The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. Indeed, new research released today by advisory firm Zelos Group shows the market for...
The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. Indeed, Sprint's camera-phone service played a major role in a widely reported story of...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
The mobile-phone industry took a collective deep sigh of relief, as new research found phone shipments are growing at an impressive rate and sales of new smart phones have leapt during the past year.Research firm IDC said worldwide mobile-phone shipments grew 19 percent during...
TOKYO-Mobile-phone maker Sharp Corp. said net income was up about 13 percent to $117 million, and sales of its camera phones helped spur sales in a down worldwide economy.Sharp said net sales of its audio-visual equipment, which includes camera phones, color TVs and other...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Advanced handset features will be key to cdma2000 1x and GPRS networks, but the industry must guard against rapid price declines, according to a new report released by Allied Business Intelligence.As the technologies grow worldwide, replacement handset sales will drive market growth,...
A group of Korea's major mobile-phone makers, including heavyweights Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics, are protesting a possible government plan that would regulate the use of camera phones in Korea, according to the Korea Herald. Company officials were not...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones.The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the forthcoming phone earlier this month.Verizon introduced the new LG VX6000 with an integrated digital...
SEOUL, South Korea-The world's No. 3 mobile-phone maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will ban the use of camera phones in its semiconductor, flat-panel and electronics factories, according to local reports.Samsung officials were not immediately available for comment.The ban, effective July 14, is part of...
A group of Korea's major mobile-phone makers, including heavyweights Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics, are protesting a possible government plan that would regulate the use of camera phones in Korea, according to the Korea Herald.Company officials were not immediately available for comment.Samsung,...
Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones.The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the forthcoming phone last week.Verizon introduced the new LG VX6000 with an integrated digital camera, which...
Philippe Kahn foresees a global society transformed by mobile phones with integrated digital cameras.As industry analysts predict the vast majority all mobile phones will include cameras in the next few years, Kahn expects the ramifications of such a picture-capable culture to be extensive and...
LONDON-A limited number of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication's high-end T610 camera phones in Europe were replaced due to a technical glitch, but none of the company's North American batch suffer from the problem.Sony Ericsson spokeswoman Nicky Csellak-Claeys said a "very limited number" of the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has sold more than 10 million camera phones since June 1, 2002, adding that approximately 60 percent of total sales are to users between the ages of 20 and 30. The carrier said it currently offers 11 camera-equipped handsets...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched Sanyo Fisher Co.'s 8100 handset onto its network providing customers with a camera-enabled phone that will sell for less than $100 after a mail-in rebate. In addition to taking and sending pictures, Sprint PCS said the handset will allow...
TOKYO-Japan's three mobile operators all announced multimedia-related activities today, which will likely further boost third-generation (3G) uptake in the highly competitive market.Market leader NTT DoCoMo said it will launch its M-stage V-Live video streaming service for FOMA customers beginning 1 May. The carrier said...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, United States-Sprint PCS launched Sanyo Fisher's 8100 handset onto its network providing customers with a camera-enabled phone that will sell for less than US$100 after a mail-in rebate. In addition to taking and sending pictures, Sprint PCS said the handset will...
TOKYO-Japanese carriers J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo will begin selling camera phones in May with resolution four times that of current camera phones, according to Reuters.The move would put mobile phones with high-resolution embedded cameras in direct competition with low-end digital cameras.
The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated.Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable marriage of computers and mobile phones, and the current selection of high-end devices seems to...
SECAUCUS, N.J.-Panasonic continued its push into the United States with a new camera phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.AT&T Wireless will begin selling the Panasonic GU87, which features an embedded digital camera, as well as support for multimedia messaging services."By combining Panasonic's digital phone...
BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said 18 million mobile phones were sold last year with integrated digital cameras, with Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. taking the lead in the market.The firm said 13 million camera phones were sold in Japan last year, with...
HELSINKI, Finland-Wireless users in the United States will soon get to try out Nokia Corp.'s first camera phone for the U.S. market, the 3650. The company said it is shipping the device in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific."Bringing the Nokia 3650 to markets...
Schooling the everyday Joe in the benefits of wireless has long been a major task before the industry, and wireless players have funneled millions of dollars into the effort. Wireless data is a hard sell, so the argument goes, and the technology's value must...
