Nokia’s N8, Windows Phone 7 In Europe: Slow Burners or Burned Out?
Not a great stat if you’re a Windows or Nokia (NYSE: NOK) fan in the Old World and are hoping for some momentum behind your favorite platfor… Read more »
Smartphones: What’s More Important, Loyalty Or Users?
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Another analyst house is adding its weight to the Android juggernaut: IDC says that the Google-backed platform is set to become the dominant… Read more »
Windows Phone 7: What To Make Of The Bargain Offers?
Among the raft of Black Friday offers for mobiles, a few choice bargains for new Windows Phone 7 devices in what looks like an aggressive mo… Read more »
Thanksgiving Digest: Black Friday; Angry Birds; Opera; LTE; HTC
– Black Friday sales: Lots of mobile deals and apps aplenty to help shoppers find the best bargains. NPD’s early results indicate that the… 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 »
Ron Garriques Out As Dell Rethinks Mobile Business
Dell may have grabbed a few headlines the other week when it announced it was ditching its BlackBerries in favor of Windows Phone 7 handsets… Read more »
Nokia’s Market Share Declines Again. The Big Winners? The Little Guys
Recently, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has been trying to position itself as a company taking better control of its destiny — from making major manage… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Disney; Google/Microsoft; Bon Jovi Social Games
– Disney released four Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) apps today. First, a new update to the ad-supported Radio Disney app lets listeners request songs… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Windows 7 Phones; Docomo LTE; Carphone’s ’99p Mobile’
– Windows Phone 7: Devices built on Microsoft’s latest mobile platform finally go on sale in the U.S. First models out the door, as listed… Read more »
Five Mobile Trends I’ll Be Watching
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It’s been three years since I started working at mocoNews. In that time — I turned my living room into an office, which I sentimentally cal… Read more »
Qualcomm Outlook Excites Despite Millions In Upcoming FLO TV Charges
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As part of Qualcomm’s fourth-quarter earnings today it reconfirmed that it will exit the current FLO TV business as it currently stands, and… Read more »
Mobile Bits: HTC’s Brand; Verizon iPhone; T-Mobile Tab; FT & Amazon Apps
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– HTC’s ad campaign pays off: Another story about how HTC has created a brand out of a no-name white-label smartphone maker. The more inter… Read more »
Kiha Raises $20 Million From Paul Allen To Build A Mobile Assistant
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Seattle-based Kiha Software, which has raised $20 million from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen, launched Aro Mobile, a product… Read more »
Mobile Bits: HTC’s Goals; AdMob; New OS?; Sprint’s Tab Pricing; Lawsuits
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– HTC ramping production: Taiwan-based HTC, which makes both Android and Windows Phone 7 devices, is predicting it will ship 8.5 million ha… Read more »
Reviews For Windows Phone 7 Are Out: Consensus Is Good First Attempt
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The reviews are out for the upcoming slew of Windows Phone 7 devices that are ready to hit the market in November, and the key takeaway is t… Read more »
Mobile Bits: WP7 Pricing On T-Mobile; Angry Bird Ads; Mopay Expands
– T-Mobile USA HD7 Pricing: T-Mobile USA said today that the upcoming HTC HD7, running Windows Phone 7, will be available starting Nov. 8 f… Read more »
Symbian Foundation’s Head Lee Williams Resigns After Two Years On The Job
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The Symbian Foundation confirmed that Lee M. Williams has stepped down from his position as Executive Director for personal reasons. The Boa… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Angry Birds; HP Hires Nokia Exec; Sony Ericsson Woes
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– Angry Birds’ One Million Android downloads: After only being available for one day on the Android platform, Rovio Mobile has announced th… Read more »
Windows Phone 7 Tagline: “It’s Time For A Phone To Save Us”
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Microsoft’s first commercial is getting good feedback as being entertaining and at the minimum dead-on when it comes to understanding the wa… Read more »
Microsoft Proves Google Wrong; We Actually Do Need More Mobile Platforms
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Sony Ericsson Focuses On Android With No Symbian Devices In The Pipeline
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) will no longer develop phones based on the Symbian operating system despite unveiling a Symbian phone… Read more »
Outgoing Nokia Exec Says Android Is Like Peeing In Your Pants For Warmth
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To the critics that say Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wouldn’t be cleaning house right now if it had adopted Android like so many other handset manufact… Read more »
Second CEO Of A Major Cellphone Maker Resigns; LG Appoints New Leader
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South Korean LG (SEO: 066570) may be the third largest mobile-phone maker in the world, but its cellphone division is not profitable. To tha… Read more »
Average Number Of Apps Downloaded To iPhone: 40, Android: 25
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The trend of downloading applications to smartphones has only accelerated in the past nine months with users downloading an average of 27 ap… Read more »
Analyst Raises Smartphone Growth Predictions To 55.4 Percent In 2010
With only three months left in the year, IDC feels comfortable raising its forecast for worldwide smartphone growth for 2010. It now believe… Read more »
Alcatel-Lucent Buys OpenPlug To Help Fill A Gap In The Mobile App Space
Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent is acquiring OpenPlug to have its own solution for helping developers move applications from one platform to the… 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 »
Microsoft Lays Out How Windows Phone 7 Will Tie-In With The Xbox
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is hoping that some of the success it has had with gaming on the video game console will carry over to the mobile pho… Read more »
Will Microsoft Employees Ditch The iPhone For A Free Windows 7 Phone?
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) tried to encourage employees to buy their own products when they instituted a policy that said only those who use Win… Read more »
Zune Subscription Entertainment Going Global – But Not Via Zune HD
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) appears ready to take more of its Zune services outside the U.S. for the first time, using Windows Phone 7 as a beach… Read more »
Windows Phone 7 Preview: Microsoft Has A Fighting Chance
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Rather than keeping it under wraps until officially unveiling it to the public (and filing charges against anyone who gets their hands on an… Read more »
paidContent Mobile: HTC’s Plan For Smartphone Domination
For most of HTC’s existence, it was a little-known cellphone manufacturer making more Windows Mobile phones than anyone else in the world. N… Read more »
Microsoft Courts Mobile Developers With Cash
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Here’s one way to boost the number of apps in your app store: Offer developers money to build them. That’s what Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is do… Read more »
Latest Mobile Lawsuit Affects Nearly Everyone But BlackBerry
Patent-holding company NTP filed suit today against just about every the big name in the mobile devices business — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), Goog… 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 »
T-Mobile USA To Resurrect Sidekick Brand On Android?
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T-Mobile USA will stop selling the Sidekick tomorrow, ceremoniously ending the era in which celebrities and teenagers alike feverishly sough… Read more »
Microsoft Suddenly Hangs Up On KIN
Perhaps it was Apple’s ability to sell 600,000 iPhone 4s on opening day, or maybe it was Google’s quick run-up to activating 160,000 Android… Read more »
Microsoft To Release Upgraded Mobile OS For Businesses
With the competitiveness in the consumer market reaching fever pitch, it Read more »
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 »
What’s Next For Microsoft In E&D?
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Microsoft’s surprise announcement this morning that Robbie Bach, who had led the company’s entertainment and devices unit since it was start… Read more »
