Yes, HP May Finally Have Some News On WebOS — In The Next Two Weeks
After a disastrous wireless turn from HP (NYSE: HPQ) that culminated last week with HP taking a charge of $1.66 billion to wind down its web… Read more »
WebOS Sale Rumors Return; Oracle Named As Potential Buyer From HP
Another turn in the plot for HP (NYSE: HPQ) and its mobile assets: today a report emerged indicating that HP is looking sell off its mobile… 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 »
More Flip Flopping From HP? Todd Bradley Says WebOS Closure Is Just A Rumor
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HP (NYSE: HPQ) may have resolved one major item on its agenda when it announced last week it would hold on to its PC division; but now it se… Read more »
Report: Amazon Wants To Buy WebOS; That Could Mean Kindle Phones, PCs Too
HP’s WebOS is up in the air and we now have a new player that apparently wants to catch it: Amazon, the upstart etailer that come to dominat… 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 »
TouchPad-Only Magazine ‘Pivot’ To Debut With Tablet, Produced By HP Itself
HP (NYSE: HPQ) must be tiring of all the news about Apple’s strength in the tablet market, and trying to get its own name out in front: to c… Read more »
China Is Apple’s Second-Biggest Apps Market After U.S., Free Apps Reign
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When it comes to battling for smartphone share in China, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is right in there with Android OEMs and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and i… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-9-11: HP TouchPad; Apple’s App Store Slam; YouTube Mobile
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: HP (NYSE: HPQ) finally gives the release date for its TouchPad tablet; Apple (NSDQ: AAP… Read more »
iOS, Android Big With Developers; Mobile Web Further Along Than You Think
Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) have the greatest mindshare among mobile developers, but if you were wondering who is the strongest third pla… Read more »
HP Opens For Tablet App Business, With In-App Purchasing From The Word Go
It’s going to be a big hill to climb, but HP’s put on its walking boots and is getting on with it. Today, the company formally started to ac… Read more »
HP, AT&T To Launch Veer WebOS Phone For $99 This Month
The smaller of the two new WebOS smartphones promised by HP (NYSE: HPQ) earlier this year is ready to face the public. HP and AT&T (NYSE: T)… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04-21-11: Nielsen Privacy Stats; Amazon/Samsung Tablet; Veer
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: as news of Apple’s tracking data emerges, Nielsen reveals some privacy stats; details t… Read more »
Android Tops OS Ranking; Social Networking Is Fastest Growing Content Form
More numbers spelling out Android’s pole position in the smartphone market today in the U.S. Figures from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) say that as… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-05-11: Apple Nasdaq; Jott Shut; HP; HTC Patents
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) gets rebalanced on the stock exchange; Nuance closes down voice to t… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-31-11: Android Clams Up; Microsoft Stats; Motorola OS
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: More details on the new directives on Android usage; Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) gives out s… Read more »
HP’s WebOS VP Richard Kerris On Being Fifth Man In A Four-Man Race
When HP (NYSE: HPQ) relaunched the WebOS and debuted its newest devices running the platform in February, its top execs made a big point of… Read more »
Time Inc’s Rothenberg: No ‘One-Size-Fits-All Model’ For Subscriptions; HP Up First
The iPad may be the biggest tablet game in town but it’s not the only one and *Time* Inc.’s digital publishing strategy reflects it. The new… Read more »
Will HP’s Three New Devices Be Enough To Help It Crack The Market?
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has ditched the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) brand and launched three new devices today on its updated HP WebOS platform: the TouchPad t… Read more »
Smartphone Usage Up 60 Percent; Android Makes Biggest Gains
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Smartphone usage has grown by an astounding 60 percent in the last year in the U.S., but the latest figures from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) show… Read more »
Nielsen: Android, Apple And RIM Are In A Three-Way Tie In The U.S.
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Some stats released today on smartphones that, for a change, don’t concern the number of devices shipped: Nielsen says 31 percent of U.S. co… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Angry Birds Fly To Windows; HP/Palm Event; ESPN/Sprint
– Angry Birds: Rovio’s hugely successful mobile game may not yet be available on Windows Phone 7 handsets, but it is now making the move to… Read more »
Mobile Bytes: Verizon’s LTE Device; PlayStation Phone; Moto, Palm Tablets
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– Verizon’s LTE devices: As the carrier laid out plans for its nationwide LTE footprint earlier this month, it said it would give more deta… Read more »
Jon Rubinstein Joins The Board Of Amazon
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Have you been wondering about where Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) might go next with its device strategy, on the back of its success with the Kindle?… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Angry Birds; HTC Antennas; France 4G; Motorola/Apple Patents
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– Angry Birds: Developers Rovio are expecting to make $1 million per month in advertising from the free, ad-supported Android version of th… Read more »
Windows Phone 7: Games Are The Most Popular Paid Apps, Prices Are Cheap
Early days for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace app store indicates that games are by far the most popular category among paid apps,… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Palm’s Pre2 In Europe; Orbitz App; Android and NFC
– Pre2: Palm’s latest device running WebOS has debuted in Germany and the U.K. In both cases the device is being sold SIM-free and independ… Read more »
Mobile Bits: HP Releases WebOS 2.0; VZ Data; U-Verse On Android; Loopt
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– HP (NYSE: HPQ) updates webOS 2.0: HP has released the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre 2 smartphone, which will run webOS 2.0. The device will be av… Read more »
Companies Hungry For Mobile Expertise Drove Strong M&A In First Half
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Mergers and acquisitions started to pick up in the first half of this year as financial markets started to improve, according to a report re… Read more »
Apple Continued To Lose U.S. Marketshare Despite Spike From iPhone 4 Sales
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Apple’s iPhone 4 did not give the company the bump in sales it needed to put Android’s momentum in check. Instead, Apple’s smartphone market… Read more »
HP Hires Former HTC Executive To Help With Palm Acquisition
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Three weeks into his new job at HP (NYSE: HPQ), Todd Achilles was pulled into the $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, which was struggling to… Read more »
Coming Soon: Glu’s Strategy For Revamping Its Mobile Games Business
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Eight months ago, Niccolo de Masi took over the helm at Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) — and just now — we are about to see the results of his la… Read more »
Android Gains Marketshare While All Others Lose It
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All of the major smartphone platforms lost share to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android in a recent three-month period, even though they all gained… Read more »
Developers’ Mindshare Shifting To Android In 2010, Study Finds
So far this year, Android stands out most to developers with close to 60 percent of them having recently developed for the Google (NSDQ: GOO… Read more »
Palm Officially Becomes Part Of HP
Palm’s days of wondering how it can raise enough money to design, much less build its next product, are over — it has officially become par… Read more »
HP Buys Mobile Music Streaming Service Melodeo
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has acquired cloud-based mobile music streaming service Melodeo for between $30 to $35 million from a consortium of investors… Read more »
Palm’s Temkin Joins AOL As Head Of Mobile
David Temkin, VP-developer platform for Palm (NSDQ: PALM), has left to head mobile for AOL (NYSE: AOL). Temkin will report to Brad Garlingho… Read more »
Palm Cuts Price Of Apps In Half
Palm (NSDQ: PALM) is throwing a half-off sale for its webOS apps, according to a post on its blog. Between now and July 9, almost all of the… Read more »
Palm Working On New Devices And Update Of Operating System
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Have Developers Given Up On Nokia’s Ovi Store?
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has always touted the millions of phones it has in consumer hands — 68 million alone for smartphones –as one of the main… Read more »
