Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal his firm was working with Google on the "next big wave of opportunities," represented by the tablet market.
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.Greetings to the Reality Check faithful. This week many pieces of the earnings puzzle were filled in,...
Korean Telecom SK plans to release 10 new Android based smartphones over the next few months to battle against the iPhone released by its rival KT Telecom.The “anti-iPhone force,” as SK's team has been dubbed by the Korean Herald, aims to use Android platform...
Korean Telecom SK plans to release 10 new Android based smartphones over the next few months to battle against the iPhone released by its rival KT Telecom.
Korean Telecom SK plans to release 10 new Android based smartphones over the next few months to battle against the iPhone released by its rival KT Telecom.
Has Google’s Inc.’s Android operating system hit an inflexion point? Data released today by The NPD Group Inc. would indicate that possibility as the research firm reported that the sale of devices powered by the OS outsold Apple Inc.’s iPhone OS during the first...
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – For all the momentum Google’s Android operating system is enjoying of late, there are some key areas that many executives believe Apple has it beat on with the iPhone OS. These differentiating features – billing, user interface, development ease and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Kicking off a panel dedicated to video on smartphones at Digital Hollywood yesterday, The Nielsen Co.’s VP of mobile media presented some astonishing statistics that frame the intense battle that’s getting underway between Google Inc.’s Android operating system and Apple...
Motorola has seen huge success with its Droid phone and a number of other smartphone offerings based on Google's Android platform and adapted with the firm's own MotoBlur interface. But a series of odd choices indicates the company may be changing direction, and leaving the Google path.
Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Boost Mobile division is keeping the pressure on in the no-contract space as it’s now offering unlimited 411 calls, e-mail and instant messaging to its $50 per month, unlimited rate plan. For those customers on the company’s Blackberry plan, the new...
Early reports out of Korea suggest that Samsung may have a tablet to pull out of its hat by mid-Summer.The tablet, tentatively identified as the S-Pad, purportedly boasts Google's Android operating system, a 7-inch AMOLED capacitive display, 3G, WiFi, and USB ports.It will be...
T-Mobile USA Inc. unveiled its latest smartphone powered by Google Inc.’s Android operating system with the myTouch 3G Slide that the carrier said would be available beginning next month. The HTC Corp.-built device features a 3.4-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the latest Android 2.1...
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.This industry provides plenty of topics, and I was torn this week whether to focus on earnings...
It may be Monday morning, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is up bright and early with both Google and Apple in its sights for various antitrust related issues. The commission is looking into suing Google over the search engine giant's AdMob acquisition, in...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Throughout the LA Games Conference, two names kept resurfacing whenever the topic of mobile was broached – iPad and Android.It should come as no surprise why the iPad is almost universally seen as an opportunity for game makers. Just look at...
The Twitter blog announced on Friday that the popular social networking service had been made available for Android and was now being offered on the Android Market."Mobile phones are increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be doing everything but making phone...
LG has announced the Optimus, a smartphone the firm says is “a handset offering an optimal environment for first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access.” Basically, a smartphone for beginners.
LG has announced the Optimus, a smartphone the firm says is “a handset offering an optimal environment for first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access.” Basically, a smartphone for beginners.The Optimus, previously codenamed the GT540, has - like many of its...
HTC looks to be seriously benefiting from Android's skyrocketing popularity, with the Taiwanese firm set to increase its shipments of all handsets based on Google's OS.
