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LG poised to bounce back with higher end mobiles
Hopes to put years of bad decisions behind it
Korea’s LG is gearing up to sell 75 million handsets this year, compared to 55 million in 2012, as it strives to recover from past mistakes and focus on a new strategy based around Android and WP8. Unlike fellow Korean manufacturer Samsung, which is now the world’s biggest seller of mobiles and aiming to sell half a billion phones this year, LG’s ambitions are more modest thanks to previously placing its faith in the Windows Mobile platform and having failed to grab an opportunity to build the very first Android smartphone. Continue reading
Posted in LG, Samsung, WP8, android, mobile news
Tagged android, Korea Times, LG, Samsung, WP8
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Shock as LG Nexus 4 does well in Xmas UK sales
Rating: Samsung creams all over Apple says uSwitch
Most industry observers would not be surprised to learn that in terms of perceptible UK sales, Samsung’s handsets have outperformed Apple’s offerings in the run up to the crucial Xmas sales season. However, the fact that the LG Nexus 4 relegated Apple’s iPhone 5 and 4S to 5th and 6th place respectively in December [2012] will surprise many pundits. These figures are taken from the current uSwitch Mobile Tracker which is based on live searches, pre-orders and pay monthly sales. It means that the top three most popular Xmas handsets for 2012 were all Samsung Galaxy phones. Having dropped four places, the iPhone 4S became December’s biggest lose and is currently perched precariously in 9th slot. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, LG, Mobile Devices, NFC, Samsung, android
Tagged Apple, Beam, Galaxy SIII, LG, Nexus 4, Samsung
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Q3 mobile sales generally down but smartphones still bucking trend
Overall mobile phones sales are continuing to slow but Apple and Samsung remain in the lead and accounting for almost half of worldwide purchases, latest third quarter figures from Gartner reveal.
As might be expected smartphones bucked the trend with sales up nearly 47 per cent over Q3 2011 though Nokia, despite its new Lumia handsets, still only managed to sell 7.2 million phones in this segment. The Finnish maker’s sales generally fell nearly 22 per cent as fewer Symbian handsets were sold – with Canadian BlackBerry maker taking up most of the slack with its operating system now boasting the No.3 slot after Android and Apple. Continue reading
LG confuses GoMo over portal announcement
Rating: YuMe joins Smart TV Alliance, though
An announcement made by LG Electronics at the beginning of this week [August 27th 2012], about a new Smart TV game portal called Game World has caused real confusion here at GoMobile Towers. The company appears to have ‘launched’ without actually providing access to the public until next month [September 2012]. Every time GoMobile News tried to find a definite product it evaporated in front of us. Hopefully, some of the confusion will disappear as four more companies have joined the Smart TV Alliance founded by LG along with Philips and Toshiba. The Alliance is working towards version 2.0 of its SDK. Continue reading
Posted in HTML5, LTE, qualcomm
Tagged alliance, Game World, LG, Magic Remote, Philips, qualcomm, Smart TV, toshiba, Yume
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Official National Rail Enquiries app clocks up 1m users in 10 weeks
Rating: BlackBerry & WP7 users must use 3rd party apps
How about this? In only 10 weeks over a million Brits have installed the official National Rail Enquiries (NRE) free smartphone app since its launch in May 2012. This instantly makes it one of the most popular travel apps in the UK. It’s even more remarkable since the app is only available for iOS and Android users. Tough luck BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone (W7 Mango) owners. Anyway, GoMobile News can exclusively reveal that the split in the usage base is 7:3 in favour of the iPhone with 70.5 per cent of downloads being iOS and the remaining 29.5 per cent being Android. The NRE is also a prime example of a mobile app which successfully leverages geolocation capabilities. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile applications, android, iOS, mobile location
Tagged 'wake-me-up, android, BlackBerry, Chris Scoggins, Darwin, iOS, LG, National Rail Enquiries, phillips, Samsung, TV apps, W7 Mango
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Samsung posts record profits – as expected
Stark contrast to fortunes of Korean rival LG
Sales of Samsung smartphones rose by more than a fifth in the second quarter to a record profit of $47.1 billion [£30 billion], the South Korean manufacturer has confirmed. The world’s biggest handset maker also increased its operating profit by 79 per cent to $5.9 billion [£3.75 billion]. Though the trading update was in line with analysts expections, shares still rose by more than 4 per cent in early trading in Seoul today.
