AT&T has been selling a lot of its BlackJack smartphones over the past year, but now it seems that Sprint has its own card up its sleeve, the SPH-i325 Ace from Samsung. We put the dual-mode GSM/CDMA Ace through its paces and came up very pleased with the results.
Samsung has launched its entry-level Guru100 handset in India. The handset is equipped with a Hinglish SMS feature that allows users to compose messages in both English and Hindi. The Guru100 will retail for less than US$50 when it hits the market.
LinkedIn announced a LinkedIn web application via mobile devices with Internet
browsers like iPhone and iPod touch, Blackberry, and other web-enabled wireless phones.
Verizon Wireless has announced that it will release details on the technical requirements for its 'Any Device, Any App' open network initiative. The company will unveil the specs at its Open Development Device Conference in New York City on March 19th.
Nokia and Qualcomm, two companies that have been swapping patent and licensing related lawsuits for the past year, have agreed to not file any new suits. The two firms said that they will try to consolidate their existing lawsuits, as well.
not much info from the leaked site, the leaked sony ericsson phone looks like slim and small from the picture.
The DSTW1 touchscreen smartphone hails from General Mobile and can use two SIM cards at once. Based on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the DSTW1 also has a 2 megapixel camera and a microSD card slot to store all your photos and music on.
While we never got around to doing a formal review of it, we played around with AT&T's CU515 for quite some time and really liked how it worked. Check out our live shots of this slick flip phone in our photo/video gallery.
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The total value of the global mobile music market is expected to rise to more than $17.5 billion by 2012, driven by rental music services and full-track downloads, according to a new report by Juniper Research.
According to report author Dr Windsor Holden, "I think it's fair to say that 2007 marked the tipping point as far as mobile music adoption was concerned. Far more subscribers began downloading and subscribing to music content in developed markets, and it must be said that that the publicity surrounding the iPhone launch undoubtedly contributed to consumer awareness of mobile music services per se."
However, the Juniper report also argues that current prices for ringtones are unsustainable and that the market for such services may already have peaked in a number of developed markets, arguing that competitive pricing allied to a steady migration to ad-funded and/or self-generated ringtones will lead to a gradual decline in global ringtone revenues.
Other findings from the Juniper report include:
- The China/Far East region will remain the largest regional marketplace for mobile music services, accounting for around 43% of sales per annum over the next five years
- Ringtones, which accounted for 62% of the mobile music market in 2007, will account for just 38% by 2012
- The report argues that more operators should emulate the Vodafone model and introduce similar subscription-based music rental services
"With some operators now offering full-track downloads at a comparable price to iTunes, there is little justification for a ringtone retail price point that is in many cases two or even three times this level," said Holden. "Furthermore, those aggregators whose portfolios are largely dependent upon the polyphonic ringtone will be unable to survive in the medium term unless they both rethink their pricing strategies and substantially diversify their product portfolios."
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