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.March marks the six month anniversary of my Reality Check column. We are now reaching thousands each...
LAS VEGAS – A number of operators got an early jump on the phone-launching hype at this year's CTIA 2010 event unveiling plans to begin selling some highly-anticipated devices. AT&T Mobility said it would begin offering Palm Inc.'s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones,...
LAS VEGAS—Playing a game of Tetris downloaded from Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile application store costs $2 more than downloading the same game from the Apple App Store. With 35 applications stores globally, and many more expected to open in 2010, developers are wondering...
Palm Inc. shares dove more than 18% early Friday after the company announced an increased number of shipments to carriers during its third fiscal quarter ended Feb. 26, but a drop in sell through of devices to consumers. The results further cloud the smartphone...
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.
As I review the new crop of phones being launched, one thing strikes me about...
FiberTower Corp. reported revenues of $16.7 million for the fourth quarter, up from revenues of $14.3 million for the same period in 2008. Net loss for the quarter was $27.8 million, or $1.53 per share, compared with net loss of $62.7 million, or $4.16...
Airvana Inc. reported fourth-quarter revenues of $47.7 million, down from revenues of $63.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. Net income for the quarter was $13.1 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with net income of $24.8 million, or 36 cents per...
Investors rallied in support of Palm Inc. last year as the company unleashed its high-stakes gamble to restore its once-powerful smartphone business, but the mood on Wall Street has grown considerably darker as the company struggles to sell its latest devices.<a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/palms-survival-at-stake-if-smartphones-dont-sell-2010-02-26?siteid=yhoof target=_blank
BARCELONA – Venture capital firms are finding the current rush of mobile application developers a solid segue for shaking off the past 18 months of economic doldrums. Speaking during a keynote session at this week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, a trio...
BARCELONA – Sony Ericsson put on a media soiree here in an incredibly packed night club on the beach last night to announce a suite of new devices and strategies.Not one executive hid from the incredibly tough slog the company has had of late,...
Palm Inc.'s and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer's Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on the site to Research in Motion Ltd., Android and Apple Inc.'s iPhone OSes.Myxer, which...
Verizon Wireless finally filled in the blanks for its planned launch of Palm Inc.’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus scheduled for Jan. 25. The devices, which were shown at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, will be available for $150 for the Pre Plus and...
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,...
Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was a haven for device geeks of all shapes and sizes. Sure, the 165-inch 3D televisions were awesome, but so were the shrunken mobile devices that seemed to proliferate from every corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center.We covered...
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.Whether you cringe at the thought of attending CES or look forward to it as much as...
LAS VEGAS – In the shadow of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android operating systems continued strong growth, Palm Inc. pushes ahead aggressively for its spot in the sun. What began one year ago at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show this year took...
Armed with another $7 million in venture-capital funding, mobile search company ChaCha expects to become profitable in the second quarter, according to founder, Chaiman and CEO Scott Jones. The 4-year-old firm, which uses a combination of proprietary search technology and human “guides” to provide...
The increasing rivalry between Google and Apple spilled over into mobile advertising space this morning with Apple's announcement it is buying Quattro Wireless for a reported $275 million, according to All Things Digital, which broke the news.Neither Apple nor Quattro commented on the price...
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.Many of us, including me, will converge on Las Vegas to ingest the latest trends in telecommunications...
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.Season's greetings to the Reality Check faithful. It's been a trendful year, and while the pundits regurgitate...
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.Do you remember back in 2005 when the term Cyber Monday was coined? Retailers noticed...
With just weeks left in 2009 (and not a moment too soon) predictions of what to expect in the new year are beginning to trickle out. The telecommunications industry is sure to look back at 2009 with a wary eye as a brutal economic...
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 the spin doctors try to put a happy face on the retail shopping season, I thought...
