Microsoft, Windows Phone Partners Ready Holiday-Season Push
Now that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have had their fun, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is gearing up for a few days with the spotlig… Read more »
ARM Chip Offers Cheaper Smartphones With Longer Battery Life
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The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five tim… Read more »
Smartphone Competition And Restructuring Push Nokia To Q3 Loss
Nokia’s Q3 swung to a total €151 ($208.49/£132.13) million pre-tax loss after device sales slipped marginally and the company took hundre… Read more »
Microsoft’s Ballmer: ‘Lucky’ To Not Own Yahoo; Nokia WP7 Devices Next Week
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Steve Ballmer knows he dodged a bullet. Not only did the global market collapse just after Yahoo’s Jerry Yang turned down a $44 billion offe… Read more »
With Sales Of Four Million, The iPhone 4S Is A New Record Breaker For Apple
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It looks like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is once again rewriting the books on what it is that makes a smartphone sell. Those who thought that the iP… Read more »
Nokia Q3 Earnings To Be Announced October 20: Crunch Time Continues
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced today that it will be reporting its third-quarter earnings a week from today, October 20. Will we see more of th… Read more »
Microsoft Looks To Partners For Next WP7 Marketing Push. Dell Hangs Back?
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has been working hard at promoting its new and improved mobile effort, the Windows Phone 7 platform, in the past year… Read more »
Sony Gives A Big “No Comment” On Sony Ericsson Buyout Reports
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson han… Read more »
Update: Nuance’s Swype Buy Could See The Text Input System Go Large
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The other day, when a plane I was on landed in Newark, I noticed the elderly woman sitting next to me pull out a Droid Bionic and start answ… Read more »
Nearly There: EU Expected To OK Microsoft’s Deal To Buy Skype
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It looks like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) could be jumping its last major regulatory hurdle in its bid to buy Skype: it is expected to get cleara… Read more »
Apple Will Soon Face Two Big Challenges
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These are without a doubt Apple’s glory years. The company has a stellar range of consumer products including the block busters: iPad 2, iP… Read more »
How Will Apple’s iPhone 4S Stand Up To Competition? Depends On The Market
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Quite a few commentators expressed a sense of deflation when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally announced its newest device yesterday, the iPhone 4S… Read more »
Why The Disappointment Over The iPhone 4S Launch Means Nothing
One of the curses attached to dazzling the world again and again is that people expect you to keep doing it. There’s no question Apple (NSDQ… Read more »
Nokia Says WP7 Phones To Be Unveiled In Weeks, But No Details On Shipping
A bit of non-Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) non-news from Nokia today, really just confirming once again what we have heard before from the company. CEO… Read more »
Sony Ericsson Demonstrates How Clinging To Android Is Not A Silver Bullet
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media… Read more »
Angry Birds Aside, Think Globally, Act Locally When It Comes To Mobile Apps
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There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world — and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto s… Read more »
Symbian Now Officially No Longer Under The Wing Of Nokia, 2,300 Jobs Go
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Another loose end being tied up by Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today. The company announced that Accenture has now fully taken over Symbian, the opera… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-30-11
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» Facebook Pushes Back Against ‘Super-Cookie’ Charges (paidContent)
» Is Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Really Shaking In Its Sho… Read more »
Chapter Four In The Linux OS Saga: Nokia Making Meltemi For Low-End Mobiles
With Intel (NSDQ: INTC) now focused on Tizen, a new Linux effort with Samsung and the Limo Foundation; and no concrete signs of further hand… Read more »
Nokia To Chop 1,300 People From Its Navteq Mapping/Commerce Division
No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) — currently the world’s largest handset maker — is one big ship. Today the c… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-28-11
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» James Rubin Abruptly Departs Bloomberg (NYT/Media Decoder)
» Publishers’ Digital Download Hopes Rise Ahead Of Kindl… Read more »
Tizen: Can Intel And Samsung’s New OS Project Fly Where MeeGo Did Not?
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Yesterday, we wrote that Intel was reportedly looking to take its MeeGo OS project into a new stage of collaboration post-Nokia’s move to Wi… Read more »
Don’t Count MeeGo Out Yet: Report Says Samsung, Others To Join Intel
Update: Our story on the new venture led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Samsung, Tizen, is here. Original post from Tuesday follows below.
On th… Read more »
Google Picks Inrix For Mapping Realtime Data
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Location, location, location: it’s the time-honored mantra of real-estate agents and retailers, but could just as well be applied to Google… Read more »
IPC Ups Thornton To Head Women’s Digital Activities
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– IPC Southbank: IPC Media’s Southbank division – which publishes Marie Claire, InStyle and Look – is promoting the digital editorial devel… Read more »
Nokia Ships Its Lone MeeGo Sailor, The N9
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may be hard at work right now trying to ensure that its first Windows Phone devices are beautiful and perfect when the go… Read more »
Pulse Goes Native On Windows Phone In Reader Landgrab (Plus Interview)
Flipboard may have raised $60 million and counting, and Zite may have just been bought by CNN, but another popular reading app, Pulse, sees… Read more »
Is Apple iOS Usage Flattening Out? Millennial Media’s Figures Suggest Yes
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The stock market loves Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), and so, it seems, do consumers falling over themselves to get news about the latest iPhone. But i… Read more »
With An Eye To Innovate, Nokia Names Henry Tirri CTO In Silicon Valley
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has seen a fair few management changes in the last year; but this one you could see coming from a mile away: Richard Green… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-21-11: Apple October 4; Google; HTC; Tablet Forecasts
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple looks like it has a date for its much-anticipated new product announce… Read more »
NPD: Android Has Market Share, But Windows Phone Has Mindshare
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Given how low the sales figures have been for Windows Phone-based devices up to now, it’s hard to believe that purchasing intent can be enou… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-20-11: Apple Stock; Google/Oracle; Nokia; Verizon; Samsung
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-14-11: Google/Motorola; Apple/China; Intel; Walmart
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Google agreed to pay 33 percent more — $3 billion — than it originally off… Read more »
Symbian Lost As Many Users As Android Gained In Europe, Says ComScore
photo: Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Interesting stats out today from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) that underscore just how clear the threat is to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from Android: the r… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-13-11: Samsung; Apple/China; Dolby/RIM; Nokia; HP Refunds
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» In the patent battles with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), software is Samsung’s Achille… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-12-11: Google/Oracle, Apple/HTC Patents; Amazon; Adobe
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon is taking one more step to enrich its content offerings; it’s reporte… Read more »
It’s Time To Stop Using Downloads As The Key Metric For Apps Success
The mobile apps industry is suffering from download-milestone overkill. Developers and publishers boast about how many times their apps have… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-9-11: Intel Meego; Apple/Samsung; Apps; Microsoft
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Intel is remaining committed to the MeeGo wireless OS, despite reports that… Read more »
Nokia And Microsoft Sneak A Peek At Working Together With Apps For Symbian
No, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) have not picked up the pace on releasing the first Nokia/Microsoft smartphone, which is onl… Read more »
IDC: Q2 Is The First Time Smartphones Outstripped Feature Phone Shipments
Looks like another tipping point in mobile progress was reached in Q2 this year: IDC says that shipments of smartphones outstripped those of… Read more »
