Ingrid Lunden
Jan 24, 2012 8:29 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent in the process: it’s understood that Anderson Teixeira, formerly an executive that had run different regional operations for the JV, is now Apple’s first…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 6, 2012 5:44 PM
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been corrected. We regret the error. Not brilliant news for Motorola Mobility and its would-be buyer, Google: the handset maker today issued preliminary Q4 results that will fall short of…
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Ingrid Lunden
Dec 2, 2011 6:14 AM
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answer to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Store retail phenomenon, the unveiling of an Android retail operation, in Melbourne. Meanwhile, Samsung got dealt one more blow in Sydney’s courtrooms, as…
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 31, 2011 11:22 AM
We have seen time and again how the growing number of Android-based handsets from a plethora of OEMs—and the popularity of some specific models, such as the Galaxy line from Samsung—is translating into a boom for the Android platform. But that growth is even more striking when you compare it…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 27, 2011 4:43 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has confirmed it is buying Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) out of their Sony Ericsson mobile handset-making joint venture for €1.05 ($1.46/£0.92) billion.
“Our four-screen strategy is in place,” Sony CEO Howard Stringer says.
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Charles Arthur
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Oct 20, 2011 12:39 PM
The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five times longer by 2013. It also thinks they will enable cheaper devices, with smartphones easily costing less than $100 (£60) by that time.
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 14, 2011 10:53 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the JV between the consumer electronics company Sony and mobile equipment giant Ericsson, may be the subject of Sony takeover rumors at the moment. But for today it is continuing with its strategy to refocus its business on high-end smartphones in a bid to…
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 7, 2011 9:41 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson handset joint venture as the company’s stock dropped in trading today.
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Tom Krazit
Oct 6, 2011 12:38 PM
One of the mobile industry’s longest-running but increasingly stale marriages is reportedly near an end. Sony (NYSE: SNE) is in talks to buy out Ericsson’s stake in the joint venture they have operated since 2001 to produce mobile phones.
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 3, 2011 10:33 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media strength of Japan’s Sony, has always theoretically held a lot of promise. But an interview published today with the company’s CEO, Bert Nordberg, gives a frank rundown of some…
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Tom Krazit
Sep 27, 2011 2:28 PM
Major names in the mobile industry continue to line up behind mobile-payments strategies, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may be perturbed to see a number of friends joining up with a rival. Isis, the mobile-payments venture run by three wireless carriers, added a number of Android handset makers to its list…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 12, 2011 12:00 PM
» Appia has appointed Craig Forman as its executive chairman. He joins the white label app store company from his position as chairman at Where, the location-based media company acquired by Ebay earlier this year. Before Where, Forman has had a long career with senior roles at Earthlink (NSDQ: ELNK), Yahoo…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 1, 2011 6:23 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Another Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone protoype has been left behind in a bar, and Apple’s not too happy. (via Cnet)
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 31, 2011 11:02 AM
The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad controls around 80 percent of the tablet market, which has seen just in the last month one high-profile casualty, the HP (NYSE: HPQ) TouchPad, fall in the face of competition. But that is not stopping the rush of device makers looking to launch products to…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 23, 2011 6:15 AM
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Apple’s not impressed, as it has been battling it out in multiple courts to claim its rights on product designs and other features of the wildly popular iPhone and iPad products. It looks like one of those cases, against Amazon…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 9, 2011 10:12 AM
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: HP (NYSE: HPQ) finally gives the release date for its TouchPad tablet; Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) goes after rival app stores; YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) says it’s working on managing its mobile traffic; Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is launching…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 25, 2011 5:34 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Cox drops 3G; UK gears up for first LTE trial; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and ZTE scramble to put out the first Mango handsets; more security breach woes for Sony (NYSE: SNE)—this time around Sony Ericsson; (NSDQ: ERIC) Instagram’s four-million…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 24, 2011 5:00 AM
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More confirmation of the iPhone 5 being smaller and thinner; some doubt cast on Square’s new iPad cash register; T-Mobile doubles speeds and changes plans; Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) buys patents; Toshiba reportedly scales back its Chromebook and Microsoft (NSDQ:…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 23, 2011 6:23 AM
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details on the Foxconn factory explosion; reports of a curvaceous future for the iPhone; ‘rooted’ Android devices barred from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Movies service; Paramount launches full-length movie apps for Windows Phone 7; and BlackBerry Partners Fund invests…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 18, 2011 10:11 AM
This is Ericsson’s week to be in the spotlight for U.S. news, it seems. The company has just announced a deal to take on the running of Clearwire’s network, while separately the Swedish company is named as the latest to be interested in the trove of wireless patents being sold…
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