Yearly Archives: 2009

Mobile gambling a safe bet in 2009

Mobile betting is expected to continue to perform strongly next year, despite global economic concerns, according to a study from Juniper Research.The market is...

M2M provider looks for domestic expansion

Corporate wireless solutions provider Spring Wireless is hoping to make its services a household name in the wireless industry. With a presence in 16...

Hero handsets = ARPU and ROI: Platform battle beginning in earnest

The fourth-quarter slugfest between Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Storm, HTC Corp's G1 and Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G - all heavily subsidized and marketed...

Branching Out: Mobile Banking Finds New Users

You may not want to learn how much smaller your bank account has gotten. But banks are making it easier than ever for consumers...

Want a wireless plan with your netbook?

Stripped-down computers known as netbooks have been taking a bite out of laptop sales for the better part of a year. Now computer makers...

Analyst estimates Amazon sold 500K Kindles in 2008

Amazon.com has kept its Kindle electronic book reader shrouded in some mystery. The online retailer has said the device is out of stock, but...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Meru, Nextivity and Nokia Siemens Networks

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Wireless security: Does it still matter?

At the enterprise level, arguably everyone in IT knows the risks of wireless and they go out of their way to enable the right...

Virgin Mobile USA announces Helio Ocean 2

With the similar hardware built as the first Helio Ocean, the Ocean 2 has a larger 2.6-inch display screen with QVGA resolution, 2 megapixel...

Amazon launches casual games download service

launched its first foray into digital downloads for games. The new online store offers more than 600 casual titles without the need for physical...

Network vendors look to China, U.S. for growth: Ericsson continues to post profits

Wireless infrastructure vendors can get through this rough economic time if they stay true to their core businesses, even as the economy continues to...

Femtocells for the masses: Carrier support for devices bolstering space

With three of the four largest wireless providers in the United States selling femtocells to boost indoor coverage, and the fourth expected to join...

Analyst: Apple’s IP battle over iPhone’s multi-touch capabilities is ill-advised: Firm reviews Apple’s patent filings for wireless technology

Apple Inc.'s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company's earnings call last month, may...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Technology: LTE revolution inches closer: Carriers, equipment vendors prepare for push

The highly touted LTE technology is expected to make great strides this year as wireless providers launch trials and get ready for commercial deployments...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Handsets: The pain in Spain: Gloomy outlook likely to drive discussion at MWC

The short-term forecast for the handset market calls for pain and belt-tightening, no matter which market analysis you favor. And those analyses range from...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Chips: Handset decline hurts chips: Inventory buildup, slackening demand pose woes

An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Applications: Developers gung-ho on year: Most see increased spending on development

Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic...

Battle for No. 1 rages: VZW tops, but AT&T Mobility closing the gap

With full fourth-quarter results in for the top two U.S. wireless providers, one thing is clear, Apple Inc.'s iPhone is still playing a large...

2009 Wireless Forecast: Carriers: Task lists: Better networks, better devices and better customer service

With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each...

Analyst Angle: Why the industry will not move to $50 national unlimited calling

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...

Kyocera Wireless cuts 250 jobs

Kyocera Wireless Corp., based in San Diego and a unit of Kyocera Corp., said Jan. 29 it cut 360 jobs, including 250 based at...

THQ lays off 100, focuses wireless games on smart phones only

THQ has laid off 100 employees as a result of a decision to focus its wireless division on making games for smart phones.

Monday, Feb. 2, 2009

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iPhone users ten times as likely to play games vs other mobiles

ComScore's report, cited by InformationWeek , said that just 3.8% of mobile subscribers have downloaded a game to their mobile phone, compared to 32.4%...
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