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Sony mobile phone re-branding might be US centric
Rating: Is it preparing a W7 Mango phone as well?
Things ain’t looking to good for Sony Ericsson which shipped a mere nine million handsets during Q4 2011. Shipments were down by 20 per cent year-to-year but worst still 5 per cent lower than Q3 [2011]. That’s bad because Q4 is normally good thanks to Xmas present sales. Most observers point out, however, that Sony Ericsson is the first in its league to report sales and both HTC’s and Motorola’s figures shouldn’t be much better. Q4 2011 was the last time this business will report as Sony Ericsson. Sony bought out its partner of 11 years in October 2011. GoMo News believes that the new name will be Sony Mobile Communications and if the US press is to be believed, the company will focus much more intently on the North American market than it has in the past. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, Sony, WP7
Tagged Bert Nordberg, Cyber-shot, IDC, Playstation, Sony, sony, xperia
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Nokia fast slipping into also-ran status
Rating: Finns miscalculate power of the mobile app
There’s absolutely no doubt that – taken in isolation – Finnish handset vendor Nokia is still producing the best mobile phone handsets there are around. However, the landscape has changed massively from the days when the former No: 1 handset producer (by a long chalk) could sit back on its laurels and watch its rivals fight for market share. What Finland’s champion appears to have overlooked is the importance of apps in the fast-growing smartphone sector. GoMo News can’t guess what Nokia assumed would happen. But instead of loyal Symbian app developers simply swapping their efforts over from one mobile OS favoured by Nokia (Symbian) to another (WP7), it seems that developers are all simply following market forces. Continue reading
webinos consortium creates spec for cross platform web apps
Rating: Yes, but will it fly? Ah, but GSM did
It sounds like a great idea. Why not create a single platform for developing web applications that will run across mobile, PC, home media (TV) and in-car environments. Next come up with a name for it. They’ve picked webinos which apparently means a – Secure Web Operating System Application Environment. Not a brilliant name but the next bit makes a load of sense. Launch your first set of specifications. That exactly what the EU webinos consortium has just done. The million dollar question is … will anybody actually take webinos up? Continue reading
Sony Ericsson losing out in UK Android battle
Rating: Latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
Sony Ericsson was being squeezed out by HTC and Samsung as its share of UK Android sales dropped down to just 8.5 per cent compared to 20.5 per cent last year [2010]. Meanwhile HTC has managed to maintain its grip on the British Android market taking 44.8 per cent of Android sales in the past 12 weeks. – according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech (KWC). Samsung is close behnind HTC with sales of the Galaxy S II and Ace handsets driving its share of Android sales up to 37.9 per cent compared with 25.2 per cent in 2010. Other interesting findings are that RIM is still second in the UK smartphone market whilst Nokia is the lead phone supplier in Brazil. Continue reading
Posted in BRIC, HTC, Mobile Devices, Mobile Stats, RIM, Samsung, nokia
Tagged Brazil, Dominic Sunnebo, HTC, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, nokia, Samsung, Sony
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Mobile Marketing Roundup: MMA Privacy Policy Guidelines, Mobile greetings cards and more…
Here’s your Tuesday round-up of the hottest mobile marketing stories from across the globe.
Today’s edition looks at the MMA’s new privacy policy guidelines for apps; Clintons launch of mobile compatible video greetings cards; Sony Ericsson’s focus on Android and more… Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Marketing
Tagged android, clinton mobile greetings, clintons, mma, mobile marketing guidelines, Sony
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Mobile Marketing Roundup: Google profits from Android, O2 Trials VOIP and more…
Here’s your Friday round-up of the hottest mobile marketing stories from across the globe.
Today’s edition looks at Google’s mobile advertising success from the Android platform, more doom and gloom for Sony Ericsson; O2 trialing VOIP in London and more… Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Marketing
Tagged google android advertising, mobile advertising, o2, o2 connect, o2 voip, Sony
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Sony Ericsson woos UK press with Emile Sande
Rating: The LiveDock Android docking station impressed too
Analysts might not have been able to predict Nokia’s rapid decline in the smartphone sector, but GoMo News can certainly predict a rapid rise in Sony Ericsson’s (SE) standing amongst the UK press. After last night’s Sony Ericsson Summer Showcase, that is. Not only did the wine and [...]
Posted in Featured, Mobile Devices, Sony, android, mobile video
Tagged Amy Winehouse, android, Emile, LiveDock, Liveware manager, nokia, ray, RIM, Sande, Sony, xperia
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Sony launches Qriocity enabled Walkman handset
Rating: Access Sony’s music and video subscription service
A new handset, the Live with Walkman, has just been launched by Sony Ericsson (SE). The company claims a range of built-in apps turn this Android Gingerbread (2.3) handset into a real social music machine. GoMo News believes that this is the first handset from Sony Ericsson that actually has the Qriocity apps built in. The music version of Qriocity – Music Unlimited was released as an Android app back in June [2011] and the video version back in July [2001]. The company implies that you can only run these Android apps on its Xperia range of handsets but we’re not so sure. If the system had accepted our credit card number we might have been able to prove otherwise. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, Mobile Music, Mobile applications, Music, Sony
Tagged Music Unlimited, Omnifone, Qriocity, SensMe, Sony, TrackID, Walkman, xLOUD, xperia
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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
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
Lusting for latest Android? Vodafone can help
Rating: Swift round-up Android devices for UK
With all the myriad of handset and tablet launches taking place in Barcelona, it’s quite easy to lose track of where you are as a regular consumer. When can you get your hands on this stuff and from where? So full marks to Vodafone for pointing out what its [...]
Posted in HTC, LG, MWC, Samsung, Sony, Vodafone, android
Tagged Arc, chacha, Desire S, Froyo, Galaxy Tab 10.1, gingerbread, google, honeycomb, HTC, LG, Nexus S, Optimus 3D, Samsung, Sony, Wildfire S, Xperia Neo, Xperia Play
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Motorola tilts @ RIM with 3LM acquisition
Rating: Intends to sell Android apps to rivals
Motorola Mobility (the bit that still handles handsets) has just revealed that it has acquired 3LM (Three Laws Mobility). 3LM has developed Android apps which aim to provide enterprises with security and mobile device management software. This is exactly the kind of stuff you need to sell to major corporations and government bodies. It “addresses ease-of-use, cost-of-management and security concerns for IT managers and CIOs.” So just like RIM eased IBM out the door with its BlackBerry dedicated email devices, Motorola hopes to ease RIM out the door via Android based apps. The subtle difference is that Motorola isn’t going to makes these apps exclusive to itself. It fully intends to sell 3LM based products to rival manufacturers. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, android, mobile security, nokia
Tagged 3LM, android, BlackBerry, Christy Wyatt, Gaurav Mathur, HTC, Motorola, Network Nasties, Pantech, RIM, Security, sharp, Sony, Three Laws Mobility, Tom Moss
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