Smart Devicewatch issue 2008.01
4 February 2008
SYMBIAN OS: Symbian announced that 30 million Symbian OS devices had shipped in Japan, with six vendors supplying terminals to two operators. Motorola confirmed the launch of its anticipated Z10, which runs a newly updated version of the UIQ platform. [p.2,3.]
Smart Devicewatch
Issue: 2008.01
Covering: 21 December 2007 to 29 January 2008
Published: January 2008
Next issue: February 2008
Keeping track of worldwide developments in higher-end mobile devices. A unique monthly report for the industry.
SYMBIAN OS: Symbian announced that 30 million Symbian OS devices had shipped in Japan, with six vendors supplying terminals to two operators. Motorola confirmed the launch of its anticipated Z10, which runs a newly updated version of the UIQ platform. [p.2,3.]
Nokia is reported to be readying a raft of new Symbian OS devices, refreshing both its enterprise Eseries and consumer Nseries over the coming months. A US-focused N95 8Gb was announced, while the N95 8Gb also picked up Digital Living Network Alliance certification. [pp.4-5,6.]
Sony Ericsson’s future Symbian OS plans were in the spotlight, with rumours of additions in the mid-range and at the high-end. It appears that the company received $22m from the sale of a 50% stake in UIQ Technology, sold to Motorola. [pp.7.]
WINDOWS MOBILE: A preview of features likely to be included in Windows Mobile 7 appeared online, with touch-navigation high on the list. A mooted Microsoft-made Zune phone was denied, again. [pp.8,9.]
ASUS’s previously reported Communicator-esque M930 appears to be nearing the market, while the vendor confirmed the launch of its P550 3G GPS PDA. E-TEN is reportedly readying a mobile TV-enabled handheld, while it confirmed the launch of its Glofiish X650. Also preparing new devices is GIGABYTE, with mobile TV and GPS units on the way. [pp.8,9,10,11.]
i-mate confirmed supply issues with some of its new devices, causing further concern for the beleaguered company. There were reports that failed gaming device maker Gizmondo may be resurrected, despite the high-profile nature of its first collapse. The first units were unveiled by MWG, successor to the O2 Asia distribution business. [pp.17,12,19-20.]
HTC performed well during 2007, and is reportedly picking up device manufacture contracts from customers who had moved elsewhere. The vendor is apparently eyeing a second processor supplier, after reports of issues with QUALCOMM. [pp.14,15.]
There was continued speculation over Palm’s future Windows Mobile plans, with the Treo 500 set for “unlocked” release, a new mid-range unit appearing on a leaked Vodafone Group roadmap, and continued reports of the Treo 800w. Two new units are apparently in the pipeline from HP, including the first slider-form device from the vendor, while Toshiba announced a pair of new handhelds. [pp.22,14,24.]
Samsung is said to be readying a Windows Mobile-powered iPhone rival, while Neonode is also apparently readying another touch-screen media terminal. Away from music devices, TechFaith is readying a Windows Mobile-powered gaming terminals. [pp.23,20.]
MOBILE LINUX / OS X: Apple fell out of favour after its iPhone shipment numbers were questioned, and it was reported that it was “gagging” its operator partners to prevent their sales figures being revealed. Distribution talks with China Mobile ended, closing off a potentially lucrative market for the device. [pp.27-31.]
Motorola unveiled another Linux device, with the E8 featuring a context-sensitive user interface. It also unveiled a Linux-based DVB-H receiver, competing with portable TV units. [pp.33,34.]
There was negative press for the Android platform, with concerns that Google is “unresponsive” to negative feedback. a la Mobile showed Android running on HTC hardware, including a full suite of applications. [pp.25,26.]
The LiMo Foundation announced a set of new members, luring Trolltech away from the LiPS Forum. Device platform company Purple Labs opened a Chinese office, to drive its APAC efforts. [pp.32,36.]
OpenMoko trumpeted a commercial version of its Neo1973 smartphone, rebranding the unit FreeRunner in the process. The OpenMoko platform technology is being used in a GPS unit, indicating the potential flexibility of the OS. [pp.34-35.]
Palm’s first Linux device is set to reach the market early in 2009, with operators already apparently expressing “strong interest” in the technology. [p.36.]
OTHER OSs: It was numbers time again, with Motorola garnering the most press for another poor performance. In contrast, LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson were in good health but, once again, Nokia was in a different class. [pp.42,41,55,57-58,46-47.]
