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Mobile Phone Market Will Slow Down in 2009, Shows IDC Study

IDC’s latest study revealed that the mobile phone market is in for an important slowdown next year, as total cellphone volumes will be 2.2% lower than in 2008. This is the first time this has happened since 2001, but we can blame it all on the economic depression. The same study showed that we’ll end this year with a global growth of 7.3%,...

Nokia’s Future Not Looking That Bright, According to Market Forecast

Nokia downgraded its Q4 market outlook yesterday, claiming that the issues of the handset industry have caused their expectations to be lowered. This is the second time that biggest mobile phone maker in the world downgrades its outlook in the last months. The previous estimate of the Finnish company was that it’ll sell 330 million units in the...