Nomura: Amazon's Kindle Fire 'Devastating' For Other Tablet Makers
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The Kindle Fire, retailing for only $199, could be the Android tablet that sells in volumes and provides real competition against the iPad f… Read more »
Doubling Down: Why An Amazon Bet On A Smartphone Faces Longer Odds
While the jury is definitely still out on the Kindle Fire, is Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thinking more broadly about mobile? If the company is inte… Read more »
Study iPad Owners Drive 88 Percent Of Worldwide Web Traffic From Tablets
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One can argue the semantics over shipped units and sold units when evaluating the state of the tablet market in late 2011, but one thing see… Read more »
Rain Falls On iCloud? Apple Could Lose Motorola Case To The Tune Of $2.7B
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Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility today made a crucial advance against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in an ongoing patent case in Europe concerning iCloud… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-18-11
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» Yelp Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO of Consumer-Review Internet Site (Bloomberg)
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Mobile Reviewers Like The Looks Of Android's Ice Cream Sandwich
The mobile world got its first close look at Google’s new version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as its first vehicle, the Samsung… Read more »
Google Closes Register For Checkout, Moving Users To Google Wallet
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has decided to fold Google Checkout into its newly launched Google Wallet, in what fits right in with the pare-down-and-… Read more »
Has The Kindle Fire Already Fragmented Android Tablets?
Amazon’s Kindle Fire was easily the most anticipated Android-based tablet launched in 2011, and could wind up outselling all other contender… Read more »
Updated: Google Music Launches, Songs For Sale And Free Cloud Storage
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Google’s take on online music services evolved Tuesday with the launch of Google Music, a free service that will let users upload 20,000 son… Read more »
Next Issue Media Expands Digital Newsstand Beyond Samsung Galaxy
Next Issue Media, the digitized magazine and newspaper newsstand, has added several more titles from company backers Hearst and Time Inc. (N… Read more »
Samsung Selling A 'New' Galaxy Tab 10.1N In Germany: Is It Less iPad-Like?
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If at first you don’t succeed, just tweak the edge a little? Samsung has redesigned its Galaxy Tab device in hopes of getting around an inju… Read more »
Nokia Drops More Hints Of An Upcoming Windows 8 Tablet
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Considering all the issues and upheavals that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has had in its core business of mobile phones — what with the declining mar… Read more »
Orange Will Bring Three New, Cheap 'Facebook Phones' To Europe And Africa
Remember the “Facebook phones” launched by HTC and INQ earlier this year that gave users a hotlink to the social network and integrated the… Read more »
Netflix Targets Kindle Fire, Nook Owners With Redesigned Android Tablet App
In a year during which it has shown no fear of dancing to the beat of a different drummer, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) once again bucked the conven… Read more »
Report: Google To Put A Piece Into Its Music Puzzle With Universal Deal
On the heels of news last week that it has secured EMI’s recorded music division for nearly $2 billion, Universal Music is again in the news… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-15-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions (paidContent)
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Gartner: Android Now Over 50 Percent Of Smartphone Sales, The Rest Decline
Android may have some shortcomings, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made enormous advances with manufacturers in terms of getting its OS on thei… Read more »
Samsung Wins The Right To March Trial In Bid To Ban iPhone 4S In Australia
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One more development in the legal fight between Samsung and Apple: a court in Australia has granted a March date for a case being brought by… Read more »
Apple's Only Dipping A Toe Into Mobile Payments, But It Could Make A Splash
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to give a line on where it sees NFC in its future product and service roadmaps, but that doesn’t mean the company… Read more »
How Low Will They Go? Average Smartphone Price Falls Again In U.S.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. smartphone buyers paid less than $200 for their devices during the third quarter, according to a recent study publ… Read more »
In Android/Apple Fight, Samsung Says It Won't Seek Korean iPhone 4S Ban
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gained another victory in its ongoing worldwide legal battle against Samsung. The Korean giant says it will not seek… Read more »
Reviewers May Find Faults, But Developers Say Kindle Fire Is Big Big Big
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The Kindle Fire tablet may not be all reviewers’ cup of tea, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) seems to have gotten one thing just right: it’s picked… Read more »
Kindle Fire, First Reviews: Hot Gadget Or Just Another Lukewarm Tablet?
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A new day, and a new device to challenge Apple’s iPad in the market for tablets. Read more »
AOL Has A Profitable Mobile Business, But It's Not Because Of Apps Or Ads
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has banked a lot of its fortunes on selling advertising around a group of high-traffic web properties. But just as it still… Read more »
The Latest Google Android App Store Comes From Yahoo
In recent months, we have written how Android is like the Wild West in China, with all manner of operators launching their own, non-Google (… Read more »
Amazon Buys Voice-To-Text Startup Yap. What Do You Think Of That, Siri?
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Apple’s use of the Siri voice assistant in the iPhone 4S has been one of the most-talked about features on the new device, but Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
Shopping App Shopkick Adds 1,000 Old Navy Stores To Its Network
A big bump in business for bricks-and-mortar mobile shopping app Shopkick: the company has signed a significant deal with Old Navy clothing… Read more »
Google To 'Support' Android OEMs Facing Lawsuits As LG Makes A Deal With IV
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Some heartening news for Android device makers today from the mouth of Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will continue to… Read more »
Updated: Flash In The Pan: Adobe Confirms End Of Mobile Flash And 750 Jobs
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Update: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) how now posted an item on its own blog confirming that it will stop developing Flash for mobile devices, and will… Read more »
Google's Schmidt: Android Will Remain Free, And So Will Motorola
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Ever wondered whether Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has plans to tack more revenue-generating services on to Android? If it does, one of them doesn’t… Read more »
Mobile Startup Funding: Strangeloop $10 Million; Urban Airship $15 Million
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What will be the most-used medium for consuming mobile content in the future: the web or apps? It’s a question that gets hotly debated, and… Read more »
Branson's Next Mobile Act: An Investment In Mobile Payments Startup Square
Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago,… Read more »
Microsoft: Talking To Huawei For Android Patent License; Inks Openwave Deal
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) could be adding one more OEM to its list of Android licensees, and this one is a biggie: Huawei, the ambitious Chines… Read more »
China Has 70 Android App Stores, But That Could Soon Whittle Down To 10
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Android is on its way to becoming the most ubiquitous smartphone OS in the world, but could the fragmentation in the platform — the many ve… Read more »
The Android Pile-Up On Apple In Europe: Motorola Gets Injunction In Germany
photo: Tricia Duryee
Apple’s latest Android nemesis in Europe? Not Samsung, and not a small-time Spanish tablet maker, but Motorola: the company, currently getti… Read more »
More Proof Of A New Nook Tablet–And It's Priced $50 Above The Kindle Fire
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has been widely expected to reveal a new tablet at an event to be held in New York next Monday, and now we are st… Read more »
Two Tracks For Digital Music: Aspiro White Label Deal; 7digital Tablet App
According to figures from IE Market Research, there are currently 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide, with that number expect… Read more »
Nielsen: Android Grew Its Smartphone Marketshare; iPhone Stayed Flat
Some stats out today from Nielsen for Q3 show that Android is continuing on its growth trajectory in the U.S. but in the last quarter Apple’… Read more »
Woes Piling Up For RIM? BlackBerry Makers’ Shares Dip Below Book Value
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More turmoil this week from BlackBerry maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) that could not be mitigated by the news of the launch of a new distribution de… Read more »
Samsung Requests Depositions For Apple’s Jony Ive, Others By December
Another development in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus Android patent story as the various cases work their way through the courts. Samsung ha… Read more »