Samsung added that it expected demand for its smartphones to continue rising in this third quarter as new products with diverse price ranges came on line, building on the company’s success with its recently launched Galaxy SIII. Continue reading
Not so lucky LG sees dive in handset sales
Seoul sad to see you go
A couple of years ago Korean manufacturer LG Electronics vowed to overtake Samsung to become the world’s second-biggest mobile phone maker (after Nokia). But that was before it was displaced in 2011 by Apple as the world’s No.3 mobile phone maker (according to IDC). Making it the fourth largest. Now, if the firm’s latest figures are anything to go by, its phone sales are well on the slippery slope and LG may even be forced to pull out of the US market. Continue reading
PayByPhone to demonstrate the UK’s first NFC parking solution
Rating: It may eventually be possible to use a Motorola Razr
PayByPhone will be demonstrating its NFC (Near Field Communication) powered parking payments solution at the forthcoming Parkex exhibition at London’s Olympia exhibition halls between April 17th-18th [2012}. This follows its first successful deployment for motorists in Tunbridge Wells [England] was the first time in the UK that NFC enabled smartphones could be used to pay for parking. Customers using the PayByPhone system can download and install Android, iOS (iPhone) and Blackberry apps. Of course, there’s no NFC enabled iPhone app yet. Continue reading
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Tagged acer, Engadget, google, HTC, ice cream sandwich, LG, Motorola, NFC, NFC World, NXP PN544, PayByPhone, Razr, Robin Bevan, Samsung, Tunbridge Wells
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Mobilethink provides OTA solution for W7 Mango configuration
Rating: No more waiting to update operator settings
A solution which will enable mobile network operators to send configuration settings over-the-air (OTA) to W7 Mango devices has just been released by device management specialist Mobilethink. The company claims it’s the first time all WP7 users will be able to access the mobile Internet irrespective of their network operator. Mobilethink actually alleges that in worst case scenarios, users have had to wait for weeks for their devices to be re-configured. That’s because in certain circumstances the user was prevented from correcting network settings after their devices had been shipped thanks to Microsoft security policies. Continue reading
Posted in HTC, LG, Mobile Devices, Samsung, WP7, nokia
Tagged configuration, HTC, LG, Mango, mobilethink, nokia, OTA, Samsung, settings, Thomas Yde Frederiksen, WP7
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Jil Sander teams with LG for Windows Mango phone
Rating: Iconic design house beats Nokia to the punch
Never mind introducing your own retail app, iconic design house – Jil Sander- has introduced its very own smartphone to host its Jil Sander app. It says something when even the iconic design house like Jil Sander can introduce its own Windows 7.5 (Mango) smartphone before Nokia has made a move. The high-end luxury brand will offer the Jil Sander Mobile as of tomorrow (October 7th 2011) in partnership with Korean phone manufacturer, LG. Check the web site here and you should find the Mango phone on sale. “We want to get closer to our customers by creating this mobile device which incorporates the unique Jil Sander DNA both inside and outside,” claimed Alessandro Cremonesi, the group’s CEO. Apparently this handset fuses the brand aesthetic values of modernity, purity and understated luxury with the latest technological innovations. On the other hand, it is a GSM/HSPDA+ mobile phone with a 1 GHz processor and the latest version of WP7. Continue reading
Posted in LG, WP7, retail
Tagged Alessandro Cremonesi, fashion house, Jil Sander, LG, Mango, WP7
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Microsoft’s Mango is ready – what’s taking you so long?
Rating: Nordic manager berates phone makers
In a Facebook posting, Peter Wissinger, Microsoft’s Nordic manager, bemoans that fact that it is the hardware manufacturers rather than the software company which is the bottleneck with the latest version of WP7 [Mango/Windows Phone 7.5]. He reckons that it is now it is entirely up to manufacturers to launch Windows Phone handsets with Mango because it is ready. So the betting is now on for who will show their Mango phone first. Whilst everyone would love it to be Nokia because Wissinger is based in the Northern region, this is probably a less than subtle hint to the Finnish giant to hurry up. So who is the smart money on? Well, HTC seems to be the hot favourite – thanks to its long association with Microsoft’s Windows based mobile phone OS’s. The dark horse is Fujitsu – with the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T which was already slated to appear in September. Continue reading
Google to acquire Motorola’s handset div
Rating: Larry Page says it will supercharge Android 3 times
The balance of power in the cellular handset market is shifting again. First we’ve seen manufacturers break free of the shackles of the mobile network operators with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. Now we are seeing the software vendors dominating the hardware suppliers. Nokia’s dalliance with Microsoft kicked off the trend. Now Google has decided to acquire Motorola’s handset division (Motorola Mobility) for around $12.5 billion. This has caused Google’s CEO, Larry Page, to declare that nothing has changed and that the company will continue to work with its existing hardware partners. Actually, there’s about 38 of them but you coluld always check this with the Open Handset Alliance here. It also spurred Mr Page into using the word supercharge three times. [Four if you count the headline.] This move will profoundly change the dynamics of the mobile phone industry, whatever you view on the wisdom of the acquisition is. Continue reading
Orange UK offers free Windows Phone apps – we think
Rating: You have to be set properly up to see ‘em
What a nice gesture. Orange UK has decided to give away a free app a day to those owning Windows Phone handsets on its network during July [2011]. It claims that customers will able to download a total of 31 individual apps worth more than £70. Great. But what are these apps? Ah, there’s the rub. Only those with Windows Phone handsets connected to the Orange network – and with the Orange App shop app downloaded – are able to see them. So we can’t tell you whether they’re great or naff. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, LG, Microsoft, Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, orange
Tagged apps, everything everywhere, free, LG, Neil Holroyd, orange, windows phone
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Should mobiles contain conflict-free parts?
Rating: Is this an issue the industry should be taking seriously?
It’s not every day that you get to converse with a real life poet but they do have a nasty habit of asking really searching questions. And Fran Lock was no exception when she asked GoMo News whether or not it was possible to purchase a smartphone which was genuinely conflict (materials) free (CF). It’s over a year since Nicolas Kristof wrote in his column here about ‘blood phones’ and we don’t appear to have made much progress in this direction. Given that all the leading producers of smartphones have been singled out by those campaigning against the use of components in electronic devices (including smartphones), it raises the question – should handset vendors be treating this whole issue more seriously? Continue reading
