GLG News by GPS and Handset Manufacturing Experts

Apple has a leadership position in digital music distribution but is not making friends in the industry. This will likely come to a head as the music labels are trying to reverse their declining sales trend.

It seems inevitable - mobile phones will be in the hands of nearly everyone who can hold one and talk.

1) The mobile handset industry, now a 1.1 billion unit annual market, is continually evoloving, 2) Apple’s iPhone has raised the bar for the smartphone segment and its influences will be seen in forthcoming products

- The market is interested in the iPhone’s impact on Apple’s earnings - There is not enough data in this quarter’s earning to determine success or failure but there are several items to look for in the coming months

· Sprint’s business is under scrutiny as they have several big technology bets in place and have been losing customers · While dropping a few “abusive” customers is not that significant, this is not a good time for a public relations hit · While dropping a few “abusive” customers is not...

1) The iPhone was the right product at the right time for AT&T; 2) Verizon was quite reasonable with its decision to pass on the iPhone

1) The iPhone launch has brought increased visibility and a heightened customer focus to the mobile phone market, 2) but this is far from creating a revolution in a highly competitive market.

- Mobile location-based services are in their infancy - Many future mobile applications will integrate location data providing large and local merchants, as well as advertisers, an additional consumer contact point

Given the mobile nature of wireless terminals, location (and heading) of the user are fundamental characteristics that provide intelligent "filters" for any search request.  Using this unique user information supplied by GPS and complementary compass, mobile search becomes a simpler and faster...

- Mobile handsets have become must-have personalized devices - Handset manufacturers continue to work diligently to create next-generation products to spur consumer replacement