There were continued rumours that Palm is readying a GSM Centro, with both AT&T and T-Mobile USA named as launch partners. However, the launch of a CDMA Centro by Verizon Wireless was in doubt, after problems bringing the earlier Treo 755p to market. [pp.48.]
Research In Motion confirmed its long-rumoured GSM Pearl with integrated GPS, with Vodafone the launch partner for the device. There was continued speculation about the BlackBerry 9000, although the picture was muddied by the emergence of a possible new 8xxx-series unit. [pp.52.]
Nokia generated significant interest through its planned Trolltech acquisition, with questions over its plans for the company’s mobile Linux technologies. However, Nokia said the acquisition was about development platforms and offering applications across desktop and mobile operating systems. [pp.44-46.]
Danger filed for an IPO, revealing a sheaf of interesting details about its business to date. Motorola inked a 3G chip deal with QUALCOMM, creating a somewhat confused silicon supplier picture. SANYO confirmed the sale of its device business to Kyocera. [pp.39-40,43,56.]
Samsung and LG were mooted as potential suppliers of FLO-enabled devices to AT&T, for the first launch of the mobile broadcast services by a GSM-family operator. Samsung is reportedly readying another new touch-screen multimedia device, called the SGH-F490. [pp.38,55.]
TRENDS: The Safari browser used in Apple’s iPhone topped a US user poll, while it was revealed that smartphones were the most returned electronics goods following the Christmas 2007 period. Some 560 million GPS-enabled devices will ship in 2012, as the technology penetrates further into device lines. [pp.59,61.]
An injunction preventing sales of certain QUALCOMM processors came into force, following a long-running legal action initiated by Broadcom. There was much speculation over the effect it will have on device makers; QUALCOMM has already trumpeted some “work-arounds”. [pp.59-60.]
Display company Polymer Vision announced availability of a mobile device with a “rollable” display, set for launch in mid-2008. User interface company Zumobi inked a deal with Microsoft, which will see its technology shipped with Windows Mobile. [pp.62,63.]
APPLE iPhone numbers questioned; gag placed on third parties The sales performance of Apple’s iPhone was again in the spotlight, after it was revealed that the vendor had “gagged” its partners from releasing their own figures without prior approval — and perhaps accounting for the relative silence from O2 UK and T-Mobile Germany.Speaking at the Macworld Expo 2008, Steve Jobs, Chief Executive Officer of Apple, released another Apple-approved figure, stating that around 3.8 million devices had shipped since launch. This made it the second most popular smartphone platform in the US, it said, lagging Research In Motion (RIM) but beating Motorola, Nokia, and Palm put together.
Unsurprisingly, critics pointed out that, globally, the unit lags devices such as Nokia’s N95, and that its strong performance came during its debut quarter, and the subsequent lucrative Christmas holiday period, when it sold to an audience of early adopters and unquestioning Apple fans. Its future performance will be more of an indicator as to how it performs in the competitive market, when judged against rival products from multiple vendors.
In addition, by splitting the market by vendor, rather than operating system, Apple managed to avoid attributing market share to rival Microsoft, with the Windows Mobile stake instead shared across several suppliers.
There were also accusations that Apple had “massaged” the numbers to make the iPhone performance look more impressive, for example by lumping early European sales with its US figures, but not doing the same in its assessment of its rivals; Motorola, Nokia, Palm, and RIM would certainly compare favourably on a global scale.
The Guardian also noted that in slides supporting the Macworld Expo presentation, the company “tilted” a pie chart in such a way that Apple’s market share appeared larger than it was — its portion of the circle was clearly bigger than that of “other”, even though the figures did not suggest this.
Gags and missed numbers
Meanwhile, The Register stated that O2 UK had confirmed it cannot release iPhone sales data without Apple’s approval, with its retail partner The Carphone Warehouse similarly constrained. The silence from these players was previously seen as an indicator that the vendors were trying to cover up a less than impressive performance, as it would surely boast of strong sales should they have occurred.The Financial Times reported that in the first eight weeks of sales, O2 had shifted 190,000 iPhones, short of targets that were branded “conservative” in the first place. The operator only said that the device remains the fastest-selling unit it has ever had.
TechWhack reported late in January 2008 that T-Mobile Germany had sold some 70,000 iPhones, putting it someway behind O2 UK, but with the unit still branded the operator’s most popular multimedia terminal.
Subsequently, with AT&T believed to have around two million iPhone users, and Apple’s European partners having shifted around 400,000 between them, there were questions as to where the “missing” 1.5 million-plus devices needed to reach Apple’s nearly four-million claimed total are. While Apple is undoubtedly quoting shipments rather than sales (AT&T is believed to have a sizeable stockpile of devices), there were also concerns that many units may have reached the market unlocked — it is not clear how, when the devices are sold with service contracts.
