NPD: Already, More Than One In Five Smartphones Sold Is 4G-Ready
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile… Read more »
NPD: Already, More Than One In Five Smartphones Sold Is 4G-Ready
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile… Read more »
Xyologic: Android Will Overtake Apple In Monthly Downloads In June 2012
photo: Flickr
The world of apps is only getting bigger, so it seems fitting that another company is jumping in to try to make sense of it all. One of the… 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 »
The Show Must Go On: What To Expect At CTIA Enterprise This Week
photo: Tricia Duryee
The wireless industry’s fall gathering–CTIA Enterprise and Apps–will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who… Read more »
Comscore’s Latest U.S. Stats: Android Crosses 40 Percent, RIM Still Tanking
Samsung and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continue to clean up in the U.S. smartphone market while it now seems clear that the launch of the Verizon iP… Read more »
How Will Apple’s iPhone 4S Stand Up To Competition? Depends On The Market
photo: Getty Images / Feng Li
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
photo: Flickr / J. Rosenfeld
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media… Read more »
Symbian Now Officially No Longer Under The Wing Of Nokia, 2,300 Jobs Go
photo: Symbian
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 »
More Detail (Or Guesswork) On Microsoft’s Patent Payout: $444 Million/Year
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the device makers that have entered into patent licensing agreements with it over the Android platform have so fa… 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 »
Updated: Microsoft Lands Big Android Licensee In Samsung, Google Cries Foul
We may not know how much revenue Google (NSDQ: GOOG) makes from Android, but we can say that at least one other company — a competitor — i… Read more »
Tizen: Can Intel And Samsung’s New OS Project Fly Where MeeGo Did Not?
photo: Corbis / Science Faction
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 »
Microsoft’s Mango Starts Rolling: Updates To Hit Phones Over Next Few Weeks
Microsoft’s first major update to Windows Phone 7 began to roll out to users Tuesday, rewarding early adopters before new phones are expecte… 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 »
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 »
Mobile Lowdown 9-26-11: Apple iPad Orders; Apple Event; Samsung; Verizon
photo: Tom Krazit
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» As ever, Apple is dominating mobile conversations. But it’s not all good new… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-23-11: Google Spain; Apple Stock, Apple In China; ZTE; HP
photo: Flickr / Supermac1961
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Google has started to quietly distribute its own SIM cards with Nexus S devi… 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 »
NPD: Android Has Market Share, But Windows Phone Has Mindshare
photo: Getty Images / Justin Sullivan
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 »
Has Microsoft Finally Carved A Path To The Post-PC Era With Windows 8?
It’s been a rough couple of years for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) as it watches an industry that once thought of Windows as oxygen embrace new, s… Read more »
Frank Meehan Steps Down As INQ CEO; Co-Founder Ken Johnstone Takes Over
Frank Meehan is stepping down as the CEO of INQ, the Hutchison-owned mobile phone maker that has been a trailblazer — if a very small one -… 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 »
AT&T To Carry Three New Windows Phone Mango Devices This Fall
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) partners are set to unveil phones based on the Mango update to Windows Phone 7 relatively soon, and the wireless carr… 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 »
HTC Shows Off Two New Mango Devices – But Don’t Call It A Mango Launch
If this week had a theme in the mobile world, it would probably be the week of big devices. This evening at an event in London HTC unveiled… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-1-11: Missing iPhone; MobiTV; Microsoft; Samsung; Nokia
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Another Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone protoype has been left behind in a bar, a… Read more »
comScore: Just Over One-Third Of U.S. Consumers Use Smartphones
photo: Corbis
Everyone likes to talk about the boom in smartphone use, but the reality is that even in the most advanced markets, there is still a long wa… Read more »
Nokia Keeps Its Eye On The Ball, Puts Design Front And Center
photo: Americanistadechiapas, Flickr
Analysts often talk about the growth of the smartphone market based on which software OS is selling the best, but there is another way to lo… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-28-11: Samsung; AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon Isis; Nokia
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Samsung has announced LTE versions of the Galaxy II smartphone and 8.9-inch… Read more »
Mobile Risks And Rewards In The Eye Of The Storm
For a concept that didn’t really exist a decade ago, we’ve certainly come to take mobile applications and access to the Internet for granted… Read more »
Nokia: Three New Symbian Belle Devices Launched Today, One Costing $260
Symbian may be getting put to one side in markets like the U.S., but it is alive and well in Asia. Only three months since announcing its up… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-24-11: AT&T; Sprint; WP7 Apps; Verifone
photo: Flickr / NontrivialMatt
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» AT&T’s handset roadmap for Q3 and Q4 (or a part of it, at least) has been un… Read more »
Millennial: WiFi’s The Big Winner In Mobile Data, iPhone Still Dominates
Monthly figures out today from mobile ad network Millennial Media indicate that the mobile network that is benefiting most of all from the s… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-23-11: RIM; Apple iPhone; Erply; HP; Riots; Patents
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» RIM launched three new BlackBerry devices today, extensions of its Curve ran… Read more »
WP7 Wastes Little Time, Reaches Out To WebOS Developers, Gets Big Response
photo: DiP, Flicker
Faster than you can say “99 dollars”, it looks like more pieces are starting to get put into place in the fallout of the WebOS ecosystem pos… Read more »
