China s smart phone sales rise 4 8 sequentially in Q1: related news

China??s Q1 smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially

(RTTNews) - China’s Q1 smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially

Chinaâ??s Q1 smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially

(RTTNews) - China’s Q1 smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially

China??s smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially in Q1

(RTTNews) - Sales of smart phones in China for the first quarter increased 4.8% sequentially, Xinhua reported quoting a report issued by Beijing-based CCIDC Consulting company. Smart phones generated $2.91 billion in the first three months of the fiscal, marking a year-over-year increase of 7.6%.

Chinaâ??s smart phone sales rise 4.8% sequentially in Q1

(RTTNews) - Sales of smart phones in China for the first quarter increased 4.8% sequentially, Xinhua reported quoting a report issued by Beijing-based CCIDC Consulting company. Smart phones generated $2.91 billion in the first three months of the fiscal, marking a year-over-year increase of 7.6%.

US Consumer Phone Sales Decline 22 Percent In Q1; BlackBerry Enters The Top Five: Report

The shaky economy is starting to show up in U.S. phone sales. In the first quarter, consumer phone sales reached 31 million handsets, falling 22 percent compared to the year-ago period. For the first time, the NPD Group said sales fell between the busy holiday quarter and the first quarter. Despite this, the phones being sold today are higher-end compared to the year ago period, with smartphones comprising 17 percent of all phone sales, a 10 percent increase. Two of the big features being sold are Bluetooth at 79 percent of all phones and music-playing capabilities at 60 percent. The struggling Motorola (NYSE: MOT) maintained its No. 1 position, however, its share fell to 27 percent in the period from 35 percent a year ago. Likely to Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) chagrin, for the first time RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) BlackBerry improved its ranking, edgin

May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.

Smart phone sales in China up 4.8% in Q1

Sales of smart phones in China rose 4.8% quarter to quarter with more than 8.24 million units sold in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by CCIDC Consulting company.

Google to launch mobile phone advertising service in China

Beijing. May 23. INTERFAX-CHINA - Google is to launch a mobile phone advertising service covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, local media reported today. John Liu, vice president for greater China sales of Google, announced in Taipei that Google would partner with Taiwan operators Chunghwa Telecom and Far EasTone to deliver the service in Taiwan, Sohu reported. Liu did not reveal which operator Google will work with to provide this service in mainland China. In April 2006, Google launched its mobile phone advertising service in Japan, cooperating with wireless operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. When Mobile phone users search with Google on their mobile devices, advertisements relevant to the keywords will be displayed. -CG

CCID Consulting: Aigo Has the Largest Sales Volume in China's Digital Photo Frame in 2008Q1

BEIJING, June 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released an article on China's digital photo frame market in 2008Q1. With a Rapidly Developing Global Market, China's Digital Photo Frame Industry is Gradually Activated Digital photo frame entered China as a concept product 7 years ago. As a derivative product of digital camera and the Internet, digital photo frame has been accepted by more and more consumers. The demands in global digital photo frame market are exuberant in 2007, and the shipment in 2007 has broken through 10 million sets. But in China, digital photo frame emerged in the market as early as 2006, with an industrial chain started in 2007, and

International Companies Require China-Specific Patent Strategies

Shanghai, China – May 22, 2008: China, one of the world’s largest and most promising markets, has seen a 20 percent annual increase in patent application filings over the last fifteen years. In 2007, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China received 694,153 patent applications, an increase of 21.1 percent over the previous year. These applications included filings for all three types of patents granted in China: Invention patents (valid for 20 years from the date of filing), Utility Models (valid for 10 years), and Design patents (also valid for 10 years). With regard to invention patents (20 year patents), China is currently third in the world behind the United States and Japan. In its latest study, Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, forecasts that if patent filings in China continue to grow at the current r

China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc. Granted National Invention Patent of China for Use of Cactus to Enhance Immune System

HARBIN, China, May 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc. (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: CKGT), a vertically integrated grower, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a variety of cactus-based consumer products in China, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Harbin Hainan Kangda Cactus Hygienical Foods Co., Ltd. (the 'Company') has been granted The National Invention Patent of China, a key patent for the nutritional use of cactus to enhance the immune system through its ability to prevent infection and anti-inflammatory diseases. The Company was previously awarded two patents for Cactus Cattle Feed and Cactus Fish Feed by the State Intellectual Property Office and has five patents pending. These include Cactus Poultry Feed, Cactus Pig Feed, Cactus Cattle Feed Additives, Cactus Poultry Feed

Smart Phone Sales Double

Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstripping the category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by research firm Gartner.

Asus Smart Phone

ASUS, producer of top-notch handhelds, has released the new M930 smart phone. With a full QWERTY keyboard and an ultra-wide screen, the M930 offers easy and efficient usage. Rich business features via the integrated Windows Mobile 6 operating system and full 3.5G connectivity further complement this immaculately designed smart phone - making it fully equipped to handle business on-the-go.

