Nokia CEO Elop: Tablets Are A Hard Pill To Swallow
Just exactly how — and when — will Nokia (NYSE: NOK) enter the tablet market? A few choice words from Stephen Elop, the company’s CEO, ind… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04/29/2011: Market Share, Payments, Royal White iPhones
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile this morning: mobile market share reports galore, mobile payments continues to draw investment… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-27-11: Google Mobile Patents; White iPhone; Navteq
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) looks to boost its mobile ammo by bidding for another set of moile pate… Read more »
Nokia Downsizes: 4,000 Jobs Cut, And Symbian Takes Off For Accenture
photo: Symbian
Two big steps for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today in its ongoing strategic shift: the company announced it would transfer all Symbian software opera… Read more »
Nokia, Microsoft Reveal Details Of Their Deal While Nokia’s Earnings Drop
The handset maker and software giant may have already walked down the aisle as far back as February 11, but it was only today that they fina… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earni… Read more »
Update: Patent Plot Thickens: Apple Sues Samsung; ITC Pushes For Nokia, HTC
photo: Tom Krazit
Two developments in Apple’s various patent fights over mobile products: The company got a knock back at the U.S. International Trade Commiss… Read more »
Some Life Left In MeeGo Yet? LG, ZTE Reportedly Interested
Some of the mobile industry left MeeGo for dead when Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced it would be focussing the bulk of its software development… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-15-11: Google’s Mobile Number; Nokia India; AT&T/T-Mo
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: some of the bigger mobile takeaways from yesterday’s Google (NSDQ: GOOG) earnings; afte… Read more »
What To Make Of The Wisdom Of Crowds: Motorola Tops Brand Survey, Apple 5th
photo: Special K Files
Who are the top mobile brands in the U.S.? Asking the media versus asking 25,099 U.S. consumers might produce different results. Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-13-11: Nokia Cuts; MNG Lists; Ozura World / Tatto
Our look at some of the stories today in mobile: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) reportedly making big cuts in its R&D staffing; mobile marketing agency M… Read more »
Updated: Nokia Presses On: Updates Symbian, Launches E6 And X7
Last week, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promised some Symbian news, and today we have it: the company is today is launching its E6 and X7 devices, runn… Read more »
Smartphone Parts Shortage Caused By Japanese Quake
photo: Corbis / Andy Rain
Smartphone sales could drop by as much as 5 percent this year because the Japanese earthquake in March seriously affected supplies of key pa… Read more »
Google Buys PushLife For $25 Million: A Piece In Its Mobile Music Strategy?
We still don’t have the official, bigger picture of what Google (NSDQ: GOOG) intends to do in its music strategy, and whether it will have w… Read more »
A Nokia Symbian Event On April 12? No, There Is No Event
This is a public service announcement for those Nokia (NYSE: NOK) watchers out there thinking that next week there would be a London event t… Read more »
Gartner: Cheap Android Devices Will Mean Google Domination Well Into 2015
Android seems to be an OS very much in flux at the moment — open to all comers on the one hand, but also looking to balance claims of fragm… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-07-11: HTC/Nokia; Facebook phone; Televisa/Iusacell
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: HTC passes Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in market cap; the “Facebook phone” launches in the UK; an… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-06-11: Symbian; Content Forecast; Moto Xoom Sales
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) schedules a Symbian event; some forecasts on mobile entertainment rev… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-01-11: NFC Europe; Apple Tweaks; BMW VC Fund
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Two more NFC initiatives in Europe — one in the UK and one in Spain; two reports on so… Read more »
RIM Signs On With Intellectual Ventures For Its Patent Portfolio
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RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has followed fellow handset makers HTC and Samsung into the arms of Intellectual Property Ventures, signing a deal with the… Read more »
IDC’s Five-Year Smartphone Forecast Could Totally Maybe Happen
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Consider the smartphone market in March 2006, five years ago this month: the iPhone hadn’t been announced. Android was a lukewarm rumor base… Read more »
Nokia Comes Out Fighting Against Apple, Files One More Suit With The ITC
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It will come as no surprise to hear that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) did not agree with the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ruling last Friday t… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-28-11: Apple WWDC; AmEx; Nokia; Google Tablet?
