Mobile Phones

Motorola intends to release about 50 models of mobile phones before the end of 2008. This was stated by the CEO Greg Brown.

According to him, in the second half Motorola will ship more phones than in the first. However, as Brown believes, the mobile unit of the company will not be able to retain market share in the third quarter.

Moreover, it is expected some increase in the loss of that period. However, in 4th quarter net loos should stabilize.

Brown supported competitors in the overall assessment of business, assuming that the market of mobile phones will grow on the basis of 2008 by 10%.

Motorola published results for 2nd  quarter of 2008. In general, producer recorded net profit of $ 4 million (a year ago was a net loss of $ 28 million). This was achieved through an excellent work of two units of the company. The third unit responsible for mobile phones, has still negative results.

Motorola has shipped 28.1 million phones, thus, ahead of LG (27,7 million). The U.S. company has retained its third place (after Nokia and Samsung), but LG isn’t far from it.

Sales from mobile phones raised to $ 3.3 billion, which is 22% less than in the second quarter a year earlier (when the crisis has already begun). The segment ended the period with a net loss of $ 346 million, a 14 million more than the loss of 2 quarter of 2007.

The company expects that 2008 will be ended with operating profit, especially due to work of Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Home and Networks Mobility.

Semcblog published info that Sony Ericsson is starting to produce accessories for XPERIA X1.

These include - standard battery for the phone, two versions ZU format Mini-USB, stylish and complete system of charging.

Of course, by itself, these information represents very little interest, but one more time confirms preparations of nearing release of Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and it could mean that sales of XPERIA X1 will really begin in autumn 2008.

Long-awaited start of sales of BlackBerry Thunder are expeted to be on October 8 Internet resource Fudzilla reports. The first smartphone from Research in Motion with touch screens will appear in stores of American cellular operator Verizon (reportedly, he will get exclusive rights to sell smartphone in the U.S.).

Also under the partnership agreement signed with the music service Real Rhapsody, according to which, in BlackBerry Thunder will be possible to download music without connecting to WiFi-channel.

According to the same source BlackBerry Thunder, also known as the BlackBerry 9500, will receive 480×320 - resolution display, 3.2 - megapixel camera which also records video!!! :), and a slot for memory cards microSD. Touch screen interface new items very much remind us those ones used in iPhone 3G.

The American version of BlackBerry Thunder will work in 3G-CDMA networks using data transmission protocol EV-DO. Also it is supposed that it will support the GSM-networks (using a protocol HSPA).

What we see on the photo somehow reminds us Sony ERicsson T610 only this is a slider and with much more features!! Rumors around suggest that Sony Ericsson will announces a new phone model with an index of Sony Ericsson G705 the next two weeks, . Taking into consideration that two weeks isn’t a long time before announcements, there are first spy photos of G705.

And again we can see that Sony Ericsson G705 is a Slider.

From the technical specifications we know about that it will be equipped with: QVGA-display, 3.2 Megapikselnoy camera with flash, 128 MB built-in memory and slot for Memory Stick Micro M2. But the main feature of the device should be built-in GPS-module with a special menu similar to the satellite icon.

More details about Sony Ericsson G705 are not reported, we’ll wait for the official announcements.

Representatives of the companies Nokia and Symbian have denied rumors that Symbian and Android operating systems in the foreseeable future will be merged. Such assumptions have appeared some time ago with from the analysts J. Gold Associates.

In such an alliance should be more interested company Google, because the new open Symbian platform undermines main advantage Android - openness to third parties. Against the backdrop of an open platform as Symbian, developers have no incentive to use Android.

Earlier, Nigel Clifford, chief managing director of Symbian, did not exclude the possibility of “more dense” collaboration with Google, but declined to identify specific prospects.

Their are some rumors emerged in the net about the start date of sales of long-awaited Communicator Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. Resource GPSAndCo reported that Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will be put on sale on October 13 this year.

Although in spring there were some rumours of a possible significant delay in timing of release Communicator XPERIA X1, it seems, it will appear in the time frame originally claimed.

Recall that this first Sony Ericsson Communicator - based on Windows Mobile was first presented to the public in February, but then very long about it, nothing has been heard. During this time, appeared competitors such as HTC Touch PRO, who took part of attention to themselves. In what regions on Oct. 13 will start sales of Communicator has not yet been reported.

It is known that the price of Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 should make around 700 euros.

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        … with additional technical information and new “live” photos of Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube - the long-waited response from Nokia to touchscreen phones from other manufacturers.

