Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Increased 12 Percent in Second Quarter of 2008

Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached close to 305 million units in the second quarter of
2008, a 11.8 percent increase over the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner, Inc.
Sales of mobile phones in the mature markets of Western Europe and North America slightly
recovered after a difficult start. Western Europe reached close to 42 million units while North
America surpassed 44 million units in the second quarter of 2008.

Nokia sold 120.4 million mobile phones in the second quarter of 2008 and widened its lead
to control 39.5 percent of the global mobile phones market.

Samsung’s mobile phones sales into the channel reached 45.7 million units.

With mobile phone sales reaching 30.4 million units, Motorola’s worldwide market share
dropped further in the second quarter of 2008 at -4.5 percent year-on-year.

LG’s positive momentum continued in the second quarter of 2008, with mobile phones sales
amounting to 26.7 million units. This represented a 2 percentage-point increase
year-on-year.

Sony Ericsson’s market share grew slightly in the second quarter of 2008 sequentially with
worldwide mobile phone sales reaching close to 23 million units.

Source: Gartner

EU backs Nokia standard for mobile TV

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission moved to simplify the nascent mobile phone TV sector by adopting a standard backed by Finland's Nokia. The Commission said setting the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred European Union standard would give the industry a boost.

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Next-generation of phones shoot Web-ready video

Cell phones could once again revolutionize how journalists work, according to Kansan.com.

"Students in the School of Journalism at the University of Kansas are working with both design and business students to evaluate two new Nokia cell phones (N93, N73) that are capable of shooting, editing and uploading high-quality video on the fly.

The project will help define and advance the role of citizen journalism, the concept that any citizen can report news events... and identify ways to communicate the emerging trend of citizen journalism among college students.