As a mobile pundit, something I'm asked a lot recently is whether the Nexus One is a good substitute for the iPhone. To answer the question properly, I decided to test both phones for a week to see what the major differences were and how the features compared
Google Inc.'s Nexus One smartphone lost a carrier partner before it even had a chance to launch as this morning Google announced that Verizon Wireless would not be carrying the Android-powered device.
In an update on its Nexus One site, Google noted that customers interested...
Those with a sweet tooth are already craving a taste of Google's upcoming Android build, Froyo, or the more officially named Android 2.2.
Luckily, to stave off the hunger, fan site
Phandroid has published some pictures of the upcoming operating system, running on an HTC...
A rather interesting video has been doing the rounds on YouTube Thursday morning, showing developer David Wong managing to successfully run Google's Android operating system on an iPhone.
Although Wong notes he had already managed to get a Linux kernel running on the iPhone last...
As rumors go, it doesn't get more shocking than the whisperings Wednesday night, that gadget maker Apple Inc. was mulling a move to buy British chip shop ARM Ltd., the logic designer for the microprocessors and microcontrollers used in most of today's cellphones and...
T-Mobile USA Inc. garnered another exclusive to a top-flight device with the announcement today that it would begin offering Garmin International Inc.’s latest Garminfone. The device is the first from Garmin using Google Inc.’s Android operating system and integrates Garmin’s navigation service.
The device also...
One would expect Steve Jobs to have more important matters to attend to, like locking up the employee who lost the next gen iPhone in a dark dungeon somewhere, but instead, the big Apple boss has recently been finding a lot of spare time...
In any innovation competition, a cash prize is a sure incentive. And word on the Korean street is that local telco giant, KT telecom, is not only offering 130 million won (about $116,000), but also gadgets and gizmos like the IMac, iPhone and iPad...
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.There’s going to be a lot to talk about earnings in the next few days, and, despite...
The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...
The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...
Google may believe it's making money hand over fist from mobile advertising, but numbers from market research outfit and e-commerce specialist, ATG, beg to differ, saying people aren't yet using mobile phones for either researching or buying products.Polling 1,054 people, ATG asked whether mobile...
In Google’s first quarter earnings call today, Jeff Huber, Google’s senior vice president of engineering discussed a number of mobile specific tools his firm had rolled out over the past quarter.“We believe in open platforms and encourage everyone else to push innovation too,” he...
One of the highlights of Google's first quarter earnings call today was the revelation about the amazing growth Android has seen over the past few months.Jeff Huber, Google's senior vice president of engineering said Android was now powering no less than 34 devices, from...
Mobile advertising is “doing very well” for Google, according to the firm’s vice president of product management, Susan Wojcicki, speaking on the company’s earnings call Thursday about the search giant’s efforts in the ad space. Wojcicki touched on several key areas of Google’s ad...
With not one bit of modesty, Verizon Wireless today announced launch plans for the latest model in its Droid handset lineup, the HTC Corp. Droid Incredible. Like the other devices in its Droid lineup, the Incredible runs Google Inc.’s Android operating system. The device...
RCR Unplugged recently told readers of Intel Corp.'s efforts to port Google Inc.'s Android operating system to its Atom chip, in the hope that the ever-popular Google operating system might add some oomph to the chip firm's foray into the mobile and smartphone space.But...
Leap Wireless International Inc. is using 2010 to catch its breath, or at least that was the sentiment from its CFO Walter Berger who spoke this morning at Goldman Sachs’ Inaugural Technology, Media & Telecom Leveraged Finance Conference. Berger noted that the company spent...
Android scored another victory this week, as chip-giant Intel Corp. announced at its Developer Forum in Beijing it had ported Google Inc.'s OS to its Atom microprocessors, the latest move to ensure the tiny chip supports a plethora of operating systems.SVP and GM 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.That earthquake you felt last week – no, not the “Baja Bumper” (7.2 Richter scale) that hit...
The “social” generation tallied another victory this morning as computing giant Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest attempt to infiltrate this narcissist, though apparently dominate, market made up of consumers that need to share everything they are doing, every moment of the day.The foray involves...
Palm Inc. stock was up more than 16% this morning on continued speculation the company is on the sales block. Bloomberg News first reported last week that Palm had hired investment bankers Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to explore a possible sale. The handset...
Apple Inc.’s preview yesterday of its updated iPhone operating system provided some insight into the company’s plans moving forward, but not enough to paint the entire picture.The most compelling update appears to be the iAd platform that will allow application developers to insert advertisements...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