The potential existence of a large number of unlocked devices could prove a potential headache for Apple. Not only does it lose out on its share of the revenue when devices are used with an alternative operator, but it may also find it has a weaker bargaining position when it comes to negotiations with potential new operator partners.
Reduced demand going forward?
It was subsequently reported that Taiwanese sources were claiming that Apple was reducing its first quarter 2008 iPhone shipment projections to 1-1.2 million, from the two million originally touted. The information was apparently attributed to component suppliers involved in the manufacture of the unit.It was also suggested that, due to the discrepancy between the number of devices sold by operators and those shipped by Apple, the vendor had filled its channels, in order to enable it to boast of its early shipment figures. This has resulted in a backlog of devices that need to be sold before newly manufactured units can reach customers.
In addition, the first quarter of the calendar year is traditionally weak when compared to the fourth quarter, due to the inclusion of the Christmas holiday sales period in the latter. This is likely to take its toll on iPhone sales, as it will from devices manufactured by other vendors.
[The Register, 14 January 2008; Engadget, 15 January 2008; Financial Times, 19 January 2008; Macworld and The Guardian, 21 January 2008; DigiTimes and Engadget, 24 January 2008; The Guardian, 26 January 2008; TechWhack, 27 January 2008; Ovum, January 2008.]
Comment: Apple’s success to benefit mobile Linux?
While Apple’s high-handed behaviour clearly irritates many observers, it does deserve congratulation for a very impressive debut in the smart device segment. It has rapidly seized low-single digit smart device market share and rapidly broken into major operator accounts; achievements that typically take years to even aspire to. Further, the iPhone may well justify its “revolutionary” tag, since it appears to have greatly raised visibility for the smart device segment as a whole (benefiting all players), and to have delivered a pioneering and effective interface that is claimed to be successfully increasing mobile internet usage (even without 3G support).This may only be the start of the iPhone’s impact, since operators and rival vendors seem galvanised by the opportunities and threats represented by the iPhone, resulting in an already dynamic and fast-growing smart device segment gaining even more impetus.
Smart Devicewatch foresees iPhone having a major impact on future smart device operating platforms because it both demands and delivers more (beyond its currently fairly weak mobile support), potentially sidelining the Symbian OS to the probably unwelcome role of mass-market, high-end featurephone platform, and upgrading Linux’s prospects as the default platform for more capable mobile terminals.
The iPhone utilises Apple’s OS X, which, like Linux, is an offspring of the hardened UNIX computing platform. Nokia was already experimenting with its Linux-based Internet Tablets and maemo.org, but now appears to be moving up a gear with its acquisition of Linux vendor Trolltech. Google’s disruptive Android play is also built on Linux. Motorola adopted Linux early, if erratically, and there can now be seen a sizeable wave of players intent on melding the mobile industry’s commercial demands with Linux’s open source heritage.
Linux has an interesting pedigree because, apart from its UNIX heritage, it can already power the gamut of electronic devices, from embedded devices to supercomputers, giving it huge capabilities and flexibility and all the more so as an ‘open’ platform allied to a large established fan base. This is opportune for mobile devices, where the pace of technological development means that terminals are gaining pretensions to challenge personal computers, at a time when specialist operating platforms of the past are showing their limits. However, Linux does have its own weaknesses, including immaturity in some mass-market segments (notably personal computing and mobile devices), and fragmentation within its stakeholder ecosystem.
It can reasonably be argued that the iPhone should be considered in terms of its user interface (an area Apple is considered to excel at), rather than its operating platform. Focus on the importance of the interface makes other recent developments even more interesting, with suspicions that Nokia (S60), Sony Ericsson and Motorola (both UIQ) are working to disengage their proprietary interfaces from Symbian OS-exclusivity, potentially opening the way to porting them to Linux. Nokia might also be pointing its mass-market Series 40 interface towards the same destination. NTT DoCoMo is already leading the way with its cutting-edge 3G Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (FOMA) interface, which is delivered on both Symbian OS and Linux. HTC, Palm, and possibly Samsung, also look to ambitions for platform-neutral interfaces. Other major operators have also given at least lip service to Linux as a strategic device platform, including Orange and Vodafone.
