Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users decreased 2.3% in the second quarter of 2012 to 419 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung remained the leader and accounted for 21.6% of the total market, higher than its 16.3% global share in 2Q11. Finland-based Nokia...
Google reported today in a government filing that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 20% of Motorola Mobility’s workforce in an attempt to streamline operations and “shifting the emphasis from feature phones to more innovative and profitable devices.”
The company, which acquired Motorola...
Millions of Chinese citizens watching their country's athletes win medals in London this week are using smartphones to share messages and updates. The latest research on global smartphone shipments shows that 42 million smartphones were shipped in China in the second quarter, versus 25...
For a while there (before the introduction of the iPhone), it seemed Research In Motion just about had it all. BlackBerry sales were growing worldwide and the devices were so addictive that the public called it “CrackBerry.”
Verizon Wireless released strong second quarter financial results last week setting expectations for what its rivals will need to shoot for. Obviously, those competing results are already fixed and just need to be unleashed on a rabid financial community beginning this week, but the...
On Thursday, Verizon Communications kicks off the telecommunications earnings season with their release expected before Wall Street opens (Google, another closely followed company, announces after the bell).
I will admit that I get little charge from mobile devices. At this point in the evolutionary timeline of devices targeting the wireless communication space, it seems that I am stuck in the time of Cro-Magnon Phone.
After launching its mobile device management (MDM) platform, called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the U.S., the Canadian Research in Motion (RIM) gathered journalists and clients in São Paulo to unveil the solution in Brazil. Mobile Fusion is a single interface that provides a unified view for managing...
The corporate mobility market still has a huge potential for growth. Although it has been a while since enterprises started providing their employees with mobile devices, most enterprises remain focused on basic skills, such as sales force automation. That is why there is still...
The low-price tablet isn't likely to do much for Google's bottom line in the near term, but it could be a very effective loss leader for the company if it builds momentum and market share for the Android operating system.
It is very difficult for companies to protect mobile devices for reasons such as technical issues (some devices will not install all the desired software); low battery capacity (when performing a lot of processes, the battery goes out) and because in many cases, the...
Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps and one of the most lucrative, as advertisers are quick to see the value in location-based mobile ads. Now Apple is reportedly working to move into Google's territory with its own maps application to...
Holiday weekends are usually quiet ones overall for business, and especially in the telecom world. Not this year. Between Leap’s iPhone announcement, Randall Stephenson’s wide-ranging discussion at the Sanford C. Bernstein conference,
Following days of reports predicting job cuts, Research In Motion said it expects to report an operating loss for its first fiscal quarter ending June 2 due to continued slow sales of its core BlackBerry products. The news follows a $125 million loss posted...
Share of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up this morning on reports that the Canadian company is preparing to lay off thousands of employees. Executives at the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets have said in the past that they hope to cut...
Almost 60% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were Android-powered, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple's iOS phones accounted for another 23% of sales volume, giving the top two operating systems a combined total market share of almost 75%.
Samsung...
Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has cleared its last regulatory hurdle just as U.S. trade authorities have ruled that Motorola's Android phones infringe on a Microsoft patent. The patent in question covers the use of contacts and e-mail addresses in scheduling appointments....
In today’s marketplace, there are three main competitors for mobile phone communications in the corporate world: iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. As of late, iPhone sales have moved
This past week and a half were marked by quarterly results from some of the nation’s largest wireless operators, each showing an interesting challenge that remain in the mobile space.
Next time your mobile device asks you to update firmware, think twice before procrastinating that update. A new study on mobile device security found that roughly three quarters of the devices tested in small-to-medium sized businesses could eliminate "severe vulnerablities" by upgrading to the...
Apparently taking its cue from Samsung, Toshiba is focusing on thinner, sleeker offerings in the tablet market, but the Japanese company is not skimping on screen size. Today Toshiba said it's upgrading its Excite line of Android tablets with three new products named for...
Taking notes on a tablet when you're on the go can mean balancing the slate in one hand while trying to type with the other. The HTC Flyer is for those who want to make quick notes or pictures on a tablet - it's...
