PC processor shipments hit record level
news.cnet.com 29 days ago — Worldwide shipments of processors jump 23 percent over the second quarter, doubling typical sequential growth, says a new report from IDC.

Mobile phone shipments show signs of improvement in Q3
computerworld.com 10/30/2009 — The mobile phone market globally turned a corner in the third quarter, with shipments by manufacturers increasing by 5.6% over the previous quarter, market research firm IDC reported

Handset Market Set to Rebound
online.wsj.com 10/30/2009 — STOCKHOLM -- The global handset market should return to growth in the fourth quarter after several quarters of declining shipments, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday. In its latest report on the handset market, Strategy Analytics forecast ...

Handset shipments decline 15 percent, smartphones shipments grow 4 percent
MobileBurn.com 5/1/2009 — Two research firms documented a 15 percent drop in mobile handset shipments in the first quarter, the fastest rate of decline in the industry's history. Smartphone sales remain resilient even during the tough economic times. Read the full story here.

Analyst: Motorola expected to ship 900,000 phones in Q4; DROID shipments meeting expecations
MobileBurn.com 7 days ago — The AP reports that analysts are expecting Motorola to ship 900,000 phones in the quarter and that though DROID shipments are meeting expectations, CLIQ sales are being affected by battery issues. Read the full story here.

Cellphone market growth raises pricing fears
reuters.com 11/2/2009 — * LG, Samsung, Apple win greater share in Q3 * Q4 cellphone market to rise 3 pct y/y - Strategy Analytics * Sales volumes have dropped each quarter since Q3 2008 * Analysts cautious about speed of recovery, wary on prices * Nokia cuts prices across ...

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009
businesswire.com 10/15/2009 — STAMFORD, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The PC industry performed better than expected as worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.5 percent increase from the third quarter of 2008, according to preliminary ...

While handset shipments fall, smartphones and high-end devices do well in Q2
MobileBurn.com 7/31/2009 — Research firm IDC says global handset shipments fell 10 percent in the second quarter from last year, but smartphone and high-end devices sold well. Read the full story here.

Analyst: Apple Beats Nokia as World’s Most Profitable Handset-Maker in Last Quarter
blog.telephonyonline.com 28 days ago — Sarah Reedy: Nokia may still claim the largest global market share, but Apple has overtaken it as the world’s most profitable handset vendor in the third quarter of 2009, according to Strategy Analytics. The one-handset wonder pushed Nokia ...

Daring Fireball Linked List: Analyst: Apple Beats Nokia as World’s Most Profitable Handset-Maker in Last Quarter
daringfireball.net 27 days ago — Analyst: Apple Beats Nokia as World’s Most Profitable Handset-Maker in Last Quarter Reuters: Apple overtook Nokia in the third quarter as the cellphone maker generating the highest total operating profit in the industry, research firm Strategy ...

Koreans, Apple frolic through mobile recession — The Register 10/30/2009
SonyEric, Motorola's destruction laid bare Mobile phone market estimates show progress by the two Korean giants and Apple - but make grim reading for everyone else in the hardware business.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

iTunes 9.0.2 Breaks Palm Pre Sync. Again — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 10/30/2009
The cat-and-mouse game between Apple and Palm continues. Apple offered up iTunes 9.0.2 yesterday. The main reason for the update was to bring new compatibility with Apple TV 3.0 software. Apple was sure to take the time to nix the Palm Pre's ability ...

Will Droid Put Motorola Back On Top? — Today @ PC World 10/30/2009
After a few years of Razr and Rockr remixes, Motorola may finally be getting its handset groove back.

Apple Denies Palm Pre iTunes Sync, Yet Again — Mobile and Wireless - RSS Feeds 10/30/2009
Apple's iTunes 9.0.2 update, pushed into the wild on Oct. 29, prevents Palm Pre users from syncing their smartphones with iTunes. Despite Apples repeated attempts to stop Palm from syncing its flagship device to Apples music platform, Palms engineers ...

Samsung, LG Lead an Improving Handset Market, Says Report — Mobile and Wireless - RSS Feeds 10/30/2009
The global mobile handset market is on the mend. Samsung and LG shipped record volumes in the third quarter, though Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola lagged. Growth is expected for the fourth quarter, “signaling an end to the recession,” states the ...