Yearly Archives: 2008

MDM to hit $20B in sales by 2013

The mobile device management services market is expected to grow from $583 million in 2007 to more than $20 billion by 2013, according to...

Intel to Re-Enter the Mobile Phone Semiconductor Market

Semiconductor giant, Intel is preparing to re-enter the mobile phone market as smartphone sales rise and data intensive services increase in popularity.

Apple’s iPhone loses U.S. market share in Q1

The iPhone is still the second-most sold smartphone in the U.S. behind RIM's BlackBerry, but RIM and Palm gained ground in the first quarter...

Google denies report of Android phone delay

Internet giant says phones with its Android software are still on track to ship this year, contrary to a report Monday.

Best Buy testing free recycling program

Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer...

Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use

You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home...

Chip Makers Put Rush on Mobile Gadgets

Intel Corp. has been heavily promoting a new breed of pocket-size portable devices as a future market for its chips. Its competitors now hope...

iPhone market share at 19% in first quarter, says IDC report

Apple's iPhone took 19.2% of the US market for "smart" phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC.

iPhone: One year later

Apple's splash into the cell phone market proved consumers will pay for hip devices. Now the race is on to one-up the iPhone.. What...

Rescue Me Fans’ Wait Rescued By Minisodes

The fifth season of the FX series Rescue Me won't air until next spring, but fans of the firehouse drama are being rewarded for...

Can game developers expand out of the game business?

Don Reisinger considers the possibility of game developers getting into other forms of entertainment. Will it really work?

Android will be 100% open source, says Google

Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices...

TD-SCDMA favors domestic Chinese vendors: But brand power may favor global handset firms in slow ramp

TD-SCDMA WORKS. That's the view of one analyst who participated in trials in Baoding, China, as long ago as December 2006.A very modest supply...

Analyst Angle: Pushing the button

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Analyst rejects talk of near-term iPhone subsidies : Apple adds nine more markets

The buzz is inescapable. Next week, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce the next iteration of the company's iPhone at Apple's...

Is LTE the next must-have mobile broadband technology?

Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based services are garnering a lot of attention in the mobile broadband industry, despite the fact that they are at least...

Nokia Takes Recycling on the Road

The handset maker expands its free cell phone recycling program in Africa.

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Inetrrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Is the wireless industry in a class-action lawsuit feeding frenzy right now or does it just feel like it? We want to sue too:...

Financial firms team for mobile access to funds

H&R Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard cardholders will soon have mobile access to their accounts through a partnership among H&R Block, Metavante Mobile Financial Services...

Sybase 365 to power stock trading through text messages

Mobile messaging services provider Sybase 365 said it won a deal with Australian stockbroker Bell Direct.Sybase will power Bell Direct's mobile share trading platform,...

Will advertising boost e-mail usage?: Internet giants may beat carriers in offering wireless e-mail

Perhaps no segment in mobile data remains as untapped as wireless e-mail.Research In Motion Ltd. continues to dominate the market for high-powered users, resulting...

The fake Steve Jobs speaks out: Blogger finds appeal online, looks next at mobile

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. - Dan Lyons, the man behind "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs," began his online experiment as the sensational alter...

Show me the math!

So it seems to me that the whole exclusive, subsidized handset business model is causing the wireless industry a lot of grief - unnecessary...

The iPhone factor

While the Iraq war, sky-rocketing gas prices, healthcare, homeland security, global warming and immigration are among the top issues likely to register with voters...
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