Google's largest deal to date, the planned $ 12.5 billion acquisition
of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc is pending regulatory approval.
The next couple
of mobile phone makers on this list have since seen significant downturns.
Not exact matches
Once the world's biggest
maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise
of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple and Samsung.
Professional photographer Allan Shoemake is the co-founder
of LuMee, the
maker of a popular
mobile phone case with front - facing LED lights.
The
Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, and there have already been a slew
of product announcements from the world's biggest
phone makers.
Sticking to Asian companies and the
mobile market, Chinese
phone maker Xiaomi filed to go public in Hong Kong and raise up to $ 10 billion, which would easily rank as the largest initial public offering
of the year and third all - time among tech companies, trailing only Alibaba and Facebook.
Once the world's biggest
maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise
of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple (AAPL.O) and Samsung (005930.
The news is the latest chapter in how Finland's Nokia, once the world's biggest
mobile phone maker, has continued to struggle to find ways to forge ahead in using some
of its extensive IP to dive into the consumer market.
Nokia's history as the world's biggest
mobile phone maker is becoming a distant memory, but it's not out
of the gadget business just yet.
Speaking at a CES 2018 event, president
of Samsung's
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean
phone maker is set to use this year's event to announce the new Samsung Galaxy S9.
Speaking at a CES 2018 event a couple
of weeks ago, president
of Samsung's
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean phone maker was set to use this year's Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Gala
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean
phone maker was set to use this year's
Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Gala
Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Galaxy S9.
The announcement came just a week after Samsung SDI, South Korea's leading battery
maker, unveiled plans to recycle cobalt from used
mobile phones and develop lithium - ion batteries with minimum content
of the metal, or no cobalt at all, as a way to offset soaring prices for the silver - grey commodity.
Motorola, which has been in existence for 80 years, is one
of the oldest
mobile phone makers on the market.
Chinese smartphone
maker Xiaomi on Aug. 25 jointly announced the launch
of a new
phone with China
Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator by subscr
Mobile, the country's largest
mobile operator by subscr
mobile operator by subscribers.
With Knowles, a supplier
of acoustic solutions to
mobile phone makers and hearing aid manufacturers, we didn't buy the shares on the open market, but rather received them through a tax - free spinoff from longtime Oakmark Equity and Income Fund holding Dover Corporation.
China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices
of the materials used by
makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.
China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended output in an effort to shore up slumping prices
of the materials used by
makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.
Utilizing the largest data set
of mobile phone records ever analyzed to estimate human mobility, the researchers developed an innovative model that can predict epidemics and provide critical early warning to policy
makers.
CELLPHONES will begin to run low on power over the next few years as advances in battery technology fail to keep up with the demands
of the numerous energy - draining features being planned by
mobile phone makers.
«There's an argument to be made — and indeed which is made by film -
makers like Michael Haneke or Jean Luc Godard — that says that since the advent
of television, computers,
mobile phones, etc, the image has lost its power to impact upon us,» says Dr Catherine Wheatley, a lecturer in film studies at King's College London.
Chinese
phone maker Nubia arrived at the latest edition
of Mobile World Congress to showcase several devices, including three prototypes
of an unannounced smartphone concept designed with a focus on Android gaming.
HTC's previous feature - limited handsets were the Wildfire and Wildfire S Android
mobiles, where this new device arrives with a similar set
of features only the
mobile phone maker has said this will be aimed at an even lower price point.
In August the budget
mobile phone maker made public news
of a new flagship handset, where the 3.7 - inch display Vision arrives with a 3D user interface — in a similar vein to LG's Optimus 3D
phone and the HTC Evo 3D
phone.
Mobile World Congress 2011: The latest MIFI, phone and a tablet are on the way Chinese telecoms device makers Huawei announced their upcoming series of mobile products for the quarter at MWC in Barcelona, with the IDEOS X3 phone, IDEOS S7 tablet, E586 MIFI and the HiLink E173 d
Mobile World Congress 2011: The latest MIFI,
phone and a tablet are on the way Chinese telecoms device
makers Huawei announced their upcoming series
of mobile products for the quarter at MWC in Barcelona, with the IDEOS X3 phone, IDEOS S7 tablet, E586 MIFI and the HiLink E173 d
mobile products for the quarter at MWC in Barcelona, with the IDEOS X3
phone, IDEOS S7 tablet, E586 MIFI and the HiLink E173 dongle.
Mobile phone chip
maker Qualcomm showed off a previously unannounced version
of Asustek Computer's Eee PC based on its Snapdragon processor and running the Android OS.
for the first time outside
of Windows Finnish
mobile phone maker Nokia has unveiled the next update to the Symbian ^ 3
phone operating system, known as the codename «Belle», will feature free Microsoft Office applications.
