subscriber growth helps RIM profit to jumps

RIM's Profits increase

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported a higher first-quarter profit that met its forecasts on Wednesday and said it added more subscribers than it had anticipated.

RIM said it earned $482.5 million, or 84 cents per share, in the three months ended May 31. That was up from a profit of $223.2 million, or 39 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier.


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Symbian comes under nokiai's control

Nokia Owns Symbian

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia is paying 264m euros ($410m; £209m) to buy out the other shareholders in handset software firm Symbian.

Nokia, which already owns 48% of the UK-based firm, intends to develop its software to compete with Google's planned Android operating system.

Nokia said Sony Ericsson, Ericsson, Panasonic and Siemens had agreed to sell their stakes in Symbian.

It added that Samsung was also expected to accept the offer.

For its part, Symbian said the takeover was "a fundamental step" in the establishment of the Symbian Foundation, which is expected to start operating in the first half of 2009.

The foundation will bring together Nokia, AT&T, LG, Motorola, NTT Docomo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone in collaboration on a new, royalty-free open software platform for mobile phones.


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Sony Ericsson F305 Wii-like phone

Sony Ericsson F305

Sony Ericsson F305

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a Wii-like handset which allows users to play games using the phone as a motion sensor.

"This is our first foray into motion gaming," Howard Lewis, vice president and head of the product business unit, said of the F305 mobile phone launch held in conjunction with CommunicAsia, an industry convention and exhibition.

"We see gaming as a way to interact with our young customers... it's a new area of the market that Sony Ericsson is entering into," he said.
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Nokia E71 E66 news business smart phones

Nokia E71 and E66

Nokia E66

Nokia E71
Nokia E71 & Nokia E66 Smart Phones:
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top cell phone maker, Nokia, unveiled two new models on Monday aimed at the business market dominated by the Blackberry, but Research in Motion Ltd shares rose because investors believe the maker of the popular handset is safe.

The new Nokia (NOK1V.HE) phones, meant to refresh the somewhat aging lineup of corporate offerings at the Finnish company, were widely expected after leaks on the Internet.

Nokia shares closed 2 percent lower in Helsinki at 16.57 euros, while RIM (RIM.TO) stock closed 5 percent higher at C$144.21

"This is not going to change anything," said Nomura analyst Richard Windsor. "They've got to do much more, they have to do a complete offering. The problem is they don't offer device independence and they don't have the embedded position that RIM does."

A combination image showing Nokia's new E71 (L) and E66 mobile phones.

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Apple iPhone 3G Faster Deep Discounted price

Faster Iphone Cheaper Price

Apple Iphone 3G
SAN FRANCISCO - The iPhone will soon be $200 cheaper and support satellite navigation and faster Internet access, but higher monthly service charges are likely to erase most of the savings.

Apple Inc. revealed Monday that it has scrapped its pricing plan for the iPhone as it unveiled a model that works over faster wireless networks, addressing key criticisms about the device that have hurt the company's foray into the cell phone industry.

An 8-gigabyte version with the new features will go for $199 when it goes on sale July 11, and a 16 gigabyte model will cost $299, the Cupertino-based company said.

Current iPhone owners who buy a new model and sign up for a new AT&T contract won't have to pay any penalties to get out of their current contract, AT&T spokesman Michael Coe said. And anyone who bought an iPhone in an AT&T store after May 26 can return it before Aug. 1 for full credit against a new one — less a 10 percent restocking fee.

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blackberry iphone cause Smart phone sales to double

New Trend Smart phones

NEW YORK - Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstripping the category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by research firm Gartner.

North American growth was propelled by the popularity of Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry phones and Apple Inc.'s iPhone, and bodes well for the rumored introduction of second-generation iPhone next week.

Apple sold 1.73 million iPhones in the first three months of the year, taking a 5.3 percent share of the worldwide smart-phone market. The iPhone was launched in the U.S. last June, and overseas markets have been added gradually. The phone is still not available in most European countries, or in Japan or China.

Smart-phone sales in North America were 7.3 million units, up 106 percent from the first quarter of last year. RIM, with a U.S. market share of 42 percent, was the main beneficiary.

Intel shows Off its new cheaper chip

Intel's Cheaper Chip

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Intel Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a new processor it says will revolutionize the information technology industry by powering small laptops at low cost.

Intel Asia Pacific Vice president and General Manager Navin Shenoy said the Atom processor will enable millions more people around the world to access the Internet.

Shenoy's announcement at a Taiwan computer show raises the stakes in Intel's efforts to best rivals like Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Via Technologies in supplying chips for cheap laptops.

A version of the Atom can be used in mobile devices — iPhone-like tablets that provide a fuller Internet experience than cell phones do.

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