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    Mobile accessories worth $55 billion in 2009 12/11/2009 03:01:00

    By the end of 2009 the world's mobile handset accessories market will have chalked up a value of nearly $55 billion. That represents a small decrease from the 2008 figure, surprising only in that the decline hasn't been larger.
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    Apple more profitable than Nokia 12/11/2009 03:01:00

    Apple surpassed Nokia in the third quarter of 2009 as the mobile phone maker with the highest operating profit.
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    Top 10 UK iPhone stats by O2 11/11/2009 02:18:00

    What were you doing two years ago today? I was queuing outside a Carphone Warehouse (number two in a queue of four) waiting to get my hands on one of the first official iPhones in the UK.
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    Touchscreen mobiles see 159% growth 06/11/2009 06:02:00

    Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009.
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    30,000 O2 iPhones at risk of return 02/10/2009 00:10:00

    UK iPhone carrier O2 is bracing itself for thousands of returns as recent customers send back their iPhones to wait for better deals from rivals Orange and Vodafone.
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    Smartphones racing past boring mobiles 14/08/2009 00:10:00

    Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. However, smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 percent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market.
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    Apple, BlackBerry grab 35% of global profits 21/07/2009 23:18:00

    Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry smartphones may be tiny players in terms of market share but they command a giant slice of mobile profits. In 2008 the two accounted for just 3 percent of all global mobile phone sales but 35 percent of operating profits, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff. In 2009 he estimates that the two smartphone makers will take 5 percent of the market in unit terms but 58 percent of total operating profits.
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    Mobile app stores under threat from cloud 08/07/2009 04:51:00

    Apple's iPhone App Store is a huge success, with over 50,000 mobile applications available and more than a billion downloads.
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    Twitter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 08/07/2009 04:55:00

    Twitter and its creators are worthy of being considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for the role they played during the recent civil unrest in Iran, according to a former US national security adviser.
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    Apple iPhone 3GS sold out in UK 02/07/2009 00:22:00

    O2, the exclusive carrier for Apple's iPhone in the UK, reports that the iPhone 3GS is currently "out of stock".
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    No big iPhone queues in London 23/06/2009 01:02:00

    Despite reports that demand for Apple's new iPhone 3G S resulted in long queues of people lining up outside Apple Stores and reseller shops, London remained unfazed by the launch.
 
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