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After getting its feets into the low-end handset market, China’s ZTE is now looking to enter the high-end market, too. Apparently, the Chinese company will begin shipping Windows Mobile-powered devices with Vodafone next year and there are signs of other such deals.
According to the research firm Ovum, ZTE will also work on Linux-powered smartphones. At the moment, however, it’s not clear whether they’ll “go Google” or join the “LiMo camp.” We certainly look forward to the former, though if they do a proper job, we’ll be among the first to congratulate them on their LiMo smartphone. Symbian, on the other hand, is not in ZTE’s roadmap at the moment.
ZTE’s growth in the handset markets has been rapid — from 15 million units shipped in 2006, the company is on course to ship 50 million in 2008. More than 80% of these are co-branded with and customized for its operator partners. In China, ZTE is a front runner in 3G devices and a clear leader in TD-SCDMA, owning more than 30% of the total market.
[Via: DigiTimes]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
