Apple Inc.'s iTunes dominates the digital music dance floor. But following Apple's lead may not be a wise move for mobile music services.An astounding 89% of teens go to iTunes for their legal music downloads, according to a recent report from investment bank Piper...
Digital mapping companies such as Navteq Corp. and Tele Atlas N.V. "now occupy the most important position in the global GPS navigation supply chain," according to a new report from iSuppli Corp.The ever-increasing value of mapping intellectual property holders was underscored earlier this month...
Digtial video broadcast-handheld technology appears to be securing its place as the No. 1 broadcast mobile television technology. The technology has scored at least 47 trials in 22 countries, according to the DVB Project.Twelve of those trials have been completed, and at least eight...
Apple Inc. slashed the price of its 8GB iPhone by one-third and, separately, the company launched a Wi-Fi storefront hawking full-track tunes and albums for the device.The company said it lowered the price of the 8 GB iPhone from $600 to $400, and discontinued...
Texas Instruments Inc. said that lower demand across its product lines and a year-ago windfall produced a drop in profits in the second quarter.TI earned revenue of $3.42 billion, down 7% from the year-ago quarter, on lower demand.Net income was $610 million, down from...
When teardown firms managed to analyze the components of the iPhone, they found that Apple Inc. had taken the wireless handset industry's diversification strategy one step further.Where most handset vendors rely on one main source for certain key components-while cueing up a second source...
Texas Instruments Inc. said that lower demand across its product lines and a year-ago windfall produced a precipitous drop in profits in the second quarter. TI earned revenue of $3.42 billion, down 7% from the year-ago quarter, on lower demand. Net income at the...
Worldwide mobile content revenues are expected to surpass $44 billion in 2011, more than double the expected $20 billion in revenues generated this year, according to iSuppli Corp.The mobile market research firm said the growth largely will be driven by rising demand for mobile...
Handset manufacturers and wireless carriers have quickly warmed up to the idea of global positioning system services as a means to offset declining ARPU in China, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Handset manufacturers are increasingly developing devices that support GPS while...
Initial research into the guts of Apple Inc.'s iPhone shows Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Infineon Technologies AG as two of the major component suppliers for the much-hyped device. But figures from tear-down firm iSuppli Corp. reveal that Apple itself is the true victor,...
Worldwide mobile content revenues are expected to surpass $44 billion in 2011, more than double the expected $20 billion in revenues generated this year, according to iSuppli Corp.The mobile market research firm said the growth largely will be driven by rising demand for mobile...
Mobile game publishers have gained steady-if uninspiring-traction churning out titles based on blockbuster movies and classic board games. But what the industry really needs, some believe, is some fresh ideas. And they're unlikely to come from some of the more familiar names in the...
Watching the competitive jockeying of the world's largest handset brands has its pleasures-the neck-and-neck excitement of a horserace, the tragedies of thrown jockeys and doomed steeds and, naturally, the wagering, er, investing. Behind the scenes, however, the major handset brands all depend to some...
Even a casual observer of the wireless industry can't fail to notice that newer handsets are sporting larger, clearer, more colorful screens. Simply put, the advent of mobile multimedia and consumer e-mail is driving increases in size, resolution and "color depth" of mobile-phone...
Whether it's through a transistor radio, a Walkman or an iPod, on-the-go music has an impressive track record as a business model. But when it comes to revenues from full-track downloads, their may be little room on the dance floor for carriers. Mobile music...
This year, worldwide replacement handset sales will rise to more than double the number of first-time purchases, according to a forecast by market research firm iSuppli Corp. And that has implications for the higher-end of the handset market and vendors with a market-segmentation strategy....
EMI Group has become the first major music label to offer digital music tracks without anti-piracy software. The move has some claiming digital rights management (DRM) software is slipping precariously close to its demise, while others are holding out to see what kind of...
Despite a recent cooling off in subscriber growth, Brazil represents an increasingly attractive market for outsourced manufacturing in consumer electronics in general and mobile phones in particular. Brazil's embrace of free markets, a regional free-trade agreement and the long-term growth of its economy, among...
Cellular SouthCellular South announced it promoted four of its vice presidents to senior vice president positions. Suzy Hays was promoted to senior vice president of customer operations, where she will oversee overall marketing, branding, advertising and public-relations strategies. She has been with the company...
The market for enabling premium mobile content will grow to $7.4 billion by 2011 as consumers demand richer media on their mobile phones, according to new figures from iSuppli Corp.The market-research firm said technology companies that provide content-delivery infrastructure reaped $4.2 billion of the...
SAN FRANCISCO-TRIP HAWKINS last week sounded more like an exasperated coach than a mobile gaming executive. And he wasn't alone. "We just keep selling to the same customers," the CEO of Digital Chocolate told software developers during his keynote address at GDC Mobile. "Clearly,...
According to market-research firm iSuppli Corp., the number of handsets purchased as replacements this year will be double the number of first-time cellphone purchases, a statistic that could have significant implications for the market's players.iSuppli's figures show that upgrade handsets sales-where a shopper is...
A survey of American online shoppers suggests that Apple Inc.'s yet-to-be-launched iPhone has penetrated consumer awareness, unlike other handsets before their launch. At a price between $200 and $300, the device could lead consumers to switch carriers, according to the survey. Moreover, once these...
The fight against digital rights management gained an unlikely backer as Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs called for record companies to offer music without anti-piracy software.Jobs, in an open letter posted on Apple's Web site, claimed that a variety of DRM offerings have resulted...