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announces the dates for its developers’ conference; American Express… Read more »
Apple’s Day At The ITC: One For Two In Favorable Mobile Patent Rulings
The International Trade Commission ruled on two patent cases involving Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and other mobile companies Friday, and Apple went… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-24-11: Sprint; Bing; Best Buy; Smartphone Stats
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Sprint (NYSE: S) wants to take its AT&T/T-Mobile complaints to Washington; Bing updates… Read more »
CTIA Wire: T-Mobile; Nokia; CTIA Survey; Powerwave
» T-Mobile announced its expansion of 4G products, including the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) G2x smartphone. It’s also rolling out the Sa… Read more »
Baidu Does A Google And Looks To Make Its Own Mobile OS
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It’s been rumored for a while now that China’s Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) is keen to follow rival search giant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) into the smartpho… Read more »
Daily Mobile Lowdown: Amazon App Store; Nokia In U.S.; RIM/Microsoft
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Amazon’s app store pricing unveiled; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) (yes, Nokia) makes a push on dev… Read more »
One Setback For NFC: Apple May Not Put It In The Next iPhone
We’ve seen some significant advances made in the mobile money game in the last several months, but some news today underscored how this is s… Read more »
Daily Mobile Lowdown: 8 Billion Apps In 2010; Taptu; NSN/Motorola
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Our look at some of the stories today in mobile: ABI gives its post-mortem on app downloads in 2010; Livewire reports full-year results; Tap… Read more »
Daily Mobile Lowdown: 7digital PlayBook; Nokia On Symbian; Foursquare; Zite
photo: RIM
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile. Today, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) preloads 7digital on the PlayBook; Nokia’s still happy with Sym… Read more »
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Deal With Nokia Comes At $1 Billion Price
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) won a huge new partnership with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) that could light a fire under its mobile division, but it will come… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown: Apple In China; We7 Android; Nokia Qt
Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today: Apple’s supposed plan to develop an iPhone for China’s LTE standard; We7 launches a rad… Read more »
Nielsen: Apple, RIM Are Beating Android OEMs In The U.S. Smartphone Race
photo: RIM
Google’s Android OS is leading the pack for smartphone market share in the U.S., but when it comes to the largest smartphone manufacturer, R… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown: Nokia, Apple iPad Pricing, Square, Disney
Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Nokia’s MeeGo payoff; what the ASP of today’s iPad tells us about what’s next; Square hits $1… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown: Motorola, T-Mobile, Apple, Google, AT&T, China
photo: Tricia Duryee
Our list of mobile news to start your day. Today’s topics: Motorola (NYSE: MMI), T-Mobile’s Sidekick, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Hacking, AT&T (NYSE… Read more »
Mobile Interactive Group Buys Golden Bytes To Extend Marketing Footprint
Another chapter in the continuing consolidation mobile service agencies, and the growth of one agency in particular, the Mobile Interactive… Read more »
Infographic: Mobile Browsers Compared Worldwide (Or What Nokia’s Giving Up)
photo: Corbis / Andy Rain
All talk these days is about Google/Android and Apple/iOS, but here’s a nifty infographic that underscores just how fragmented the picture r… Read more »
Mobile Music: A $5.5 Billion Opportunity For More Than Just Apple
photo: Apple iPod Commercial
New forecasts out today for the mobile music market from Juniper Research: it will bring in revenues of $5.5 billion by 2015, compared to $3… Read more »
Android Was The Big Winner At Mobile World Congress
Android dominated the buzz for this year’s event. According to some number-crunching from Webtrends, which analysis how much media outlets (… Read more »
