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Why is China Mobile paying handset makers to build TD-SCDMA phones?

Posted in China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, tagged , , , on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia comment: Why is the most dominant wireless carrier in the world (China Mobile with 463 million subscribers) dolling out R&D money to handset makers to build TD-SCDMA phones? Especially to the gargantuan Nokia who has dominant marketshare in China (40% of handset sales in China are Nokia) and has much (literally) invested in maintaining [...]

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Nokia recommits to launch TD-SCDMA mobile phone

Posted in China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, tagged , , , on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia comment: Nokia holds a dominant yet tenuous 40% share of China’s wireless handset market. No doubt they are grateful
to China Mobile. And Nokia thought with all of the talk about China Mobile’s TDD-LTE4G plans, they could just let their TD-SCDMA handset promise slip past China Mobile. “After all, no matter what happens with TD-SCDMA, we’re [...]

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Nokia makes amends … publically supports TD-SCDMA

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, tagged , , , on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

iPhoneAsia comment: Nokia is now making a bit of amends and “publically” committing to TD-SCDMA. Nokia was late to the party and this no doubt irked officals in China. Nokia will soon deliver a TD-SCDMA handset.  The real back story is long and complicated … suffice to say that while “talking” TD-SCDMA, China Mobile and [...]

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New iPhone(s) coming to China in January?

Posted in 3G, China, China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

NOTE: The following ramblings are based largely on rumor and guesswork. 
The latest on iPhone in China
~ Dan Butterfield – November 5, 2008
China Mobile wants no pre-publicity over “new” to be announced TD-SCDMA handsets from prominent vendors such as Apple, Nokia and HTC. Why? These new phones will be very popular and China Ministries do not [...]

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iPhone Death Watch :)

Posted in 3G, AAPL, iPhone, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 

Excerpts from Apple’s Q4 earnings call on Oct. 21, 2008 – Steve Jobs: ….“iPhone business has grown to about $4.6 billion, or 39% of Apple’s total business, clearly too big for Apple management or investors to ignore. 
… adjusted sales for the quarter were $11.68 billion, 48% higher than the reported revenue of $7.9 billion, while adjusted [...]

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Nokia to pay Qualcomm $2.3 billion lump-sum settlement

Posted in iPhone, tagged , , , on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 Nokia to pay Qualcomm $2.3 billion in royalty settlement
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See post > HERE via SANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES 
See companion story via Boy Genius Report > HERE
4:04 a.m. October 17, 2008

 
SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. will receive at least $2.3 billion as part of a settlement with Nokia Corp. in a royalty dispute, it was reported Friday.The San [...]

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Nokia to build a TD-SCDMA phone

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, Smart Phones, TD-SCDMA, tagged , , on September 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

iPhonAsia Comment: We have previously speculated that Nokia would join the group of handset manufacturers in support of China’s TD-SCDMA protocol.  The article in South China Post (by subscription) below, now confirms this guess.
Nokia and China Mobile have very close ties and this is no surprise … sort of “what took you so long” … [...]

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Nokia and Apple iPhone TD-SCDMA handsets coming?

Posted in China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, tagged , , , , on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

New China TD-SCDMA handsets coming followed by Nokia and Apple iPhone TD-SCDMA handsets
Full Post in Mandarin > HERE
Key excerpts (iPhonAsia translation):
Quoting Director of Ministry Information Industry Technology (MIIT) – Li Yizhong:
“TD-SCDMA initial commercial tests have produced positive results and guarantee that the TD-SCDMA will fight and win.” Li Yizhong indicated that we must “promote the [...]

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Canalys: Survey says … Smartphones!

Posted in Apple, Cellular Phone, Smart Phones, iPhone, tagged , , , , , , on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Smart mobile devices one of fastest growing segments in tech industry, says Canalys
Canalys – February 7, 2008
Smart mobile device shipments hit 118 million in 2007, up 53 percent on 2006 levels, according to Canalys. The analyst firm’s latest market data shows how much the converged device market, which includes all smart phones and wireless handhelds, has [...]

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Survey: Apple, RIM benefit most from “seismic shift” to smartphones

Posted in Apple, Smart Phones, iPhone, tagged , , , , , , on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Apple 2.0
Mac news from outside the reality distortion field – by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Survey: Apple, RIM benefit most from “seismic shift” to smartphones >HERE
February 8, 2008

EXECRPT: Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and Research in Motion (RIMM)’s BlackBerry appear to be the primary beneficiaries in what ChangeWave Research describes as a “seismic shift” in the mobile phone market, as record numbers [...]

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