CERRITOS, CALIF. — The faithful began lining up earlier this week, according to some overheard chatter, but whether you arrived 24 hours before or right when the doors opened today, you still walked out of Apple Inc.'s newest store with an iPhone 4.The overall...
While Smartphones are mostly snagging the headlines thanks to their enormous growth in market share, feature phones which run a non-smart OS and are Java enabled seem to be fading further and further from public consciousness.
Mere hours before Apple Inc. is set to officially unleash its latest iPhone 4 on the public, Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. were set to offer up their latest Droid variation powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The nation's No. 1 carrier was...
The proverbial gauntlet was thrown earlier this year when mobile analytics firm Flurry Inc. bragged about spotting 50 unspecified devices on Apple Inc.'s campus. Those devices were iPads, in all likelihood, and Apple wouldn't formally announce the product until days later.Apple CEO Steve Jobs...
Apple Inc. today announced that it sold its 3 millionth iPad yesterday. The milestone comes exactly 80 days after the product was introduced in the United States.The Cupertino, Calif.-based giant appears to be picking up the pace as it pushes the device into international...
Nokia Corp. continues to buckle under the increasing might and will of its competitors in the smartphone space. In a note to investors , the company downgraded the financial outlook for its devices and services division for the second (current) quarter and full...
Wi-Fi in New York City is gaining a lot of attention these days. Following an announcement late last month that AT&T Mobility would roll out free Wi-Fi in Times Square to offload traffic from its congested wireless network in the city, two companies have...
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 have spent a week with my new Sprint Evo. Admittedly, outside of the small screen size,...
Android's share of mobile Web consumption has hit overdrive in the past few months, according to a new report from Quantcast Corp. While other operating systems are losing share to Android as well, the biggest loser appears to be Apple Inc.Shares for Google...
Verizon Wireless is set to strengthen its lineup of devices compatible with its exclusive Skype Ltd.'s mobile offering, saying that it will soon expand the platform to its so-called “3G Multimedia” phones. These phones are slotted in below the carrier's smartphone offerings and offer...
Phone.com added two wireless features to its virtual PBX offering, one for Android users that enables small business owners to use their cellphone as a virtual business line, and another for iPhone users that connects calls using the iPhone's Wi-Fi capabilities. Both applications...
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.Smartphone sales have been a high profit area for handset makers and wireless network operators, but like...
As the Wholesale Applications Community takes steps to form in July, widget companies like Snac are hoping to see operators embrace widgets as another way to drive data traffic, said Snac CEO Mark Caron. The WAC initiative, announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this...
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.When The NPD Group reported that Google Inc.'s Android operating system had achieved 28% market...
It seems like an age since Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 at MWC back in February, and one could almost have forgotten about it until some screenshots of the new OS tipped up online.
Looking to perhaps counter any bad press from its disappointing first quarter financial results, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced today pricing and vague availability for Garmin International Inc.’s Garminfone.The carrier, which announced exclusive domestic availability of the device last month, said the Google Inc. Android...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, is a man who likes to share his thoughts, and the outspoken chief's latest rant on the company blog is no exception; taking aim at Adobe and its Flash offering in a move to silence critics.The Flash wars have been...
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.According to the Financial Times, HTC will increase shipments by close to 50% over the next three months, moving...
On Wednesday, the mobile world was rocked with news flailing phone maker Palm had been snapped up by the world's premiere computer maker Hewlett-Packard for a cool $1.2 billion. Palm had been officially up for sale for a couple of weeks, with suitors including...
