Handset Quotes

You'll certainly see (MMC) sockets on a lot more handsets this year. - Don Barnetson

With GPRS coming in, there will be an explosion of wireless data because it's going to be faster than desktop narrow band. A lot of carriers are already putting on trial GPRS so I'm sure that commercial services will be available first half next year. It just now waits for the GPRS handsets to be available. - Sandra Ng

Wind River shares ACCESS' commitment to helping handset manufacturers and operators provide their customers with a powerful, easy-to-use mobile phone. We believe that the ACCESS Linux Platform is a natural extension to Wind River's device software platform and development suite offering. - Kevin Curry

While penetration of low-end PCs and handsets will continue to be a major trend this year, we believe the ramp of new technologies and innovations will be the key growth driver for the industry. - Michael Masdea

While mobile handsets now being marketed directly to young kids do limit the numbers that can be called, you won't catch a teenager carrying a Mickey Mouse phone, ... Nor can these phones restrict the time of day when the phone is used. Parent Patrol(TM) can be used with regular phones and the limits are easy to modify so parents can loosen the rules during summer holidays, for example, and tighten them during exam times. - Chris Couch

What sets us apart is our ability to understand mobile network and handset limitations and still deliver a sophisticated interactive user interface and we'll continue to partner with entertainment leaders to offer the widest range of premium entertainment programming for mobile phone users. - Daren Tsui

We've seen investment in capacity go up quite a bit and we had a scare this summer with wireless. So you can make a case that the business is in trouble. We try to focus on slightly longer-term fundamentals. The relationship between spending and revenue in this business is still reasonable. Visibility is still good. Pricing is good. Let's not forget, wireless handset demand is growing 50 percent over year-on-year. So with stocks down a bit and the fundamentals still solid, we though it was time to declare the mid-cycle correction over. - Joe Osha

We've pulled out all the stops for Madonna's new release, offering fans exclusive content on handsets, the Internet, on broadband as well as multiple TV shows. - Van Toffler

We've increased our forecast of digital cell phone handset growth this year to about a 70-percent growth rate. TI is right in the middle of that. We are in two out of every three digital cell phone handsets that are manufactured around the world. - Bill Aylesworth