Coming to a high - street store soon
Mobile phone and now tablet
maker Motorola Mobility has released the pricing
of its Xoom tablet device, for # 499 with the WIFI only version and # 599 for the WIFI +3 G.
Finnish fone
makers Nokia has rolled out an update to their latest range
of mobile phones, in version 1.1
of the Symbian ^ 3 OS.
Canada's Research in Motion,
maker of the Blackberry, knocked Motorola off the list
of the world's top five
mobile phone manufacturers in the first quarter
of 2010, industry tracker IDC said Friday.
Canadian
mobile phone maker Research In Motion's Chief Information Officer has publically issued a statement over the outage
of their services, which has resulted in the loss
of email, web browsing and BlackBerry messaging.
The Nokia 500 isn't even a top tier handset, as the
phone is branded as an entry level
mobile by the Finnish fone
maker — despite arriving with a 3.2 - inch 640 × 360 capacitive touch screen, a 5 megapixel camera, 2 GB
of internal memory and support for 32 GB microSD cards.
Canadian
mobile phone maker RIM has unveiled the next iteration
of the operating system that drives their handsets and tablets, which will be known as BlackBerry BBX.
a pale version
of the original Cupertino based computer and software
maker Apple has released its white version
of the iPhone 4, where
mobile phone networks O2, Vodafone and Three are now all selling the device.
The Nokia N8 is the Finnish
phone maker's top tier
mobile phone, which arrives with the latest Symbian ^ 3 OS, a 3.5 - inch touch screen with a 12 megapixel camera, 16 GB
of internal storage and a miniHDMI port.
One
Mobile Ring believes that two new Windows
Phone 7 mobiles were enough of a revelation and a major gear change for the Finnish phone maker last week, where another paradigm shift wouldn't have had the impact Nokia would have l
Phone 7
mobiles were enough
of a revelation and a major gear change for the Finnish
phone maker last week, where another paradigm shift wouldn't have had the impact Nokia would have l
phone maker last week, where another paradigm shift wouldn't have had the impact Nokia would have liked.
Traditionally, the Finnish fone
makers have used Nokia World to either announce or launch their new series
of mobile phones for the next few quarters, where the most significant range
of new Nokia devices has to be the ones running Microsoft's
mobile phone operating system.
Digitimes reports that
mobile phone maker Oppo may not reach its goal
of shipping 90 - 100 million
mobile phones in 2016.
Candian
mobile phone maker RIM has announced two
of their BlackBerry handsets have gained MasterCard PayPass abilities for NFC based contactless payments — where the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones are the first SIM - based devices to gain this accreditation.
Qualcomm, the world's largest
maker of mobile -
phone chips, will demonstrate a test device running Windows 8 based on its Snapdragon processor, said a person familiar with its plans.
LG, the world's No. 3
mobile phone maker but a laggard in the booming smartphone market, introduced the Optimus One smartphone in Korea this week before launching global sales through about 120 carriers with a sales target
of 10 million units.
Finnish
mobile phone maker Nokia has made public that a new version
of the joint Nokia - Intel MeeGo OS is being rolled out to their N9 handsets, along with a new colour
of white being available to buy.
Canadian email
mobile phone maker Research In Motion has released an update to their PlayBook tablet device, which brings with it a new version
of Adobe Flash Player amongst other additions.
This isn't the first time a
mobile phone maker has teamed up with a well - known designer, as LG has had handsets designed by Prada and Giorgio Armani have produced Samsung
phones — with a notable redesign
of the Samsung Galaxy S.
Just ahead
of the imminent launch
of its new BlackBerry 10 powered devices, the
maker of BlackBerry branded
mobile phones RIM has decided to rename its applications store.
TCT
Mobile, the Alcatel
phone maker, has just announced the start selling
of its QWERTY
phone in Russia, the Alcatel OT - 806.
Angry Birds
maker Rovio has announced a new web based version
of the popular
mobile game for those that just have to play it, even when their
phone is in their pocket.Quickly becoming a defacto launch requirement for any platform (it's coming to Windows... Read more
Last September, the once lauded handset manufacturer BlackBerry Limited confirmed it will no longer be building its own
mobile devices, outsourcing all
of its internal hardware efforts to third - party
phone -
makers like China's TCL Corporation.
Samsung is the world's biggest
mobile phone maker and handsets account for the bulk
of the firm's profits.
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of an effort to make rides more attractive where drivers have to go a distance before starting the ride; the question is how it will go over with riders... AMD returned to profitability driven by sales
of its Ryzen processor, per VentureBeat... Apple acquired New Zealand - based wireless charging firm PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum... TechCrunch reports that Honolulu has given final approval to a law that fines pedestrians who are looking at their
phones while crossing a street.
We've also been working closely with our partners, and by the end
of this year, hardware
makers including Essential, General
Mobile, HMD Global Home
of Nokia
Phones, Huawei, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp and Sony are scheduled to launch or upgrade devices to Android 8.0 Oreo.