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Posted on April 30, 2009 in: Nokia

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Ferrari splitting ex-Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson’s tale optioned for a movie

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: 3G and Mobile News

At last, former Gizmondo head honcho Bo Stefan Eriksson’s story is finally going to be told on film — or rather, the one told in Wired will be. Writer-director Craig Zobel and producer Beau Flynn have optioned the rights to create a movie based on the publication’s October 2006 article “Gizmondo’s Spectacular Crack-up” by Randall [...]

Re-Tweeting The Show: OMG, We Killed WAP!

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: 3G and Mobile News

First, we are trying to corral as many of the presentations as we can from yesterday’s show to put online in the next few days. The metrics pieces were especially strong, I thought, led off by a great presentation of multi-campaign, cross-platform mobile

Ericsson's Profits Take A Tumble, As Do Its Shares – Barron's Blogs

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: Sony Ericsson

Ericsson's Profits Take A Tumble, As Do Its SharesBarron’s BlogsThe company's results were hurt by the weakness at Sony Ericsson, which as previously reported saw handset units fall to 14.5 million in the quarter, down 35% year over year and off 40% sequentially. The company's share of the joint venture's losses …

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Posted on April 30, 2009 in: OpenMoko

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Can Android Pull Motorola Out of Death Spiral?

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: Motorola

It’s just possible that Motorola might finally be getting over the Razr. However, it’s highly questionable whether its plans to build an Android — or several — will be enough to hoist the company out of the deep well of red ink it’s drowning in.

Drool-worthy MID concept stops us in our tracks

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: 3G and Mobile News

We see plenty of semi-yawn-inducing MIDs around the office here, and concepts are certainly a dime a dozen in this racket, but Jan Rytir’s concept gave us pause. The hyper-hip look of the design makes it startling in a field not generally known for its sexiness, and the bottom rainbow colored tabs are just icing [...]

Routon previews its Android MIDs

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: 3G and Mobile News

Android on netbooks might be the fad du jour, but it sounds like Routon’s still working the MID angle — the company just dropped word of two devices in the pipeline. The P760 and P730 are said to be in the “research phase,” so we don’t know too much about ‘em, but they certainly look [...]

Increasing Number of Mobile Internet Users to Drive U.S. Mobile Search Ad Revenues to $2.3B by 2013, According to BIA/Kelsey

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: 3G and Mobile News

Mobile’s role in media and Internet companies’ multiplatform business models to be explored by industry executives at BIA/Kelsey’s ‘Winning Media Strategies’ conference, May 20-22 CHANTILLY, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ — BIA’s The Kelsey Group

FACTBOX-First quarter 2009 mobile phone sales by vendor – Reuters

Posted on April 30, 2009 in: Sony Ericsson

FACTBOX-First quarter 2009 mobile phone sales by vendorReutersN) overtook Sony Ericsson (6758.T) (ericb.ST) as the world's fourth largest cellphone handsets maker in the January-March quarter, with all top vendors reporting falling sales volumes. The cellphone market is facing its toughest year ever in 2009 as …