Mobile Phone Manufacturers
Nokia is currently the largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world, with a global market share of approximately 40% in 2008. Nokia is a Finnish multinational which has more than 125,000 employees with sales in more than 150 countries. Nokia produces mobile phones for every major market segment including CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA. Nokia also produces telecomms network equipment and mobile navigation devices.
Samsung telecommunications is a subsidiary of the South Korean Samsung Group the world’s largest conglomerate. In 2008 Samsung became the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the United States and the 2nd largest in the World. Samsung mobile phones are divided into 6 major categories – Style, Infotainment, Multimedia, Connected, Essential and Business. They produce a full spectrum of products from mobile phones and devices such as MP3 players and laptop computers to telecomm network infrastructure.
Motorola is an American multinational which in 2003 introduced the world’s first handset to combine a Linux operating system and Java with full PDA functionality. The Motorola RAZR mobile phone line had sold over 120 million units by 2005.
Sony Ericsson is a joint venture between the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecomms company Ericsson to make mobile phones. Sony Ericsson has had great success with Cyber-shot brand which became very popular very quickly due to its very good media package and camera. Sony Ericsson launched ther Xperian rrange of mobile phones in 2008, which has opened the door for integration of Windows Mobile Operating System into Sony Ericsson smartphones.
LG is part of the Korean Consumer Electonics Manufacturer LG Electronics. The recent success of the Black Label Series has boosted LG, where it has placed a large emphasis upon the actual design of the phobile phone with slide style opening etc.
Blackberry was introduced in 1999 and developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion. Blackberry is a smartphone which supports push e-mail, mobile phone, text messaging, internet faxing as well as a multi-touch interface. The Blackberry has a number of PDA applications (address book, calendar, to-do lists, etc) as well as telephone capabilities. The Blackberry is primarily known for its ability to send and receive e-mail whereever it can access a wireless network of the mobile phone operators.
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