LG's enV joins crowded U.S. smartphone market
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Verizon Wireless said on Monday it  will start to sell a new LG Electronics Inc.   smartphone, the latest handset with computer-like functions to  join an increasingly crowded U.S. market.
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Not a one-hit wonder from the 1980s, we promise Review The personal multimedia gadget arena is a very crowded one, and there can't be many consumers out there who aren't aware of it. However, it's still relatively young and product innovation is coming thick and fast. A bit of fresh thinking can go along way. And LG is as fresh as they come.â¦
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When 3G, or "third generation" technology becomes more widespread in the United States the feature that appears most likely to excite consumers will be the enhanced ability to use their mobile devices to get directions and navigate.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60344)  has announced the addition of Worldwide Demand for Wi-Fi/Cellular Combo  Phones to their offering.
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Nokia and RIM dominate the worldwide market for smartphones, but Apple's right there in just its first year in the market, and it's doing even better in the U.S.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Thousands of U.S. gadget  fans made an orderly pilgrimage to stores on Friday to be among  the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music- and video-playing  device expected to reshape the mobile industry.
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Chocolate follow-up launched in London LG launched its Shine metal-cased slider phone in Europe today, though the handset began shipping to mobile phone networks and retailers on Monday. The Chocolate follow-up's key features: a shiny 2.2in, 262,144-colour, 240 x 320 display and a cylindrical scroll control.â¦
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Cell giant introduces a GPS application that lets subscribers search for products in nearby stores from their phones.
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The FCC has approved the new LG smartphone, the KS20. This sleek handset takes its cues from LG's KE850 Prada phone, sharing a very similar design, but offering functionality over flash
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Global mobile phone sales rose by a robust 17.4 percent to nearly 271 million handsets in the second quarter, driven by dizzying sales growth of more than 40 percent in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest data from research firm Gartner. Moreover, Gartner now predicts that worldwide mobile phone sales will reach 1.13 billion units for the entire year.
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is targeting enterprise and consumer customers with a lighter, slimmed-down version of its 9300 Communicator  smartphone, which will be launched worldwide at the beginning of 2004.
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Korean cell phone maker LG Electronics  Inc (066570.KS) aims to sell 38 percent more handsets in Europe  in 2008 than last year, helped by new models like Viewty, it  said on Wednesday.
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LONDON-A new study shows that the market for smart phones will continue to increase during the next several years, with global shipments growing from 14.
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November sales soar for major Windows Mobile phone maker
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Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys.Canalys researchers estimate that&#160;the iPhone&#160;had 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in the fourth quarter of 2007. Research In Motion, with 41 percent, had the largest share of the market. Windows Mobile phones had 21 percent share of devices sold in the quarter, falling into third place behind Apple.Worldwide, the lineup is a bit different. Nokia, which typically dominates around the world but not in the U.S., sold 52.9 percent of smart phones worldwide in the fourth quarter. RIM grew its share of converged-device sales to 11.4 percent, up 121 percent over the same quarter in 2006. Despite its limited availability around the world, Apple took third place with 6.5 percent of the market, just barely squeaking ahead of&#160;struggling Motorola.Apple may have stirred renewed interest in smart phones in the U.S. Converged-device shipments, which include smart phones and wireless handhelds, grew 222 percent in the U.S. during the quarter, according to Canalys.The iPhone also did well in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, where it became available in three countries partway into the quarter. In the region, Apple came in fifth place behind Nokia, RIM, HTC, and Motorola, but beat out Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Palm, Canalys said.Apple&#39;s success as a new entrant is striking, but it will face challenges to keep its momentum going, said Canalys analyst Pete Cunningham in a statement. Historically, vendors with just one smart phone design, no matter how good, struggle, he said. That means Apple will have to create and refresh a portfolio of devices if it wants to increase its market share, he said.Beyond hardware, competition is continuing in the mobile operating system market. Worldwide Symbian, which credits most sales to Nokia, had 65 percent of the market, followed by Microsoft at 12 percent and RIM at 11 percent, for the fourth quarter, Canalys said.Despite all the buzz around mobile Linux, total Linux phone shipments in 2007 were essentially flat compared to 2006, Canalys found. In Asia Pacific, Motorola had a drop of 28 percent in its Linux smart phone shipments compared to 2006.Phone makers are trying to attract customers to smart phones, which carry a higher price tag than low-end feature phones. However, converged devices made up just 10 percent of the global phone market in 2007, the researchers found.
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Those who don't mind carrying a paperweight already have plenty of options for "smart" phones that do more than just make calls. The rest of us are stuck with a sad compromise between size and function.
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â