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...global economy continues to gain momentum. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which perked up last month after yet another research group forecast a recovery in 2004, is up 70% from a year ago (though still below its 52-week peak in January). On the heels of upward predictions by IDC and IC Insights, Gartner revised its estimates of global chip sales to call for a 23%-to-32% surge this year, but the boom probably won't last long. Gartner's latest report also lowered its 18% growth forecast...
...flashy color displays and clamshell cases. It's now a crowded market. There are 37 foreign and domestic manufacturers, which together can produce twice the number of phones currently sold in China annually. As inventories quadrupled in the first half of 2003, prices fell 20%, according to research firm IDC. Yet more companies are crowding in. Huawei Technologies, China's largest telecom-equipment maker, announced late last year that it is launching its own cell phones on the mainland...
Corp. analyst Tim Mui. IDC forecasts that in Europe alone, business users will buy 60 million phones this year. So what's Nokia doing about it? This week, chief executive Jorma Ollila unveils a prototype of the Communicator 9500, a device that ties more neatly and swiftly into corporate IT systems than any gadget Nokia has offered to date. Among the 9500's selling points is wi-fi circuitry that allows users to connect to the Internet in wireless hot spots and securely link up with business networks. Nokia will even trot out some major companies that have agreed...
Staying on the cutting edge of the digerati these days means more than owning a slick cell phone or a hi-res digital camera. It means having a zippy cell-phone ring tone as well. Research firm IDC estimates that Americans spent more than $57 million on ring tones in 2003, up from $16 million in 2002. Hip-hop songs like 50 Cent's In Da Club are among the most popular tunes, but there are thousands to choose from. You can even get prepaid cards at Wal-Mart and 7-Eleven stores just for buying ring tones...
...enabled handsets and should have reader technology installed at 400,000 stores by year-end. SK has only 30,000 subscribers, but, as with store value cards, the idea has viral growth potential. "M-finance is still in its infancy," says Natasha Tan, research manager at consulting firm IDC in Singapore. "But turning cell phones into electronic wallets is here to stay...