As reports justamp.blogspot.com, new phone will work on the 5th version of S60 platform and will have accelerometer. Dimensions of this device - 115×52×14,5 mm, weight - 104 g. Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube supports data transmission on HSDPA and WLAN.

The new handset, according to the source, is equipped with a 3,2″ TFT-screen with 16.7 million colors and resolution of 640×360. Nokia 5800 is has with 3.2 - megapixel camera with autofocus, a dual LED-flash, Carl Zeiss optics, and of course, GPS.

Unlike other similar phones, Nokia phone would not have a built-in alarge volume of memory - all on board 140 MB, the  through with microSD-cards.

LG decided to start sales of LG KS360 in Europe, which QWERTY-keyboard is designed for enhanced text communication.

Such devices, thanks to LG, are very popular in the United States - apparently the Korean company intends to extend the trend and in Europe.

LG KS360 is equipped with a 2.4″ touch screen, 2 Mp camera, multimedia player, FM-radio and supports MicroSD cards.

 Price is said to be not very cheap -  around EUR 250

China is gradually becoming a priority market for Motorola. As the Chinese website of the company says, officially is launched in Celestial new phone Motorola VE75, which main feature - the opportunity to work with two SIM-cards.

Motorola in this regard is in the fairway of Samsung. The new phone offers a 2.6″ display that can show picture with a 16:9 ratio of the parties in resolving it with 240×400 pixels. The device is equipped with a 2 Mp camera and slot for MicroSD. Phone will cost 3000 yuan, which is about $ 440.

Will we see the model in other markets is difficult to say. However, taking into consideration current situation of Motorola, most likely, Motorola VE75 will repeat the path of DuoS-phones by Samsung.

Sony Ericsson announced results II quarter of 2008, which, in full accordance with the estimations were completely disappointing.

In II quarter of 2008, the company sold 24.4 million phones, which is 0.5 million less than the results II quarter of 2007. Revenue of the company EUR2,8 billion, decreased by EUR292 million.

Net profit is just EUR 6 million total, while in II quarter of 2007 it was EUR220 million, in I quarter of 2008 - EUR133 million

According to the President of Sony Ericsson - Dick Komiyamy, the company intends to save about EUR300 million of operating expenses annually. And the effect of these measures will appear in about a year.

According to Sony Ericsson, its market share after II quarter of 2008 doesn’t exceed 8%.

Samsung fluently develops its series of DuoS phones: there is information about the new handset - Samsung D980, which has touchsceen interface.

Phone has the following specifications:

• Display: 2.6″, 240×320, QVGA 262K
• 5 Mp camera, autofocus, flash
• Slot for MicroSD
• Bluetooth 2.0/USB

By the way, this is not the first attempt to create a touchscreen Samsung DuoS - Samsung P720 Armani was canceled.

The company Sony Ericsson has launched a special promotional page for the series devoted for the announcment of its new Walkman phones, which will be held July 22 at 10:00 at Central European time.

The event promises to be large, Sony Ericsson promises to “open the next page in mobile music” and celebrate 3rd birthday of the Sony Ericsson Walkman phones .

Most dedicated fans can watch the session of questions and answers by webcasting.

Nokia announced today the results of II quarter of 2008, which proved, on the whole, positive.

The company sold 122 million on the phones market, which is 21% more than in II quarter of 2007 and 6% more than in I quarter of 2008. Thus, according to own calculations, the company controls about 40% of the world market, and is 2% over the last year position and 1% more than in I quarter of 2008.

The average cost of mobile phones Nokia fell from EUR79 to EUR74, but up to 40% of this decline was due to the strengthening euro.

Nokia kept the position in Europe selling 27.1 million phones - exactly as it was realized a year earlier. We should recall that Sony Ericsson  warned investors that its II quarter profit will decline because of problems just in Europe. As we can see, this trend hardly touched Nokia.

The most significant growth (42%) in quarter traditionally shows the Asia-Pacific region, the largest market for Nokia. Business in North America is problematic for Nokia, while encouraging: sales grew by 9.8% compared with the II quarter of 2007.

Mobilecowboys.nl publishes information on Alcatel Elle. This handset has the official name Alcatel Glamphone, but this is just a case where glamour doesn’t blind eyes.

This budget slider proposes basic functionality - Bluetooth A2DP, 1,3 Mp camera, and MicroSD slot and a very ordinary appearance.

In principle, after the appearance of Supernova series from Nokia, budget stylish phones of other producers will have really hard times current days.