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...
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.I had one of those “ah-ha” moments as I watched the replay of Steve Jobs...
Skype Ltd. has teamed up with Comcast Corp. in a move aimed to bring high-definition video calling to the television.A press release today said Comcast customers would soon be able “to experience widescreen HD video calling that is immersive and natural,” from their TV...
Swype Inc. has released the third major version of its text input solution for touch-screen devices in beta. Key features of the update include predictive tap, horizontal word choice and the ability to resize and move the virtual keyboard around on tablets.Swype 3.0 beta,...
Chinese firm Huawei offered the world a sneak peek at its upcoming MediaPad tablet, which the firm says is its "smartest, smallest and lightest tablet ever."
Releasing a video on YouTube, Huawei showed off the slick looking 7-inch device, though next to nothing was revealed about...
Samsung Mobile reports that Fort Worth-based American Airlines is prepping to provide airline passengers who travel first class with a Galaxy 10.1 tablet for use on select flights. The tablet will replace other personal in-flight entertainment devices that are currently outfitted in premium cabins...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) is pursuing another track in the mobile payments race, announcing today plans to work with Payfone Inc. to build a new payments system for customers to use for online purchases.The new system will allow customers to make online purchases from their...
Verizon Wireless has been keeping the U.S. smartphone channel afloat in May and June thanks to the launch of no less than six high-end Android smartphones, while rival carriers saw a slight dip in sales according to market research from Cannacord Genuity. Low- 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,...
Reuters | June 10, 2011 | Melanie Lee
(Reuters) - Dell Inc has chosen to launch its new 10-inch Android tablet in China this summer, passing up on a U.S., Europe launch, as China emerges as a front line battle for tablets.
The tablet named "Streak 10 Pro"...
U.S. Cellular Corp.'s (USM) LTE plans continue to take shape as the regional operator said it plans to roll out its first LTE equipped device in November, presumably following the launch of its initial LTE services.The carrier announced last month that it planned to...
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has announced its HP TouchPad tablet will be available in 16GB flavor for $500 and $600 for 32GB beginning June 19.
The WebOS tablet will be available from U.S retailers as well as directly from HP, while AT&T is said to be introducing...
Taiwanese phone maker HTC has more than doubled its profits since last year, thanks mainly to the firm’s focus on Android says the company’s annual report.HTC reported a $40 billion profit since May 2010 and said monthly sales have also been consistently doubling in...
TechOn | June 3, 2011 | Tomohisa Takei
Acer Inc showed a prototype of a tablet computer using the "MeeGo" software platform at a press conference that Intel Corp had in Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2011, and is about netbooks and tablet computers.
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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...
Application platform provider Service2Media said it received $10 million in round C venture-capital funding from Prime Ventures and the Private Plus Fund. CEO Geert Kolthof said the funding will enable it to expand its partner network, add staff, and increase sales and marketing efforts,...
Taipei, Taiwan – The upcoming PadPhone from Asus will sport Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich, RCR discovered at Computex this week.Asustek’s tablet/phone combo – which allows consumers to use one SIM for two devices by allowing the smartphone to dock at the back of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In his keynote session at Computex this week, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group and general manager of the Embedded and Communications Group, Doug Davis called Taiwan an innovation hub.“What we see emerging from here is wave after wave of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — It was another significant week in the mobile device world this week as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) gave the world it's long awaited preview of Windows 8 at the All Things “D” conference in California and the Computex trade show in Taiwan....
SAN DIEGO — Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is an engineer shop at its core. It has flirted with some direct-to-consumer apps and gear, most notably its device division back in the day and most recently its failed FLO TV offering. But Qualcomm's fortunes and greatest...
Microsoft, impeccably timed bunch that they are, held two Windows 8 first-look events within hours of one another on different sides of the globe. First, Windows President Steven Sinofsky took the stage at the D9 conference in California to unveil the new OS, then just a few hours later Microsoft held a partner preview at Computex in Taipei.
Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) said yesterday that the company wants to buy “everything around data centers” in attempts to keep its top spot in the computer server market.
The world’s second-biggest maker of personal computers continues expansion and is targeting company acquisitions across the...
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,...