Questions regarding smart device platform strategy surround Research In Motion, but it has long been rumoured to have a major platform overhaul in the works that could utilise Linux. Microsoft is also something of an enigma: it might for now have abandoned ambitions to compete with Nokia in the handset mass market to focus Windows Mobile on enterprise and other sophisticated mobile terminals (until, perhaps, releasing a Zunephone or acquiring RIM), meaning it could already be playing in the same space as the iPhone and Linux. However, Microsoft could also be very concerned about the risk of Linux dominating a critical emerging segment, since this could represent a very nasty threat to its desktop Windows heartland. Microsoft may also be challenged by the complexity and poor reception of Vista, should it have ambitions to ape the flexibility of Linux by retrofitting its latest desktop operating platform to mobile terminals.
Ironically, while Apple may be acting as a catalyst, it is not an automatic beneficiary. Rivals have shown how quickly they can respond (far faster than is the norm in Apple’s traditional markets), and Apple may in time be fatally undermined by its traditional weaknesses of excessive control of both technology and business models. A Linux-oriented world (read, ‘more commoditised’) could also open the smart device space to new entrants in adjacent consumer electronics segments, with converging navigation and multimedia device players already displaying keen interest.
2 SYMBIAN OS
2 Symbian
3 Motorola
4 Nokia
7 NTT DoCoMo; Sony Ericsson;
UIQ Technology
8 WINDOWS MOBILE
8 Microsoft
9 Airo Wireless; ASUS; Celio
10 Dubao; E-TEN
11 GIGA-BYTE Communications
12 Gizmondo
13 Haier; Hop-on
14 HP; HTC
17 i-mate
18 Intrinsyc Software
19 MWG
20 Neonode 21 O2; Orange; Palm
23 Samsung; T-Mobile; TechFaith
24 The Sharper Image; Toshiba; Verizon Wireless
25 MOBILE LINUX
25 Android 26 Azingo
27 Apple
32 iriver; LiMo Foundation
33 Motorola 34 Nokia; OpenMoko
36 Palm; Purple Labs
37 Trolltech 38 Wistron NeWeb
39 OTHER OS
39 AT&T; CEC Telecom; Danger
41 LG Electronics
42 Motorola; MiTAC 44 Nokia
48 Palm; Palm OS 51 POSBRO
52 Research In Motion
55 Samsung
56 SANYO; Sharp
57 Sony Ericsson 58 TechFaith
59 TRENDS
59 Applications; Legal
61 Markets; Products
62 Technology
66 INDEX
A
ACCESS CO., 36, 48-50
ACCESS Systems Americas, 36, 48-50
ACCESS Linux Platform, 37
Garnet OS (Palm OS), 36, 48-50
Acrodea, Inc., 32
Adobe, 62
Flash Lite, 62
ATI Technologies, 15
Airo Wireless, Inc., 9
A25, 9
AIS, Thailand, 31
Alltel Corp, 14
Alltel Wireless, 14
America Movil, 48
Apple, Inc., 1, 8-9, 20, 23, 25, 27-31, 45, 55, 59
Executives, 27
Steve Jobs, 27
iPhone, 1, 7, 8-9, 20, 23, 27-32, 55, 59, 61
iPod, 27
iTunes, 31
MacBook, 27
OS X, 1, 25, 29
ArcSoft, 7
Arima Computer Corp., 19
ARM Holdings plc, 21, 43
ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS), 1, 9-10, 15, 19, 21
M930, 1, 9
P527, 9
P550, 1, 10
AT&T, 1, 6, 21, 27-28, 39, 48, 53
