handset market

Sony Ericsson to Sack 2,000

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2009 at 9:56 am PT

Given its recent string of lousy financial reports, its weak platform strategy and declining share of the the global handset market, I suppose it was only a matter of time before Sony Ericsson began sacking employees again. And it did just that this morning, announcing plans to shutter its Research Triangle Park facility in North Carolina, as well as offices in Miami, India and Sweden.

Apple: How Do You Say “Eat My Dust” in Finnish?

John Paczkowski in News on November 11, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

At 37.9 percent, Nokia’s share of the global handset market is the largest in the industry. Odd then to learn that it is not the most profitable. And odder still to learn that that honor belongs to Apple, which has been in the handset market for just two years.