The Battle for Mobile Search
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| Microsoft's (MSFT) MSN Mobile was a distant third with slightly
| under a million subscribers. Google does have a lead worldwide
| thanks, in part, to deals with leading telecom companies in China,
| India, Japan, and Europe.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2007/tc20070220_828216.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/23fjmb
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70 percent of smartphones use Symbian
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| At 3GSM it became clear that 70 percent of all smartphones use Symbian.
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| Linux accounts for 16.9 percent of the smartphone market and only
| 4.6 percent uses Microsoft Windows Mobile.
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http://www.dvhardware.net/article17134.html
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
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| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Microsoft Hides Its Mobile and Business Apps Divisions
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| The company is folding its two worst-performing divisions -- Microsoft
| Business Solutions (its business applications unit) and its Mobile and
| Embedded units -- into the Microsoft Business Division and Microsoft Home
| and Entertainment units, respectively.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990243,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010
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| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/
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