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Motorola releases 2 new Helix-based phones (2005-Nov-9)
Motorola has released 2 new mobile phones, E1070 and E770v, powered by Helix.

Nokia announces 3 more Helix-powered NSeries phones (2005-Nov-4)
Nokia announced three new phones in its Helix-powered Nseries line of flagship phones, N71, N80 and N92. All three are 3G phones with video calling, 2 megapixel camera or better, S60 3rd Edition smartphone OS, a new full-web browser with "minimap" navigation and RSS, Bluetooth, FM radio, USB 2.0 with mass storage mode, and an SD or miniSD memory slot supporting cards up to 2 GB.

Here are more highlights:

* N92: TV phone with integrated DVB-H and a large 2.8" twisting, anti-glare QVGA screen supporting 16m colors. Supports recording of live TV up to 30 minutes and 30-second instant replay. Also includes DLNA-compliant UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play) for streaming multimedia to home devices over Wi-Fi. Full-size SD card slot. Available mid-2006.

* N80: Slider phone with WCDMA 1900/2100 plus quad-band GSM with EDGE for the Americas. Also sports UPnP like the N92, a 3-megapixel main camera, hi-res 352 x 415 pixel main display, and miniSD slot. Available Q1/06.

* N71: Clamshell phone with QVGA display, XpressMusic music player, and miniSD card slot. Available Q1/06.

Mobile Milestone: 208M handsets shipped in Q3 (2005-Oct-21)
Andrew Brown, program manager, European Mobile Devices, IDC said, "The dominance of the handset subsidy model and 12-month upgrade cycles in Western Europe combined with the introduction of a number of highly publicized, multimedia-oriented high-end handsets to drive demand in a mature market that is witnessing saturation of subscriber growth.”

Highlights:
1) Nokia - With shipments of 67M units representing y/y growth of 30% and an increase in market share to 32% was buoyed by particularly strong growth in China and Asia/Pacific and despite a year-on-year shipment decline in North America. The Helix-powered Series 60 multimedia-oriented devices such as the 6630 and 6680 continued to enjoy solid demand, the 6680 becoming the world's best-selling WCDMA device.

2) Motorola - Motorola now clearly the # 2 vendor, claimed leadership in the Americas and gaining ground in Europe and developing markets. Like Nokia, much of Motorola's shipments focused on growth within developing regions, thanks to its ultra-low-priced phones.

3) Samsung - Picked up the pace with increased shipments to Europe, North America, and its home country of Korea. Samsung delivered on its promise to improve revenues and profits this quarter via the introduction of high-end and premium devices featuring EV-DO and W-CDMA, DMB, and Bluetooth.

4) LG Electronics - The company improved its CDMA and GSM lineups with new phones, particularly in the U.S. and Korea, but also faced a decrease in WCDMA and other high-end phones, resulting in a slight decrease in average selling prices.

5) Sony Ericsson - In addition to the introduction of several Walkman-branded phones, the company rolled out several mid-tier and entry-level phones to balance its portfolio. High-end devices still rule the company's portfolio as the company's average selling price rose from the previous quarter.

Crown Castle Mobile Media Selects Windows Media and Windows Media DRM 10 to Deliver Live Television to Mobile Devices (2005-Apr-17)
Crown Castle Mobile Media, a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., and Microsoft Corp. today announced that Crown Castle Mobile Media has selected Windows Media® Audio, Windows Media Video 9 and Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10 for its Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) broadcast service deployment. As a preview of the exciting possibilities this relationship will deliver, Crown Castle Mobile Media will be demonstrating with Microsoft live mobile TV on Windows Mobile (TM) -based devices at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas from April 16 to April 21, 2005.