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• Report: Mobile Content Explosion Makes Memory Cards A Big Money-Maker

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  With more content being created and consumed on mobile phones, an interesting phenomenon has occurred: memory cards have quickly become the biggest money maker in accessory sales, research firm ABI Research reports. It isn't surprising that consumers are scrambling for more storage since many cellphones these days come with...

  Tags: Phone, Memory Card, Mobile, ABI Research, Sales Strategy, Flash Memory, Memory, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Entertainment, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Matt Kapko, SanDisk Corp.

• Outdoor GPS Solutions Will Reach Revenues of $1.7 Billion by 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-23

  LONDON -- Outdoor GPS solutions are becoming more popular, driven by innovations in user interfaces and integration in community sites. An ABI Research study forecasts that outdoor GPS will generate $1.7 billion in annual revenues by the end of 2013. "Dedicated outdoor GPS handhelds will continue to generate the...

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• Market Forces to Drive Embedded Cellular Modem Sales Over 83 Million Units in 2013, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-22

  NEW YORK -- Although embedded cellular modem sales have been slow to take off, momentum is building for increased sales, according to a recent study from ABI Research. One recent development is the GSMA's Mobile Broadband Service Mark initiative which, backed by media spending of $1 billion, will create awareness...

  Tags: ABI Research, Components, HARDWARE, mobile, Modems, SALES

• Information Technology Vendors Are Getting Greener, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-17

  NEW YORK -- Most of us are aware of the major environmental issues and some of thing things we can do about them: save energy, reduce CO2, recycle, don't pollute. But most workers in the industrialized world use computers and computer networks every day, and don't give a thought to...

  Tags: ABI Research, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, Storage, WIRELESS

• HP Tops New ABI Research "Green Data Center" Vendor Matrix Ranking

  - 2008-10-15

  NEW YORK -- Hewlett-Packard HP has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. IBM and Cisco claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of data center equipment vendors' efforts to improve their performance on energy conservation and environmental...

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• Key Forecasts Highlight Rapid Evolution of the Ultra-Mobile Device Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-13

  NEW YORK -- The fledgling market for ultra-mobile devices UMDs - a catch-all term that includes ultra-mobile PCs UMPCs, netbooks, and mobile Internet devices MIDs - is already complex, and will become more complicated as it grows. A few salient forecast numbers may serve to guide vendors and investors as...

  Tags: ABI Research, HARDWARE, MARKETING, mobile, Tablets

• Availability of Combo Chipsets Will Drive Mass Market Integration of GPS in GSM Handsets from 2009, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-10

  LONDON -- GPS semiconductor vendors are increasingly focusing on GSM handsets as their next target market for GPS chipsets. While until now CDMA handsets and navigation devices have been the main GPS product categories, GSM mobile phones are expected to increasingly feature GPS-chipsets as handset-based navigation and a wide range...

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• Google's Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-09

  If Google's ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators. According to ABI Research director...

  Tags: ABI Research, Google Inc., Handhelds, handset, HARDWARE, mobile, phone, Smartphone

• GE Trailer Fleet Services Tops New ABI Research Trailer Tracking Hardware Vendor Matrix Ranking

  - 2008-09-26

  NEW YORK -- GE Trailer Fleet Services has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Qualcomm Inc. and TransCore, Inc. claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide trailer tracking hardware vendors. The Vendor Matrix is...

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• 200 Million Ultra-mobile Devices to Ship in 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-09-24

  NEW YORK -- From a virtual "standing start" of just 10 million units in 2008, shipments of ultra-mobile devices (UMDs -- the umbrella term for ultra-mobile PCs, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices) are expected to exceed 200 million in 2013. According to ABI Research principal analyst Philip Solis, "The...

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