Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here. Although the National Venture Capital Association says it expects to see...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here. As the smartphone wars heat up and the clarion call for...
In an ironic twist, it looks like Microsoft might be able to make money on every Android handset sold, while Google, which makes the operating system, won't make a penny from it.Microsoft announced it had signed a patent agreement with HTC licensing its IP...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here.
Following years of promises, and highlighted by the annual claim that...
As we mentioned yesterday, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis created a fair bit of buzz and excitement during his keynote address at WES 2010, both confirming and showing off a sneak peek of BlackBerry 6, the new BlackBerry UI which will debut next quarter.
Of course,...
Nokia Corp. may not pack the same name cache it held a few years ago, but the world’s largest mobile device manufacturer is looking to regain some of that clout with the unveiling of a new high-end smartphone that appears to pack just about...
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.As has been well established in this column and elsewhere, the mobile marketplace is undergoing rapid change...
Blackberry maker RIM is bouncing back this afternoon after the firm’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis confirmed the new touchy-feely BlackBerry 6 operating system will be available from this September.
RIM’s share prices were taking a bit of a beating before the announcement, dropping 2.8 percent this...
It's all about the smartphone these days, and with the countdown to the launch of the new iPhone 4G, the growing number of mobile apps across various app stores and markets a plethora of new devices and features launching monthly, mobile seems to be...
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...
According to new statistics, the 3.5G handset category is the fastest-growing segment among all mobile models announced by vendors.
Market research outfit, ABI, says 56% of handsets models shipped in 2009 were 3.5G-ready devices, while the number of 2G and 2.5G models dropped in comparison....
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...
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...
SAN DIEGO – You don't even need access to mass media to know that app stores are all the rage in mobile these days. But how app storefronts and their ecosystems play in the enterprise sandbox is an entirely different animal.
Michael King, a research...
If one were the cynical kind, one might think believe that all these recent leaks about upcoming operating systems, architectures and new smartphones was all an elaborate ploy by phone makers to make consumers hold off just a couple more months to buy their...
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....
Computer maker, Toshiba, has confirmed it will be bringing out tablets of its own to try and capture some of Apple’s market share pie.Feeling confident after seeing sales skyrocket by 50% in the first quarter, Toshiba said it was preparing to launch various different...
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...
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...
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....