AT&T/Cingular Wireless, 6, 39
AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser), 53
Azingo, Inc (Celunite), 26
Gopalakrishnan, Ravi, 26
B
BenQ, 61
Berg Insight, 61
Brightpoint, 11
Broadcom, 1, 16-17, 50, 59-60
BSQUARE, 62
C
Cable & Wireless, 9
Carl Zeiss, 6
Carphone Warehouse, 27
CeBIT, 9
Celio Technology Corp., 9
REDFLY Mobile Companion, 9
Celunite, Inc., 26
China Mobile, 1, 30
China Unicom, 30
CleNET Technologies, Inc., 7
Computer Associates, 23
Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, 4, 13, 21-22, 30, 33-35, 38, 42, 51, 56, 61, 65
D
Danger, 1, 5, 39-40, 42
Devices, 39-40, 56
hiptop, 39
Sidekick (T-Mobile), 39-40, 56
Sidekick Slide (T-Mobile / Motorola), 40
Dash Navigation, 35
Dash Express, 35
DataViz, 54
Documents to Go, 54
Deutsche Telekom, 1, 6, 23-24, 27, 39-40, 48, 56, 59
T-Mobile International, 1, 6, 23-24, 27, 39-40, 48, 56, 59
Devices, 23-24, 39-40, 56
Ameo, 23
Dash (HTC Excalibur), 59
MDA, 23-24
MDA Touch Plus, 23-24
Sidekick 4, 56
Sidekick Slide/Zante/Q900 (Motorola), 40
Germany, 23, 27
UK, 24
USA, 1, 39-40, 48, 56, 59
Digital Living Network Alliance (DNLA), 1, 6
Distribution Management Consolidators Worldwide LLC (DMC), 21
Dubao, 10
N868, 10
E
E-TEN Information Systems, 1, 10-11
Devices, 1, 10-11
Glofiish, 1, 10-11
M800, 10-11
V900, 10
X600, 11
X650, 1, 11
X800, 11
Electronic Arts, Inc., 30
EA Mobile, 30
ETRI, Korea, 32
eXpansys plc, 19-20
UBiQUiO, 20
503G (TechFaith), 20
F
Facebook, 61
First International Computer, 1, 34-35
FIC Mobility, 35
NEO1973, 1, 34-35
France Télécom, 21, 23-24, 29, 53, 56
Orange, 21, 23-24, 29, 53, 56
Devices
SPV, 21
SPV E610 (Amoi), 21
Romania, 53
UK, 24
Freescale Semiconductor, 42-43
fringland Ltd, 7
fring, 7
Fujitsu, 2, 7
F705i (DoCoMo), 7
F801i (DoCoMo), 7
G
GIGABYTE Communications, 1, 11, 15, 19
GSmart, 11
GSmart i350, 11
Gizmondo, 1, 12
GNOME Foundation, 37
GNOME Tool Kit (GTK), 37
Google, 1, 7, 25-27, 29, 37-38, 45, 61
Android, 1, 25-26, 29, 37-38, 45
GSM Association
Mobile World Congress, 9-11, 23, 25
H
Haier, 13
HG-N99, 13
Harris Corporation, 64
Hewlett-Packard, 1, 4, 6, 9, 14
Devices, 14
iPAQ, 14
iPAQ 510, 14
Oak, 14
Silver, 14
Hop-on, 13
PDA 2001, 13
HTC, 1, 9, 14-17, 19, 21, 23-24, 26, 53
Devices
Blue Angel, 26
P3470 (Pharos), 15
P4550 / TyTN II (Kaiser), 15, 53
P5500 / Touch Dual (Nike), 15, 23
S621 (Excalibur), 21
S720 / 5800 (Libra), 24
S730 (Wings/Volans), 14, 21
Touch (Vogue), 9, 14, 24
Touch Cruise (Polaris), 15
X7500 (Advantage), 15
Dopod, 15, 19
Qtek, 26
9090, 26
TouchFLO, 15
Huawei Technologies, 6, 32
Hutchison Whampoa, 52
3 Group, 52
Scandinavia, 52
I
i-mate, 1, 15, 17
Morrison, Jim, 17
Ultimate-series, 17
Urban-series, 17
IBM, 6, 53-54
Lotus Notes, 54
IDC, 55
INSIDE Contactless, 43
Intel, 1, 6, 8, 61
Mobile Internet Device (MID), 1, 61
International Trade Commission (ITC, US), 60
Intrinsyc Software, 18
Soleus, 18
Inventec Appliance, 15, 65
Anchorage, 65
Fairbanks, 65
iRiver International, 32
iSkoot, 7
J
Jalimo, 34
K
Korea Telecom, 51
