SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Most of my blogs are chock full of numbers, trends, analyses. I like it that way. However,...
It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end smartphones in favour of its sleeker, Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS.
Cisco has surprised the world yet again, announcing at the company's Cisco Live 2010 conference on Tuesday that it would come out with its own tablet, called “Cius,” aimed at corporate users and singularly-focused on delivering high-quality video conferencing.
Stop me if you have heard this one before: Apple Inc. is set to break free of its AT&T Mobility bonds and begin offering the iPhone through Verizon Wireless. Sounds familiar? Sure it does as varying forms of that prediction have been bouncing around...
On Tuesday Google officially announced the release of its Android 2.2 (Froyo) update, which it said would be rolled out to its Nexus One smartphone over the course of this week. As well as offering improved speeds and performance, the updated software also brings Flash 10.1 to the device and mobile hotspot capabilities.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. updated the distribution plans for its Galaxy S smartphone platform with Verizon Wireless (VZ), T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) all announcing today plans to launch a version of the Google Inc. (GOOG)...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and partner Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)continued their full-court WiMAX press this morning announcing a trio of new markets where service is available as well as a new device set to launch later this year.Both companies said they are now offering WiMAX...
While Smartphones are mostly snagging the headlines thanks to their enormous growth in market share, feature phones which run a non-smart OS and are Java enabled seem to be fading further and further from public consciousness.
You know what I'd actually pay to see on the Android app store? An app that combines a USB Host type setup, with Flickr capabilities, but as a single downloadable app. Any of you aspiring Android developers out there reading this, can have this idea free
Catching up with the firm’s VP of product management and connected life, Irv Henderson, at CommunicAsia in Singapore last week, RCR learned that while Yahoo did find Android an important platform, the firm was interested in working with any OS that gave Yahoo presence on phones.
Mere hours before Apple Inc. is set to officially unleash its latest iPhone 4 on the public, Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. were set to offer up their latest Droid variation powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The nation's No. 1 carrier was...
It seems that after a decade of traveling, itinerary management app maker WorldMate may finally be arriving at a rather lucrative destination in the shape of a buyout by either Travelport or American Express.
French network operator Bouygues Telecom has selected Bluestreak Technologies Inc’s Flash based MachBlue platform to power the next generation interface of Bouygues’ Bbox IPTV.
Nokia Corp. continues to buckle under the increasing might and will of its competitors in the smartphone space. In a note to investors , the company downgraded the financial outlook for its devices and services division for the second (current) quarter and full...
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 hot topics in the wireless industry.With iPhone 4 Apple seeks to recapture its lead in mobile phone sales in the...
The global trade body of mobile media, the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), sees some clear mobile trends emerging in 2010, including the increasing demand for multiplatform delivery, more data heavy services, micro-payments for content, operator enabled services and rather a lot more.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.I have spent a week with my new Sprint Evo. Admittedly, outside of the small screen size,...
Android's share of mobile Web consumption has hit overdrive in the past few months, according to a new report from Quantcast Corp. While other operating systems are losing share to Android as well, the biggest loser appears to be Apple Inc.Shares for Google...
Despite the well-publicized spat between Apple and Google, mobile advertising company Smaato’s monthly metrics shows that Symbian devices continue to dominate the US mobile advertising market.
