Price pressures ensure the survival of the feature phone: Although the feature-phone category will continue to play second fiddle to the smartphone in 2013, price pressures will secure
We are going through a radical shift in the way people work and use computers. Increasing availability and affordability of wireless broadband is giving
Mobile devices will become the biggest users of “big data” and business intelligence/analytics by 2015/16 as users increasingly look for information to help them be more productive.
Ubuntu demonstrated its Unity operating system on a Galaxy Nexus at CES 2013, and says the open source operating system will be available on other smartphones this year. Sandwiched between the gleaming white structures that housed ZTE and Huawei, Ubuntu's smaller booth at the...
40 billion apps, 7 billion dollars and a quarter of a million different apps for iOS -- those are the numbers Apple is touting this week. The company says that users have downloaded 40 billion iOS apps to date, with almost half of those...
Gazing into our crystal ball – or crystal-ball app, rather – we’re taking a peek into what the state of mobile tech will look like a year from now. What will IT departments be focused on – or will they exist at all?
For the telecoms industry, 2013 will be a continuation of the “interesting times” that we have seen in 2012. The past year has seen slowing economic growth as a result of the continuing debt crisis in the developed world.
The Federal Communications Commission has approved the Pebble wristwatch, one of the most prominent products financed on Kickstarter. The Pebble watch uses Bluetooth to connect to smartphones running Apple's iOS or Google's Android operating system, enabling users to download watch faces and apps and...
The leading mobile operating systems, Google Android and Apple iOS, are increasingly taking on the role of financial services platforms. Android and iOS smartphones and tablets host applications
Enterprise adoption of Google’s Android operating system is quickly catching up to Apple’s iOS, according to ThreatLabZ, the research arm of cloud security company Zscaler. The company just released its third quarter "State of the Web" research infographic, which shows that Android accounted for 45.2%...
Verizon Wireless has pretty high regard for its LTE network, announcing today that it plans to begin offering Samsung’s Galaxy Camera for $550 without a contract beginning Dec. 13, or $50 more than what AT&T Mobility is selling the same device compatible with its...
After selling out within hours of its UK launch, Google's no-contract Nexus 4 hits the Google Play store in the US today. The GSM/HSPA+ phone is sold unlocked for $299 ($349 for the 16GB version). Although it's called the Nexus 4, its display is...
Verizon Wireless’ attempt at cashing in on the “app store” craze appears set to come to an end as the operator said it plans to shutter the storefront by March 27, 2013. The carrier noted that most of the applications available through its branded...
Even before its newest slate of mobile devices hit the market, Google's Android operating system was winning the smartphone war. IDC says Android had a 75% market share in the third quarter, versus just 15% for iOS and 10% for all others (Windows Phone...
While Microsoft was busy unveiling its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet today, Google's new Nexus 10 tablet surfaced a little earlier than planned. Today a Korean website posted two photos of a what appears to be the user manual for the...
A milestone for financial markets: at the close of trading in New York on Monday, Google (GOOG) was the world’s second-largest technology company based on its market capitalization, temporarily stealing that honor from Microsoft (MSFT).
Both companies are worth just under $250 billion, although Microsoft...
This week, we focus on our twice-yearly handset lineup graph. In previous assessments, we had focused on the stock keeping unit (SKU) imbalance between Apple and Android, which led to what we called the “Android World.”
MetroPCS’ push into LTE continued today as the carrier announced plans to launch a new smartphone compatible with the carrier’s high-speed data network. The ZTE Anthem is the first LTE device for the domestic market for ZTE.
MetroPCS said the device will include Qualcomm’s dual-core,...
I have just finished a second view (the total event was about two hours long), and quite frankly was both amazed and disappointed in the session. Amazed at what Apple has been able to accomplish in the past two years
