As anticipation grows ahead of Palm and Toshiba’s announcements, let’s take a look back at what else made the news during this last week. 1. LG Target Number Two Spot. Currently sitting third behind Nokia and Samsung in the world mobile market share stakes, LG has big plans for the future in order for them to leap

Nokia is the biggest single maker of mobile phones whether you like it or not. Thus, their forecasts are pretty important for the industry. Mobile Business Briefing now reports the following: Nokia repeated it expected the 2010 phone market to grow 10 percent, also according to its new forecast, while its market share would be unchanged

Nokia continues to be at the top  having dropped off 1% market share. Of the five top-tier handset vendors, only Samsung and LG shipped more handsets in the fourth quarter than in the preceding quarter, bucking the industry trend of a 5% market contraction. Strategy Analytics revised its forecast for 2009 to negative 9% growth roughly in line with Nokia’s forecast of negative 10% d...

Samsung, which is the worlds second-largest handset maker after Nokia (NYSE: NOK), has ambitious plans for the European market. The company wants to grab at least 30% marketshare in Europe this year, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The companys Sang Heung Shin said: Wed like to break 30 percent market share this year. We will sell

ABI's Kevin Burden has stepped forward to count down the market's Tier 2 cell phone players according to market share. Starting at No. 11 and counting up to No. 6, Burden discusses the sales strategies that have dropped these companies among the world's top cell phone manufacturers. Here's the list from 1 through 11: 1. Nokia 2. Samsung 3. LG Electronics 4. Motorola 5. Sony Eri...

A total of 34.97 million GSM and CDMA handsets were sold in the China market in the third quarter of 2008, and Nokia, Samsung and Motorola were the top-three vendors with a combined share of 66.3%, according to Analysys International. For CDMA models alone, Samsung was the largest vendor with a market share of 26.9%, followed by Huawei Technologies with 23.3%, ZTE with 16.0% and LG Electronics

Samsung and LG reached new market share highs during the second quarter of 2009, which otherwise fell by 8 percent from a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple managed to hold steady, with approximately 2 percent market share, but Nokia, Sony-Ericsson and Motorola all stumbled. - Global handset shipments fell by 8 percent in the second quarter of 2009, totaling 273 million units, co...

Sitting still at the number three spot may not hold well for LG who trails both Nokia and Samsung in the global market share of mobile phones...

More stats out recently, this time from ABI Research, showing worldwide phone market share for 2008, just about the grandest metric of all, even if it does include devices right down to bargain basement level. Nokia tops the list again, with a world share of 38.6%, while Samsung reached 16.2%. Motorola and LG are hovering at around 8%, with newbies RIM and Apple getting to 1.9% and 1.1% respective...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year according to new numbers from IDC. Where Samsung showed 15.5% year-on-year growth between 2007 and 2008, Motorola showed a 38% drop. LG Electronics Co. grew 30.4% in the same period and expected to claim at least No 2 position in the 2009. Motorola’s reversal of fortune was sta...