Kyocera Wireless, 1, 56
L
a la Mobile, 1, 26
Executives, 26
Alker, Pauline Lo, 26
Lenovo, 6
LG Electronics, 6, 39, 41, 64
Devices
KU990 (Viewty), 41
Venus, 41
Voyager, 41
Vu/CU92, 39
LiMo Foundation, 1, 26, 32, 37, 45
Gillis, Morgan, 32
Linux Phone Standards Forum, 37
LiPS Forum, 1, 37
M
Macworld Expo, 27
Magic4, 36
Meritech Capital Partners, 40
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., 42
Micro-Star International, 18
MSI 5608, 18
Microsoft, 1, 6, 8-9, 17-18, 22, 27, 29, 48, 54, 59, 63
Direct Push, 48
Exchange Server, 48, 54
Executives, 8, 22, 63
Gates, Bill, 22
Knook, Peter, 8
O’Rourke, John, 63
Peters, Todd, 8
Windows (other), 1, 7, 8, 10, 12-13, 18, 20, 23, 29, 35, 49, 62
Windows CE, 20, 35
Windows Live, 8
Windows Media, 8
Windows Vista, 23, 49
Windows XP, 23
Windows Mobile, 1, 4, 8-11, 13-15, 17, 19, 21-24, 25, 27, 29, 32, 35-36, 48, 63
Pocket PC, 10
Professional Edition, 15, 22-24
Standard Edition, 9, 14, 22, 24
Windows Mobile 5, 9-10, 25, 63
Windows Mobile 6, 8-10, 14, 21-24, 63
Windows Mobile 6.1, 8-9, 22-23
Windows Mobile 7, 1, 8, 32
Xbox, 9
Zune, 1, 9
MiTAC Group, 42
Mio Technology, 42
Navman (Brunswick New Technologies), 42
Mitsubishi, 2
Mobica Ltd, 7
Mobile and Wireless Group (MWG), 1, 15, 19-20
MWg Atom V, 19
MWg Zinc II, 19
Mobile Digital Media (MDM), 6
MobiTV, Inc., 64
Mobius Venture Capital, Inc., 40
MontaVista Software, 38
Motorola, 1, 2-3, 6-7, 9, 26-27, 29, 32-34, 37, 39-46, 53, 55-57
Devices
DH01, 33-34
MOTO Q 9h, 53
MOTO Z10, 1, 3
MOTORAZR, 33
MOTORAZR2, 33
MOTORAZR2 V8, 33
MOTORIZR Z6, 42
MOTORIZR Z8, 3, 42
MOTOROKR, 33, 42
MOTOROKR E8, 33, 42
MOTOROKR U9, 42
MOTOROKR Z6, 42
Sidekick Slide/Zante/Q900, 40
Executives
Brown, Greg, 42
Mutricy, Alain, 43
MOTOMAGX, 45
Symbol Technologies, 42
MTN (South Africa), 53
N
NEC, 32, 45, 62
NeoMagic Corporation, 62
Neonode, 1, 20-21
Earth, 20
Hagman, Mikael, 21
N2, 20-21
News Corp., 61
MySpace, 61
Nokia, 1, 2, 4-7, 9, 23, 27, 29, 32-34, 41-47, 53, 59-61
Devices
5700, 4
5710 Xpress Music, 4
6110 Navigator, 4
Eseries, 1, 4, 46-47
E51, 53
E61i, 4
E65, 46-47
E66 (Dora), 4
E71 (Liam), 4
E90, 4
Internet Tablet, 34, 45
Nseries, 1, 5, 4-7, 23, 27, 46-47
N70, 47
N73, 46-47
N78, 4
N82, 5, 7
N91, 5
N95, 5-7, 27, 47
N95 8GB, 1, 5-6, 23, 46
N96, 5
Executives
Oistamo, Kai, 46
Plummer, Bill, 6
maemo.org, 29, 45
Nokia Mobile Phones, 47
S60, 4-5, 45-46
S60 3rd Edition, 4-5
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, 4
Series 40, 45-46
Xpress Music, 4
Nokia Siemens Networks, 64
NTT DoCoMo, 2, 7, 29, 31-32, 45
Devices
F705i (Fujitsu), 7
F801i (Fujitsu), 7
SH905iTV (Sharp), 7
O
Open Handset Alliance, 37
Open Mobile Alliance, 64
Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), 64
OpenMoko, 1, 34-35
FreeRunner, 1, 34-35
Openwave Systems, 36
Opera Software, 59
Opinion Research Corporation, 61
Ovum, 28, 42, 45-46
P
Palm, Inc., 1, 4, 9, 15, 21-22, 27, 29, 36, 48-51
Devices
Centro, 1, 48-50
Foleo, 9, 49
Nova (Linux), 36
Treo, 1, 21-22, 48-50
Treo 500, 1, 22, 49
