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Though Shen didn't share any details about the device itself, he did apparently make a point to highlight that with continued success of the ZenFone 4 series, ASUS could be one of the seven profitable smartphone businesses by sometime in the third quarter of next year.

However, Nokia has said it is looking into returning to the smartphones business by brand - licensing.

In 2014, the company revived a failing bid for the smartphone business by repositioning those chips, called Tegra, for automotive use.

Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) built the world's largest smartphone business by tapping China's cheap and abundant workforce.

Not exact matches

But by integrating its Dash technology into a new smartphone, Amazon ensures that it'll receive a good chunk of your day - to - day shopping and grocery business without the extra effort — and, crucially, without the extra gadget.

By 2021, more than 26 percent of leisure travelers and 20 percent of business passengers globally will be «mobile only,» operating with smartphones and tablets rather than laptop or desktop computers, according to the Atmosphere report.

As corporations increasingly rely on contractors for core parts of their business, they are held responsible by ethically minded consumers for actions further back in the supply chain - even the provenance of the mineral tantalum in their electronic devices like smartphones.

Small businesses now have the power to make a sale anywhere by simply plugging a credit card swiper into their smartphone and charging their customer at the point of sale — whether it's at a brick and mortar location, a swap meet, or in the middle of a festival.

The No. 18 business on the Franchise 500 list, which offers mail - in and walk - in repairs of electronics, has capitalized on the explosion of smartphones, growing to over 300 locations by the start of the 2017.

«Businesses and enterprises are letting employees use the latest smartphones and access things like corporate emails and suddenly the mobile device is as convenient as on working on a larger device,» Vinod Banerjee, partner and data protection specialist at law firm Taylor Wessing, told CNBC by phone.

It's why we believe that Motorola will be better served by Lenovo — which has a rapidly growing smartphone business and is the largest (and fastest - growing) PC manufacturer in the world.

Qualcomm's core business is designing the chip - based radios used by smartphones to connect to cellular networks, while a big part of Broadcom's business is designing chip - based Wi - Fi and Bluetooth radios.

In both cases the explosion was enabled by the growing commoditisation of components but because maintaining an operating system and an app ecosystem, whether on PC or smartphone, is an expensive business, there was a shakedown.

Google is ridding itself of a financial headache by selling Motorola Mobility's smartphone business to Lenovo for $ 2.9 billion.

A mobile - first, global - fast network that couldn't have existed without the smartphone platforms developed by Apple and Google, Uber and its many «Uber for...» imitators are changing the face of business.

Because employees use their personal clouds to access business information (for example, by connecting their work email to their smartphone), sensitive or confidential data is more vulnerable.

When the BYOD craze started, company officials had no clue about network security, much less the best practices that would be necessary to reduce the risks introduced by employees using their personal computers, smartphones and tablets for company business.

But in an age where resilient business models can be sidelined by a smartphone, that's also meant being prepared to sell down stocks that were once considered core holdings.

Some product lines and businesses have already shifted much of this information onto 2D QR codes that can be scanned by a consumer's smartphone and hold significantly more information than the slowly disappearing 1D barcode.

There you are, minding your own business and being a perfectly satisfied parent, when your teenager suddenly introduces a bit of pandemonium into your world by saying, «I want a smartphone!

On these social media networks, FourSquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places, users and businesses have created these specific locations (Joe's Pizzeria, the Anywhereville Library, etc) that are recognizable by the GPS on your smartphone and, using the network, users can see people who have «checked - in» at the same spot as you or were their friends have checked - in.

The electronics business magazine EE Times reported last week that all smartphone vendors are expected to have micro-electromechanical gyroscopes in their phones by Christmas.

While their business began by supplying networking equipment, they now enjoy major telcom operators as clients — making their move to smartphones very logical.

«As we set out to design BlackBerry Passport, we were guided by a simple yet challenging idea — to set aside the limitations of traditional design and to instead simply build a device that fundamentally changes the way business professionals get work done on their smartphone,» said John Chen, BlackBerry chief executive in a statement.

The Keyone and Motion were made by TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd and they recently announced they were selling off half of their smartphone business due to poor sales.

