues to rush along at an almost breathless …

Few would argue the premise that, in the post-iPhone handset world, the user experience matters most. Observers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week have noted the emphasis of substance over style, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is home turf to Nokia Corp. and it used the platform today to reiterate its pursuit of the converged space by unveiling the N96, a 16 gigabyte refresh to its popular N95. Despite its …

Microsoft Corp. kick-started its effort to grab a piece of the hot, youth-oriented messaging and social networking market by acquiring Danger Inc., the software driver behind the popular Sidekick devices at T-Mobile USA Inc. The purchase price was not disclosed. …

Voce’s promises are now just a hollow echo of P.T. Barnum’s famous dictum, “there’s a sucker born every minute.” “The ultimate service,” the now-defunct mobile virtual network operator’s Web site still assures viewers. “Voce redefines customer care.” In the case …

Change is coming swiftly at Motorola Inc., fueling further speculation on the company’s direction. CEO Greg Brown apparently told employees Friday in an internal memo that he personally will take charge of the company’s ailing handset business. Brown’s internal memo, …

AS WORD SANK IN that Motorola Inc. is “exploring the structural and strategic realignment” of its business – including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business – attention has turned to the company’s strategy, its actual …

Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson are gearing up for what looks to be an epic battle on the mobile content playground. But the complicated world of mobile content is more like one of those bar-fight scenes in the movies where …

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so much confetti on the wind.Or is that confetti actually the cellular industry after being fed through …

As word sank in that Motorola Inc. is “exploring the structural and strategic realignment” of its business – including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business – attention has turned to the company’s strategy, its actual …

Motorola Inc.’s CEO Greg Brown today said the company is exploring options to accelerate the recovery of its mobile devices business, including the possible creation of a standalone devices business.Rumors circulated among market analysts earlier this week that Motorola might …