Vivendi Games Sales Fall 24% In WoW-Expansionless Q1

Vivendi Games Sales Fall 24% In WoW-Expansionless Q1 [05.14.08] Vivendi has announced its first quarter results, showing a 24 percent drop in sales in its games division over the year prior -- a period which saw the release of WoW expansion The Burning Crusade -- though Blizzard still saw sales of €192 million ($296.6 million).

Web sales at Gap climb 21% as total sales fall 5%

The online channel continues to lead financial performance at Gap Inc., where web sales increased 21.3% to $236 million for the first quarter ended May 3, from $195 million a year ago. Web sales accounted for 6.98% of total Q1 net sales, compared to 5.49% in the same period last year, Gap says.

SiteAcuity Launches Site-to-Phone First-of-a-Kind Software for Linking Web CalI-ins, Leads and Sales with Online Campaigns and Keywords

May 20, 2008 - Orlando, FL - SiteAcuity today announced the launch of Site-to-Phone, the only on-demand software that tracks, measures and correlates site traffic, online marketing campaigns and site caller analytics with phone-in leads and conversions. For the first time, online marketers have the technology to determine which campaigns and keywords deliver phone-ins and sales - providing a level of intelligence never before possible.

Gartner: Smart phone sales double in North America

(AP) -- Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstripping the category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by research firm Gartner.

China Contains Radiation in Earthquake Disaster Zone

PENGZHOU, China (AP) - Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.Officials precariously balanced their efforts to clean up and rebuild with attempts to house, feed and treat the displaced and injured and search for survivors.One senior official said China faces "a daunting challenge" to prevent environmental contamination from other sources.There has been no leak of radioactive substances into the environment, Wu Xiaoqing, China's vice minister for environmental protection, told reporters in Beijing.He said 50 sources of radiation were buried by debris from the May 12 earthquake in central China, 35 of which had been secured.

China proposes changes to foreign company patent rules - report

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Foreign companies making discoveries in China will have to file for patents here or risk losing legal protection for their intellectual property, the Financial Times reported, citing proposed amendments to the patent law. The amendments, which could become law this year, come at a time when foreign companies including Microsoft are setting up research centers in China as they look to expand sales in the market, the newspaper noted. If foreign companies fail to register Chinese discoveries first in China, rivals will be able to challenge the validity of any subsequent domestic patent and potentially block sales in the local market, the newspaper said. Another proposal involves the adoption of an 'absolute novelty' standard that will make it hard to get a Chinese patent for inventions that are already in use overseas, i

CD sales falling faster than digital music sales rise

LONDON: Music sales fell to their lowest level in at least 10 years as an increase in digital content sales failed to make up for declines in compact discs and the effects of piracy, an industry group said Wednesday.

iPhone Roundup: China Mobile Clears Hurdle; Canadians Want Cheaper iPhone; Hutchisons Prices

image — China Mobile-iPhone “Hurdleâ€� Cleared: The on again, off again talks to bring iPhone to the world’s largest mobile market is on again. Retuers reports that China Mobile will bring the iPhone to China, after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) relented on its revenue sharing policy. China Mobile spokeswoman Rainie Lei said while the “the biggest hurdleâ€� for the largest Chinese mobile operator has been now been cleared, there were still some “practical issuesâ€� to sort out before the iPhone launched. No timetable has been given, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said before that he hopes to launch the device in China later this year.

Jingwei International Selected by Best Buy China for Multi Year Direct Marketing Contract

SHENZHEN, China, BUSINESS WIRE -- Jingwei International Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: JNGW.OB) ("Jingwei" or the "Company"), one of China's leading direct marketing Companies, today announced that it has been selected by Best Buy China. (Best Buy Co. Inc NYSE: BBY), an industry-leading global consumer electronics retailer, to create, manage and execute direct marketing campaigns throughout China. The contract includes marketing through direct mail and mobile advertising. Jingwei has initiated the campaign for Best Buy in Shanghai and will roll out the campaign throughout China during the term of the contract.

Jingwei International Selected by Best Buy China for Multi Year Direct Marketing Contract

SHENZHEN, China --(Business Wire)-- Jingwei International Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: JNGW.OB) ("Jingwei" or the "Company"), one of China's leading direct marketing Companies, today announced that it has been selected by Best Buy China. (Best Buy Co. Inc NYSE: BBY), an industry-leading global consumer electronics retailer, to create, manage and execute direct marketing campaigns throughout China. The contract includes marketing through direct mail and mobile advertising. Jingwei has initiated the campaign for Best Buy in Shanghai and will roll out the campaign throughout China during the term of the contract.

Online clothing sales benefit from bad weather

The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveals that poor weather conditions appear to boost online clothing sales whilst driving people away from the high street. Snow and rain this April appeared to have encouraged online shoppers to spend nearly £326 million on clothes and online footwear sales saw a significant growth in sales of 20%. These figures drew a sharp contrast to sales on the high street - The British Retail Consortium reported that clothing and footwear fell further to their worst for at least 8 years.

HTC unveils new flagship smart phone 'Diamond'

LONDON -- Taiwan-based smart-phone maker HTC unveiled a new flagship mobile phone Tuesday with a touch-screen display and applications for viewing content from websites such as YouTube and Google Maps.

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