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As talks between the iPhone maker and China Mobile fizzled after two years, report says China’s second largest carrier is ready to make a deal.
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Deal opens new avenue of distribution for developers and opportunity for another app store to raise its profile in the emerging mobile applications market.
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Apple’s still-unconfirmed move to market a $99 iPhone through Wal-Mart is either foolhardy or brilliant. Remember the RAZR was once the coolest phone in the room.
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Growing vendor shipments and slowing sales spell swelling carrier inventories and a daunting 2009.
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Handset maker says the effects of recession are worsening and warns that 2009 looks bad.
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Good luck getting a BlackBerry Storm anytime soon. Many Verizon Wireless stores by midday had sold through their inventory of the much-anticipated mobile phone.
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Credit crunch will postpone U.S. carrier plans to build new networks friendly to European phone makers while Apple, RIM, and even Motorola are at the border.
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Despite the economic downturn, there were 40 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter of 2008, while Apple, RIM, and HTC gained ground on Nokia.
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While cell phone shipments soared in the third quarter, Motorola lost its U.S. market share crown to Samsung.
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Analysts say that after years of missed opportunities a bold move by the handset maker was necessary but fraught with problems.
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