That business model was the subject of a 15 - month investigation by Chinese antitrust authorities, which analysts believe was prompted by several major Chinese smartphone makers complaining that Qualcomm was pricing its technology unfairly.

Stronger, faster, better looking and with a new operating system, Blackberry Bold 9900 enters the Smartphone business market, eagerly awaited by many users of this brand.

This means business data can't be accessed by personal apps, and if your smartphone falls into the wrong hands it can be wiped instantly — ensuring all data is secure.

RIM has to realize that smartphone users aren't all business users, its becoming dominated by 16 - 26 year olds.

If Apple made a bid for Research in Motion, it could take a leaf out of Google's book by spinning out the business to avoid antitrust conflicts, and spark a real smartphone war.

PlayBook OS 2.0 is seen as a chance to improve the PlayBook's appeal in the eyes of businesses devoted to the Canadian company's smartphones but increasingly tempted by hot Apple or Android mobile gadgets.

@wtf Blackberry is the # 1 phone used by businesses and last time I checked they were doing pretty good in the smartphone market.

Research In Motion launched a new software platform Tuesday that lets businesses manage smartphones made by rivals that have been devouring the BlackBerry maker's market share.

A separate report by Business Korea also states that LG is teaming up with Google to roll out Android Pay with the Nexus smartphone this year.

After all, the BlackBerry has long been the de facto smartphone in business and government, aided by the fact that it is managed by RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), conventionally considered the best software for secure smartphone management.

BlackBerry devices have maintained their popularity specially with business users, however the larger market of consumers seeking smartphone solutions is currently up for grabs and dominated by Apple's iPhone and to a certain extent various Google Android smartphone devices.

Although the company's BlackBerry franchise has long been a stalwart for business users, aggressive smartphone pushes by both Apple and Google have steadily eroded its market - share in the United States over the past few quarters.

In a press release, the company said that it «has determined that concentrating its mobile product lineup on smartphones and tablets and transferring its PC business to a new company established by [Japan Industrial Partners] is the optimal solution,» Sony said.

As far as I can tell from a quick read of the ninth installment, titled Take the Money and Run, Escapology is a kind of very extreme early retirement worldview that puts the focus on freedom rather than material possessions and the myriad of costly services most of us regard as a necessity in this gadget - crazy 21st century (i.e. wireless access, cable TV, smartphones and social media, subscriptions to movie services and magazines and all those other services provided by businesses such as my employer, Rogers).

Gameloft's growth was also driven by the success of the free - to - play business model: sales of virtual goods and advertising currently account for more than 85 % of the company's smartphone revenues.

«From Activision's point of view the relatively slow burn of this generations console market and the transition towards increasingly digital delivery is major risk for their business — like any traditional publisher — so it makes sense to consolidate their position by acquiring one of the giants of mobile gaming,» says smartphone industry veteran Oscar Clark, now at Unity.

Looking at the list, you may be surprised by the large number of smartphone games, but they are big business here in Japan.

While this year produced a significant increase in the number of firms with mobile sites, the majority of large law firms still do not yet have a mobile web despite the significant growth in smartphone use by clients, the media and other business contacts.

Just as I predicted that smartphones would change the way that lawyers conducted business and that iPads would also make their mark, I can likewise assure you that wearable technology will be embraced quickly by lawyers.

Instead of accepting cash or credit cards, a small business can simply use their smartphone by utilizing apps for a simpler payment experience.

Arguments seem prompted, at least in part, by marketing as the major manufacturers battle for greater share of the lucrative business smartphone

Arguments seem prompted, at least in part, by marketing as the major manufacturers battle for greater share of the lucrative business smartphone market.

Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, Google has grown from a company built around a search engine to a business that offers everything from cloud computing, Android, smartphones, VR devices and more.

Last year, PC Magazine's readers selected Nokia Lumia / Windows Phones as the Business Choice Award for smartphones by scoring them the highest in end - user satisfaction.

Shenzhen, China (August 15, 2016)-- HUAWEI Consumer Business Group (BG) is honored to announce that the HUAWEI P9 has been named «European Consumer Smartphone 2016 - 17» by the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).