New 3G wireless technology has yet to find a home in emerging markets, where cell phone use has surged.
That could spell trouble for cell phone makers looking to such markets for much of their growth.
Nokia and Motorola have prospered selling low-cost phones to first-time users in developing countries. Profit margins for such wares are slim [...]
i-mate, who recently unveiled the JAQ and the SPL at Mobile Asia 2006, has readied a follow-up to their JASJAR handset called the K-JAR.
the K-JAR does GSM/GPRS, Windows Mobile 5, of course, running on a TI OMAP750 with 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM. It’s got a 2.8″ QVGA (320×240) display, unlike the [...]
Instead of buying the Mission: Impossible 3 DVD and then converting it to play on your mobile phone, you can think about upgrading to the Nokia N93, which will come bundled with a 512MB memory card containing the whole movie to coincide with the DVD release. The movie is free—no additional cost other than [...]
October 30th, 2006 - Posted in NokiaTo further drive mobility in the country, Nokia announced the launch of two very stylish entry level mobile phones in India - The Nokia 2310 and 2610. Both handsets come with a unique first time functionality of ‘One Touch’ feature to radio (Nokia 2310) and internet (Nokia 2610).
The Nokia 2610 is a flagship addition to [...]
Nokia (NOK), the world’s largest mobile-phone maker, said it would stop making phones using the CDMA standard and had scrapped plans to produce them with Japan’s Sanyo Electric Co. (SANYY).
The Finnish company said on Thursday it would pull out of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) phone manufacturing, which it sees as a shrinking market in [...]
Finland’s Nokia and Qualcomm of the U.S. are at odds over royalties over Qualcomm’s code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. The disagreement has drawn attention in Korea not only because it involves the world’s largest handset maker and the owner of the CDMA technology, but also because CDMA royalties directly affect Korean businesses.
Nokia last week [...]
Nokia on Monday unveiled five new mobile handsets, including a 3G camera phone and 2 CDMA phones, that should hit retail shelves this year.
Nokia said the 3G phone, the 6151, comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera and is expected to retail in the July-September quarter for 240 euros ($303), excluding subsidies and taxes, making it [...]