@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye… Read more »
Apple Event In New York This Month Will Focus On Education
As expected, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has started to send out invitations to an event in New York, and now we know what it will be about: educatio… Read more »
Research: Small Screens Better For Content; Bigger Screens For Productivity
The tablet market is still in its relative infancy and has been largely dominated up to now — both in sales and basic concept — by the iPa… Read more »
Ultraviolet Movement Picks Up New Backer: Samsung
Samsung has rolled out a new line of Blu-ray players that support Ultraviolet, thus joining the ranks of entertainment brands that support t… Read more »
'The Daily': No Longer Just For iPads (But Not For All Androids, Either)
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The Daily is finally available in Android, sort of. The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) tablet tabloid, which has been iPad only since birth, is not… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Inks Multiscreen Deal With MobiTV
MobiTV, one of the more established mobile TV companies in the market today with deals in place with several major U.S. mobile operators, to… Read more »
@CES: Samsung Hat-Tips Kinect On Smart TV Gesture Controls, Content Bonanza
photo: Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Samsung, on a high after releasing some strong mobile numbers last week, today became the latest consumer electronics brand to hang its name… Read more »
U.S. Consumers Cool Somewhat On iPhone; Remains 'Most Wanted' Handset
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshar… Read more »
What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
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The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place… Read more »
Correction: Razr Ain't Cutting It: Motorola Mobility To Fall Short On Q4
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been c… Read more »
Nokia Buys Norway's Smarterphone To Spruce Up Its Feature Phone OS
Just as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gearing up for a splash at CES to kick off the U.S. launch of its new line of Microsoft-powered smartphones, it… Read more »
Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why's Samsung Winning The Toss?
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Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market — over half of all smartphones being use… Read more »
Sprint's Galaxy Nexus Makes An Early Debut In Pre-CES Ads
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Sprint’s preparing an ad campaign for its own version of the Galaxy Nexus, which is probably set to launch over the course of the next week… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
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This is the third in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
Why Running A Mobile OS By Committee Can Be Very Hard
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Attempting to build consensus among Android vendors is a tricky undertaking in late 2011. As a result, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its partners… Read more »
Report: Nokia Lumia Accounted For Only 0.17 Percent Of UK Sales In November
Some pretty damning early statistics out today for Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the Lumia 800: according to a new survey, i… Read more »
Three Makes A Trend: Bugs Cropping Up In Galaxy Nexus
Maybe now it makes a little more sense why the Galaxy Nexus took so much longer to arrive in the U.S. then originally anticipated: a spate o… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: A Crazy Year In Mobile, By The Numbers
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This is the first in a series of posts over the next week that will look at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors th… Read more »
Samsung's Anti-Apple Campaign Appears To Be Working
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Samsung phones overtook iPhone for U.S. brand perception in the week after Samsung launched a TV campaign mocking hipster fanboys and iPhone… Read more »
Samsung Australia: Thanks, Apple, For The Galaxy Tab Publicity
Would anyone in Australia have noticed the Samsung Galaxy Tab had it not been the target of a heated lawsuit from Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Samsun… Read more »
Stars Align For Thursday's U.S. Launch Of Galaxy Nexus On Verizon
It has been almost two months since Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Samsung executives gleefully revealed the Galaxy Nexus, the best Android smartph… Read more »
Samsung Electronics Reorg: Apple's Friends On One Side; Foes On The Other?
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It looks like Samsung Electronics, the flagship and biggest division of the Samsung Group conglomerate, is restructuring its organisation. W… Read more »
Digital Content Vet David Eun Joins Samsung To Lead Global Media
Samsung makes TVs, tablets, smartphones, music players, even refrigerators with connected displays. Now it wants to have a bigger say about… Read more »
Get Ready For Another Streaming Music Service: The Ad-Free Rara.com
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Spotify and Pandora (NYSE: P) may be the music brands people think of today when it comes to streaming services. But with only five million… Read more »
Biting At Nokia's Heels, Samsung's Device Sales In 2011 Pass 300 Million
Samsung may be still be trying to crack the tablet market, but in mobile devices it is continuing to pick up steam: it sold 300 million devi… Read more »
Nokia Ships Its Second, Cheaper Windows Phone Handset, The Lumia 710
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is taking its new device strategy up one more notch: today, it started to ship the second of its first two Windows Phone d… Read more »
Updated: In Samsung v. Apple, Are Injunctions A Viable Nuclear Option?
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Two more advances in the ongoing, international fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android tablet maker Samsung over alleged patent violat… Read more »
7digital Music Adds Microsoft To Its App List, Still Awaits Apple Approval
Music downloads may have taken a backseat to streaming services like Spotify in the buzz stakes, but with iTunes still driving more music sa… Read more »
In Russia, DST's Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence
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Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ub… Read more »
Financial Times Launches Dedicated Android App
With mobile readers proving to be very avid readers of the Financial Times, the newspaper has launched a new version of its native Android a… Read more »
Report: Verizon To Ask Galaxy Nexus Customers For $299
There’s little doubt that Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, based on the newest version of Android, is the best Android smartphone yet produced. But i… Read more »
How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung
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What do Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and its elegant iPads have in common with plastic, waterproof clogs that people love to hate? More than you might… Read more »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more »
Apple Loses Bid For Preliminary Injunction On Samsung's Galaxy Tab In U.S.
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After months of forcing Samsung to scramble in courtrooms around the world, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was denied an injunction against sales of the… Read more »
Samsung And HTC Hit By Wiretapping Lawsuit Over Tracking Software [UPDATED]
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The swirling controversy over a company that reportedly installed tracking software on users’ mobile phones has already produced its first t… Read more »
Forget Smart TV, Is 'Dumb TV' The Next Big Thing?
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It looks like 2012 will be the year of connected TV. Samsung, Sony (NYSE: SNE), LG (SEO: 066570) and the rest are right now packing their se… Read more »
Android Store Opens In Oz, But It Won't Have The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Yet
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answ… Read more »
Apple, Samsung Dispute Likely To Turn On 1994 Knight-Ridder Tablet
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A leading design patent expert predicts that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will be unable to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet in the United… Read more »
Report: Apple To Give 4G A Shot In Arm With Next-Generation iPad, iPhone
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We’ve seen some significant strides for LTE in the past year — with some big names like Verizon and AT&T (NYSE: T) getting behind the fast… Read more »
More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes
Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read more »