Treo 500v (Vodafone), 21-22
Treo 600, 48
Treo 650, 48
Treo 680, 48
Treo 755p, 1, 48-50
Treo 800w (Drucker), 1, 21-22
Tungsten, 48
Tungsten W, 48
Wanda, 21
Zeppelin (Linux), 36
Ex-executives
Brown, Andrew, 49-50
Executives
Colligan, Ed, 48-50
Palm OS, 36, 48-50
Panasonic, 6, 32, 45
Parrot S.A., 14
Philips, 5, 62
Plextek, 12
Polymer Vision, 1, 62
POSBRO, 51
G100 WiMAX, 51
Pulster, 35
Purple Labs, 1, 32, 36
Q
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc., 39
CEC Telecom, 39
T300, 39
QUALCOMM, 1, 15-17, 40, 42-43, 50, 59-60, 65
FLO, 39, 64, 65
Quanta Computer, 15, 19
Apollo (Telefónica O2 Xda Atom Life), 19
R
Red Bend Software, 37
Redpoint Ventures, 40
Regions
Americas, 6, 13, 21-22, 41, 46-48, 53, 55-58, 62
Canada, 23
Latin America, 21, 48, 58
North America, 6, 21-22, 46, 48, 53, 56-58
US, 1, 6, 8-9, 14, 16-17, 20-21, 24, 26-27, 32-34, 39-43, 48-49, 51, 56-57, 59-61, 64
APAC, 1, 13-15, 19, 31, 36, 55, 58
Australia, 13, 31, 42
China, 1, 7, 12-13, 18, 20-21, 23, 30-31, 36-37, 39, 58
India, 16, 58
Japan, 1, 2, 7, 26, 31, 56, 58
New Zealand, 42
South East Asia, 58
South Korea, 23, 29, 32, 41, 51
Taiwan, 11, 15, 18, 28, 34, 65
Thailand, 31
Vietnam, 59
EMEA, 12, 17, 22, 24, 27-28, 38, 41, 48-49, 55-56, 58
Africa, 58
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), 41
Europe, 12, 17, 22, 24, 27-28, 41, 48-49, 55-56, 58
Finland, 46
Germany, 10, 23-24, 27, 34-35, 44
Italy, 11, 62
Middle East, 58
Middle East Africa, 41
Romania, 53
Russia, 4, 10, 58
Scandinavia, 12
Spain, 23, 42, 52
Sweden, 52
Uganda, 53
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 10
Dubai, 10
United Kingdom, 12, 21, 24, 27, 30, 42, 44, 46, 52
Reliance Communications (India), 16
Research In Motion, 1, 27, 29, 52-54, 61
Devices
BlackBerry 8100 (Pearl), 1, 52-53
BlackBerry 8120 (Pearl Wi-Fi), 52
BlackBerry 8130 (Pearl), 52
BlackBerry 8300 (Curve), 53
BlackBerry 8320 (Curve Wi-Fi), 53
BlackBerry 83xx-series (Curve), 52-53
BlackBerry 8707, 52
BlackBerry 8xxx, 52
BlackBerry 9000, 1, 52
BlackBerry 9xxx-series, 1, 52
Software
BlackBerry Connect, 53
BlackBerry OS, 52
BlackBerry OS 4.3.1, 52
BlackBerry OS 4.3.2, 52
BlackBerry OS 4.5, 52
BlackBerry OS 5.0.0, 52
Rogers Communications Inc., 23
Rogers Wireless, 23
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, 64
S
Samsung Electronics, 1, 6, 9-10, 23, 32-33, 39, 41-43, 45-46, 55-57, 64
Croix, 55
Devices
Access/A827, 10, 33, 39
M4650 Multi Touch, 23
SGH-F490, 1, 55
SGH-i607 (BlackJack), 23
SGH-i617 (BlackJack II), 23
SGH-i780, 23
SGH-i900, 23
SGH-P520 Armani, 55
SGH-P720, 55
Ultra Edition, 55
SANYO, 1, 56
Securities & Exchange Commission, US, 40
Sharp Electronics, 2, 6, 25, 39-40, 56
Devices
PV250, 56
SH905iTV (DoCoMo), 7
Zaurus, 25
Sharper Image Corporation, 24
101TSI, 24
Singapore Telecom, 31
Optus (Australia), 31
SOFTBANK CORP., 31, 40
SoftBank Capital Partners, 40
Sony Corp, 6-7
PlayStation, 7
Sony Ericsson, 1, 2, 7, 8, 33, 41-43, 46, 57-58
Devices
Cyber-shot, 57
K850, 57
P1, 7
P5i, 7
W750, 7
