Blog » September 2009

Nokia's first Linux-based smartphone, the N900, has been put on pre-order in the United States for a price of649, according to Nokia's U.S. website. The device could technically work on T-Mobile USA&#    

Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu said in a research note that Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, is currently working on a deal to get China Telecom to carry the firm's devices on its 3G network.    

MediaTek and Vodafone have jointly announced that Vodafone has selected MediaTek chipsets for two new devices. The strategic partnership with MediaTek provides Vodafone with the opportunity to offer the Vodafon    

Shipments of OLED displays for handset main screens are expected to rise by a factor of eight from 2009 to 2015. Global shipments of OLED main handset displays will rise to 178 million units in 2015, up from 22    

China-based ZTE shipped a total of 27 million handsets in the first half of 2009, increasing 36% from a year earlier, according to a Chinese-based sina.com report, citing data released by the company.    

Nokia will focus on the development of Maemo platform-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs) for the high-end mobile computing segment in addition to Symbian-based devices for the mass market, according to Jonas    

Taiwan-based handset PCB makers saw mixed results for the second quarter of 2009, with Unimicron Technology posting a positive EPS of NT$0.96 (US$0.03), and Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Compeq Manufacturin