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Ericsson: We will fund Sony Ericsson if necessary

Ericsson reiterated its commitment to Sony Ericsson, and said it would be willing to pump more cash into the troubled joint venture if it was needed."In the situation they are in today, it is a natural mea    

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Taiwan LED makers enjoy booming sales to China, but are uncertain about 2H09

Taiwan LED players have seen booming demand from white-box handset vendors in China amid the China government's promotion program, according to industry sources.    

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Taiwan market: Samsung and LGE see handset market shares increase in March

Both Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics saw their shares in the Taiwan market strengthen further in March 2009 although total handsets sold dropped 17% sequentially to about 540,000 units, according to the    

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Handset makers under pressure to improve the user interface

As more and more smartphones crowd the market, handset makers are facing increasing pressure to develop differentiated user interfaces (UIs). Handset makers are taking two paths to tackle the problem: They are    

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LG posts $148.5M loss, predicts rise in handset sales

LG Electronics posted a148.5 million net loss, way down from its312.6 million profit in the year-ago period. However, the South Korean electronics giant pointed to increased optimism in the handset market for t    

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MediaTek may see revenues decline in May and June

MediaTek is seeing a decline in handset chip orders as inventory levels in the end market have reached a high level, according to market sources.    

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China market: China Mobile to launch Android-based Ophone handset in May, says paper

China Mobile plans to launch an iPhone-like smartphone, the Ophone, in the China market in May, in order to compete with the iPhone which is reportedly slated for launch by China Unicom in June, according to a    

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Sony Ericsson: Android phones may take longer than expected

Sony Ericsson's CEO hinted that the company's plans to develop a handset based on Google's Android platform may be slowed, though he said this was due more to questions surrounding Android than t    

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Mobile broadband in Asia is evolving, says Frost & Sullivan

Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass two billion subscribers by 2012 when 63% of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone, according to Frost & Sullivan. However,    

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Arima Communications handset shipments to grow over 43% in 2Q09, says paper

Arima Communications is expected to see its handset shipments grow over 43% sequentially to 3.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted company president Owen C    

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