AP – Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday said its loss in the fourth quarter narrowed 9 percent from a year ago to euro167 million ($235 million), as improved margins and lower costs offset a slump in sales.
AFP – Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and said ongoing restructuring would only yield results in mid-2010 in the face of fierce competition for smartphones.
Reuters – Nokia launched free satellite navigation on its cellphones on Thursday to boost handset sales and prices, a fresh blow for satnav makers whose $25 billion market has already been hit by Google.
Reuters – Lenovo Group, the world’s No.4 PC brand, said on Friday its mobile phone based on Google’s Android platform will not be affected by an ongoing spat between the search giant and the Chinese government.
Please don’t call the Droid an “iPhone killer.” Verizon Wireless’s new Motorola smartphone, running Google’s Android open-source software, won’t drive Apple’s device from the market. (Besides, labeling anything an iPod or iPhone killer usually seems to ensure its quick demise.) But the Droid is a..