W760, 57
W950, 7
W980, 7
Walkman, 7, 57
Xperia, 7
Executives
Komiyama, Hideki ‘Dick’, 57
UIQ Technology (see also separate UI Holdings entry), 1, 3, 7
Sprint Nextel, 24, 34, 48, 51
Xohm, 34
Staples, US, 8
State of California, 60
State Bar, 60
Strategy Analytics, 56, 59
Symbian Ltd, 2, 4, 7, 9, 27, 42
Executives
Hisa, Haruhiko, 2
Symbian OS, 1, 2-3, 7, 28, 35, 45
FreeWay, 2
ScreenPlay, 2
Symbian OS 9.2, 3
T
Tarent GmbH, 34
TechFaith Wireless, 1, 15, 20, 23, 58
Perai-H / UBiQUiO 503G, 20
UBiQUiO 503G, 20
Technology
2G, 1, 9-11, 13-14, 16, 18, 21-22, 24, 30-35, 38, 39, 42, 47-50, 52-53, 55-58, 61-62
CDMA, 1, 13-14, 16, 22, 24, 39, 47-50, 53, 56-58
EDGE, 18, 24, 31
GPRS, 35, 62
GSM, 1, 9-11, 13, 21-22, 24, 30-34, 38, 39, 48-49, 52-53, 55, 57, 61-62
3G, 1, 2-4, 6, 9-11, 13-16, 18-24, 28, 31-33, 38, 40-43, 52, 55, 57, 61-62
1xEV-DO, 59
CDMA EV-DO, 22
HSDPA, 2-4, 6, 9-11, 13-14, 18-24, 33, 52, 55, 57, 61-62
W-CDMA (UMTS), 13
4G, 18, 34, 51
WiMAX, 18, 34, 51
5G, 3
Categories
MID, 1
R&D, 1, 19, 27, 40, 51, 54
UMPC, 23
Connectivity
Bluetooth, 9, 11, 13-14, 24, 33, 54
Push-to-talk, 59
USB, 9
VoIP, 38
WLAN/Wi-Fi, 4, 6-7, 9-11, 13-15, 18-19, 21-24, 32-35, 38, 52-53, 55, 61
Near Field Communication, 43
Display, interface and imaging
Barcode, 42
Camera, 3-4, 6-7, 8-11, 13, 15, 21-24, 26, 32-33, 38, 40, 47, 52, 55, 57
Haptics, 23, 33, 55
QVGA, 3, 33
SVGA, 65
WVGA, 23
Hardware and microelectronics
Batteries, 8, 62
Messaging
IMAP, 62
Instant messaging, 3, 54
MMS, 3
POP3, 62
Multimedia
FM radio, 11, 33
MP3, 48, 62
Navigation
AGPS, 6, 24
GPS, 1, 4, 7, 9-11, 13-15, 19, 21-24, 32, 35, 42, 52, 54-55, 57, 61, 65
Software
API, 37
C++, 44
Flash, 10, 44, 62
Flash Lite, 62
Java, 3, 34, 44-45, 54, 63
Java ME, 63
Linux, 1, 25-26, 28-29, 32, 34-38, 44-45
RTOS, 50
UNIX, 29
Web 2.0 (incl. AJAX), 35, 46
Widgets, 20, 63
Storage
microSD, 62
miniSD, 10
MMC, 34
SD, 34, 48
TV
BCAST, 64
Broadcast, 1, 10, 18, 34, 39, 64
DAB, 10
DVB-H, 1, 5, 10-11, 18, 34, 64
DVB-T, 10-11
FLO, 39, 64, 65
H.264, 60
ISDB-T (One segment), 2
ISDVT, 18
MBMS, 64
Telecom Italia, 62
Telefónica, 1, 15, 19, 21, 27
O2 Group, 1, 15, 19, 21, 27
Devices
Xda Atom Life (Quanta Apollo), 19
O2 Asia Pacific, 1, 15, 19
UK, 21, 27
Telmap Ltd, 52
Telstra, 31
Texas Instruments, 5, 9, 42-43
OMAP, 5
WANDA, 21
Toshiba Corp, 1, 6, 24
Devices
Portege G710, 24
Portege G910, 24
Information Systems, 24
Trolltech, 1, 29, 32, 37, 44-46
Qtopia, 37, 44-45
U
UI Holdings BV (UIQ Technology), 1, 3, 7
UIQ 3, 3
UIQ Alliance, 7
UTStarcom, 16
V
Verizon Wireless, 1, 22, 24, 39, 48-49, 52, 60
SMT5800 (HTC Libra), 24
XV6900, 24
Vodafone Group, 1, 4, 9, 14, 21-22, 24, 29, 32, 45, 48, 52
Devices
Treo 500v (Palm), 21-22
VDA GPS (Toshiba), 24
Germany, 24
live!, 6, 8, 34, 42
Spain, 52
VSP Capital (Venture Strategy Partners), 40
W
Wistron Corp, 38
Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC), 38
GW4, 38
Y
Yahoo!, 14
Z
ZI Corporation, 36-37
Zumobi (ZenZui), 1, 63
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