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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.

• 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...

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• Cameras, Bluetooth, and Music Top Consumers' Lists as "Must Have" Features on Mobile Phones, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-07-09

  NEW YORK -- Digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity, and music/radio playback on mobile phones are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone they will purchase, according to a recent ABI Research survey of 1,402 current wireless subscribers in seven countries. The desire for camera...

  Tags: ABI Research, Bluetooth, camera, MARKETING, mobile, music, phone, survey

• Mid-Tier Mobile Phone Segment to Feel the Squeeze, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-01

  NEW YORK -- The most significant growth in wireless handset markets will occur at the top and bottom ends of the price and features range, as the smartphone and low-cost handset categories expand at the expense of the mid-range models commonly called "enhanced" phones. The enhanced phone sector is currently...

  Tags: ABI Research, Handhelds, handset, HARDWARE, MARKETING, mobile, phone

• Trendlines: New, Hot, Unexpected

  - 2008-06-11

  Microsoft Looks Beyond Low-Cost Laptops Microsoft is looking beyond ultra-low-cost laptops to cheaper alternatives such as smartphones and shared computing in the drive to give people in developing nations a way to communicate and access the Internet. The world's largest software maker has a few projects...

  Tags: ABI Research, Business Software Alliance, computing, handset, MARKETING, Microsoft Corp., mobile, phone, software, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• By 2013 One in Every Three Phones Sold Will Be a Smartphone, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-03-20

  LONDON -- The market for smartphones will grow from around 10% of the total handset market in 2007 to 31% of the market in 2013. A new study from ABI Research projects this meteoric growth to be a product of a number of complex factors including carriers' drives to grow...

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• DLNA and Universal Plug and Play Will Enable 2.7 Billion Phones, TVs, and Other Devices to Join Home Networks by 2012, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-25

  NEW YORK -- One of the untold stories of home networking has been the success of Universal Plug and Play and DLNA, two software frameworks aimed at aiding consumers in creating connections between disparate devices on the home network. UPnP is pervasive in nearly all home networking hardware shipped today...

  Tags: ABI Research, home network, home networking, network, phone, TV

• ViVOtech's Infrastructure Software For Contactless and NFC Mobile Phone Payments Named Finalist In SESAMES Awards

  - 2007-10-24

  Following Successful Worldwide NFC Payment Field Trials, ViVOtech Readies Broad 2008 Commercial Roll Out With Multiple Network Operators SAN FRANCISCO -- ViVOtech, the leading provider of contactless Point of Sale terminals and NFC software technologies, today announced its ViVOnfc Suite 2.0 infrastructure software for Near Field Communication NFC mobile...

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• 203 Million Mobile Phones Will Use Linux OS By 2012

  - 2007-05-01

  LONDON, ENGLAND-The Linux community is assaulting the mobile-phone environment with a two-pronged attack that focuses on commercial operating-system solutions and realtime operating-system RTOS replacement.In a report entitled "Mobile Linux: Bringing License-Free Operating Systems to Smartphones and Mid-Tier Devices," ABI Research (www.abire-search. com) forecasts that by 2012, more than 127 million...

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• NFC-enabled handsets to top 20 percent by 2012.(Metrics)

  - 2007-04-16

  Near Field Communication technology is expected to be available on more than 20 percent of handsets shipped by 2012, according to ABI Research. The firm predicts about 292 million phones will ship with the technology in five years. ...

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