Panasonic Unveils Android Phone for Home
Panasonic ships Digital Cordless Android based Home Phone! Usual bundle of features including video calls: http://bit.ly/19tb2ly
Year: 2013
DoCoMo Claims 15Million LTE Subscribers
DoCoMo announces 15M subscribers are on LTE, up from 10M in February, for 25% of their contract base: http://bit.ly/14tYN3C
Sony Reports 9.6M Smartphone Sales in Q1
Sony sold 9.6 million smartphones in Q1 2013, reports revenue up by 13% YoY to $17 billion: http://bit.ly/12isxD1
Sharp Reports Stronger Q1 Results
Sharp results for Q1 shows $6 Billion revenues, gaining 32% YoY, Thx to Yen and IGZO displays: http://bit.ly/1bMfH2S
Sumitomo Mitsui Card Visa payWave
All 3 telcos tout full NFC support for Sumitomo Mitsui Card Visa payWave, 31 handsets (A/B type) enabled: http://bit.ly/14P4VTf
NEC Casio Smartphone Pivot – It Makes Sense
While rumours of this news were circulating a few weeks ago, so we’re not that surprised, maybe folks missed these other hints with regards to forecasting this ever evolving market. As usual overseas press, who could barely contain their delight, didn’t bother to pay much attention in an effort to provide a balanced opinion.