Handset displays shipments up 30% sequentially in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch

After hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2009, handset display shipments for the second quarter of 2009 reached 360 million units, up 30% sequentially and 3% on year, according to DisplaySearch. Revenues we    

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Compal Communications to use MediaTek 3G handset solutions

Compal Communications will begin to use handset solutions, including 3G TD-SCDMA chips, from MediaTek for handset production, according to Compal chairman Ray Chen.    

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Apple, Android Now Make Up 75% of U.S. Smartphone Web Traffic

Erick Schonfeld submits: When it comes to the mobile Web, increasingly there are only two mobile platforms which matter: Apple (AAPL) and Android. According to AdMob’s October, 2009 mobile metrics rep    

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Looking at the hot trends in handset design

The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and wireless carriers are offering a seemingly endless parade of new phones to entice customers. Thanks to a recent partnership between Strategy A    

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Can Apple Stop the Android?

Edward Harrison submits:I want to take a break from banking and macro stuff and talk a little bit about technology. I wrote an article about Android a few weeks back. That was a more personal account on why I w    

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Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device

Michael Arrington submits: Tuesday we wrote about the soon to launch Google Phone, a Google (GOOG) branded Android phone that we believe will hit the market in early 2010. Lots of people are saying there&rs    

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Rumor Mill: Nokia replacing Symbian with Maemo in N-Series devices
Nov 18, 2009 (Updated Nov 20, 2009) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

Nokia plans to stop using the Symbian platform by 2012 in its entire N-Series line of devices in favor of Maemo, according to a report on The Really Mobile Project blog.The blog, citing comments from Nokia'    

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A Google Branded Phone Is on the Way
Nov 18, 2009 (Updated Nov 20, 2009) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

Michael Arrington submits: The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real.The next    

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Can Dell Compete in the Smartphone Arena?

Zacks.com submits: Dell Inc. (DELL), one of the world’s leading computer manufacturers, has decided to start manufacturing its smartphone device. The company has zeroed in on Brazil as the first manuf    

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Sale of Motorola unit could have implications for handset division
Nov 12, 2009 (Updated Nov 20, 2009) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

Several new organizations, led by a report in the Wall Street Journal, have said that Motorola is considering selling its Home and Networks Mobility unit for about4.5 billion. The sale of the unit could have im    

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