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Swedish telecoms manufacturer Ericsson is planning to increase its stake in Symbian in order to prevent Nokia winning control of the smart phone operating system maker.
Mobile phone manufacturers are copping the blows of sluggish sales, evaporating profit margins and a nonexistent upgrade trend by consumers. As a result, consumers can expect to see fewer new products announced, shipments of planned smart phones delayed and rollouts of new networks postponed.
A lobby group pushing for Telstra to sell off its doomed CDMA mobile network has declined to respond directly to the telco's claim that technical reasons would prohibit a sale.
Sony Ericsson, Panasonic and Siemens have raised their stakes in Symbian - and ensured that Nokia's share remains below the 50 percent mark.
Last year I opined that, even if Telstra did launch Apple's iPhone 3G, conflicting goals meant it couldn't afford to seriously back the product. This year, Telstra proved me right, and the reason is simple: Australia's biggest telco just wants to be a Mac.
We truly live in the lucky country, what with being able to easily change our mobile ringtone to the song from the VB ad. Others are not so fortunate.
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2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.
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Sony Ericsson's mid-range Z520i is a highly customisable clamshell phone with light effects, a VGA camera, MP3 support and in-phone media editing features.
The Sony Ericsson Z1010 is more than just a phone that does video calls, it is a multimedia package in your pocket
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