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Feb 2, 2012 6:30 AM
It was five years ago that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) executives brushed off the idea of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as “not a threat” to Nokia’s top position in mobile sales. After all, Apple was only making smartphones and Nokia was still leading in that still-niche category, as well as mobiles overall.…
Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, LG, Nokia, Samsung, idc
Jan 13, 2012 9:24 AM
BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got another fillip, in the form of a report that the handset maker has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it.
Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Amazon, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry
Jan 12, 2012 11:10 AM
More than two-thirds of the Android phones sold on the U.S. market are now contributing to Microsoft’s bottom line. The company signed yet another mobile patent licensing deal Thursday, this time with LG.
Posted In: Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft
Jan 12, 2012 5:42 AM
Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devices and its mobile growth. Now it’s looking for Mr Right: a partner to help it grow and remain competitive in an ever-crowded market.
Posted In: Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Facebook, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Countries, Asia, Korea
Jan 11, 2012 11:48 AM
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 iPad from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). But that could be changing in the year ahead, and those making tablets are thinking about what might be the best form…
Posted In: Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Apple, iPad, HTC, LG, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, dell, dell streak 5, dell streak 7, in-stat, npd, playbook
Jan 9, 2012 9:58 PM
The first day of CES 2012 was a mobile one: dozens of new smartphones and tablets were announced as traditional PC companies and rising smartphone powers showed off some of their best ideas for the first half of 2012. The Windows Phone crowd probably stole the show with Nokia’s Lumia…
Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon
Jan 9, 2012 8:04 AM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshare, especially in North America, the company continues to blow away the competition, according to a new survey. Meanwhile, a separate piece of research—which did not…
Posted In: Marketing, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, changewave, mobile posse
Jan 7, 2012 5:00 AM
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 a wager on Monday night’s national championship game between LSU and Alabama (I’m taking LSU +1) but to gear up for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, MSNBC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
Jan 6, 2012 5:44 PM
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been corrected. We regret the error. Not brilliant news for Motorola Mobility and its would-be buyer, Google: the handset maker today issued preliminary Q4 results that will fall short of…
Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Reuters, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Countries, Europe
Dec 2, 2011 6:14 AM
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answer to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Store retail phenomenon, the unveiling of an Android retail operation, in Melbourne. Meanwhile, Samsung got dealt one more blow in Sydney’s courtrooms, as…
Posted In: Apps, Legal, Appeals, Patents, Marketing, Mobile, Events, Mobile World Congress, Companies, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, Germany, androidland, telstra
Nov 9, 2011 6:26 AM
Some heartening news for Android device makers today from the mouth of Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will continue to back those of them facing legal disputes over patents. But that’s not stopping those device makers from shoring up their patent licensing deals, just in case. The latest…
Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Reuters, RIM, Samsung, Countries, Asia, intellectual ventures
Nov 8, 2011 9:59 AM
Ever wondered whether Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has plans to tack more revenue-generating services on to Android? If it does, one of them doesn’t look like it will be a licensing fee. Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, yesterday reiterated to an audience that Google has no plans to charge for…
Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Korea, eric schmidt
Oct 12, 2011 8:45 AM
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile networks built on technologies like LTE are far from ubiquitous, 4G-capable smartphones accounted for more than one in every five smartphone purchases—22 percent—in the last quarter in the…
Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Broadband, WiMax, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, npd
Oct 12, 2011 8:45 AM
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile networks built on technologies like LTE are far from ubiquitous, 4G-capable smartphones accounted for more than one in every five smartphone purchases—22 percent—in the last quarter in the…
Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Broadband, WiMax, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, npd
Oct 7, 2011 2:37 PM
Here’s an acquisition that has come unexpectedly, but not surprisingly: BlackBerry and PlayBook maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has bought New Bay, an Ireland-based mobile social networking and cloud-services specialist NewBay for a sum believed to be in the region of $100 million.
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, AT&T, France Telecom, Orange, HP, LG, RIM, BlackBerry, T-Mobile, Verizon, Countries, Europe, UK, Scandinavia, Ireland, newbay
Oct 5, 2011 6:10 AM
Quite a few commentators expressed a sense of deflation when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally announced its newest device yesterday, the iPhone 4S. Now some analysts are weighing in with their prospects on how the new device might sell.
Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Asia, India, China
Sep 27, 2011 2:28 PM
Major names in the mobile industry continue to line up behind mobile-payments strategies, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may be perturbed to see a number of friends joining up with a rival. Isis, the mobile-payments venture run by three wireless carriers, added a number of Android handset makers to its list…
Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Verizon, isis
Sep 23, 2011 6:09 AM
The stock market loves Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), and so, it seems, do consumers falling over themselves to get news about the latest iPhone. But it appears that Apple device usage may be a different story. Millennial Media, one of the bigger mobile ad networks, notes that ad impression growth, on…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Games, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, millennial media
Aug 31, 2011 6:42 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » Amazon could have two sizes of tablet in mind for a launch: a seven-inch model to come out this year; and a 10-inch design to be released in 2012. The company has also been looking at a redesign of…
Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, SMS, Companies, Amazon, Apple, LG, Sony, Twitter, Countries, Europe, UK, Belgium, Asia, Korea, Japan, India, China, filmon, gupshup
Aug 24, 2011 6:34 AM
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 uncovered. It’s a mix of Android, WP7 and BlackBerry devices, but no sign of the iPhone yet. And its first LTE tablet, the…
Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sprint, Countries, Asia, Korea, groupme, kinzo, skype, verifone, verzo, verzo kinzo, windows phone 7
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