Taiwan’s mobile market is set to experience explosive growth in mobile data revenues due to rapid adoption of smartphones, tablets and netbook devices, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.The firm found that Taiwan could see a 15.9% compound annual growth rate in...
Norwegian software firm Opera believes apps and the browser can live comfortably side by side without necessarily encroaching on each other.Speaking to RCR in Asia, recently, Phillip Gr
The launch of Google's all-browser operating system, Chrome, was tempered somewhat last month by the fact that Acer, one of the two launch partners, didn't have their hardware ready on time.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
PadGadget | June 20, 2011
The shift in popularity from netbooks to tablet PC’s prompted Acer, the world number 2 PC maker, to announce that they are changing their focus. The company shipped 400,000-500,000 netbooks in May which represents a cut of over 50% below...
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.Despite having previously been late adopters of new mobile technologies, the United States has taken the lead...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Visiting Taiwan during Computex 2011, Google’s senior VP of Chrome, Sundar Pichai said the firm would not be porting its Chrome OS to tablets or handsets, nor would it be scaling Android up to Chromebooks. Since Google's Chrome browser was unveiled...
AT&T Inc. (T) plans to spend $1 billion this year to deploy network-based cloud and mobility solutions for large and small business across a series of vertical markets. AT&T is targeting companies, government agencies and institutions in verticals such as manufacturing, retail, hospitality, healthcare...
A little while ago we discussed how analyst predictions about Apple's iPad dominating the tablet market for the next four to five years seemed broadly plausible, despite the historical inaccuracies of those same analyst's long-term forecasts. Today numbers released by research firm Nielsen indicate the iPad's inevitable slide may have already begun.
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.Several companies provided earnings and further guidance last week. Interestingly enough, all of these earnings results were...
Fort Worth-based RadioShack Corp. (RSH) reported a 30% decline in first-quarter profits this week and points at its agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) as the culprit. The chain said it has lowered expectations for earnings to $1.60 to $1.80 per share, a decrease...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) continues to play with the hearts of loyal Sidekick users, announcing more details on the latest device to sport the hallowed name, but remaining coy on launch plans.The carrier said the now Android-powered device will launch “this spring” at a...
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 fell hook, line and sinker into the mobile Internet with my first iPhone nearly three years...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here. Considering the rate at which so many things are being connected...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Every year we sit back and marvel at the advances made...
Research firm Integrasco has released a particularly interesting report summing up Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, based on social media buzz surrounding various announcements and devices.The firm monitored social media sites and mined them for data regarding key announcements at the show, resulting in...
Telecommunications service provider CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) said it has entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless (VZ) under which CenturyLink will be an authorized agent of Verizon Wireless services. As such, CenturyLink will offer Verizon Wireless equipment and service plans to its residential and...
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....
Most people probably haven't heard of the firm Imagination Technologies, but with the firm supplying the IP for around 80% of the world's mobile graphics, you might want to sit up and pay attention.Imagination Technologies has long been the darling of the world's largest...
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....
LAS VEGAS – "CES Unveiled" was a bit of a dismal affair Tuesday evening in the Las Vegas Venetian hotel, but RCR Wireless News was impressed by Lenovo Group Ltd.'s innovative take on tablet/netbook hybrids.Showing off both the LePad slate and the IdeaPad U1,...
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. In many ways, 2010 was a landmark year in consumer devices: after years of...
