Taiwan's HTC Corp., arguably Samsung's top competitor in the Android device market, says its second quarter earnings plunged 58% from the year-ago quarter. HTC earned $247 million on revenue of roughly $3.0 billion. Revenue was down 27% from the year-ago quarter.
HTC's products have...
After launching its mobile device management (MDM) platform, called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the U.S., the Canadian Research in Motion (RIM) gathered journalists and clients in São Paulo to unveil the solution in Brazil. Mobile Fusion is a single interface that provides a unified view for managing...
The push by domestic operators to rollout LTE services in the 700 MHz spectrum band has vaulted its worldwide leadership in supporting devices, according to a new study by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association.
The GSA found that as of this month, 193 of...
Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a tablet with a smaller screen size than the iPad to compete with Google's Nexus 7. But Apple may need to shrink the price as well as the screen size in order to compete with the $199 Nexus 7.
The main reason people buy media tablets is the form factor: tablet users prefer their size and shape to that of PCs. People are now using tablets for daily personal activities, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that the...
Companies committed to support the HTML 5-based operating system include Sprint Nextel, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Smart, Telenor, Telecom Italia, ZTE and TCL.
Supply-chain services provider Ingram Micro announced plans to acquire rival BrightPoint (CELL) for approximately $840 million in a deal that will further boost Ingram Micro’s dominance in the fulfillment services business. The deal is valued at a 66% premium over BrightPoint’s closing price last...
Following World IPv6 Day, which marked the worldwide commercial launch of the new Internet Protocol on June 6, many questions came up since IPv6 is more complex and involves telecom operators, content providers and manufacturers in promoting the large scale use of the new protocol...
Google's voice-activated "universal search" is part of the Android 4.0 operating system, and according to Judge Koh, its implementation on the Galaxy Nexus infringes on Apple's patent. For Samsung, the stakes are even higher.
Research in Motion (RIMM) says its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone will not be available until early 2013, and that by that time 5,000 of its employees will have lost their jobs. The Canadian company is awash in red ink, and says the development of...
The low-price tablet isn't likely to do much for Google's bottom line in the near term, but it could be a very effective loss leader for the company if it builds momentum and market share for the Android operating system.
The Brazilian market for tablets was warm during the first quarter of 2012. According to IDC, 370,000 tablet units were sold in this period. The advisory firm predicts that by the end of this year, 2.5 million tablets will be sold, which means a growth...
If you've been thinking about a Galaxy Tab 10.1, now would be a good time to buy one. Once U.S. retailers sell their current supplies they will probably not be able to get any more, at least for a while.
The total amount of government taxes is one of the biggest barriers to widespread adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) in Brazil. According to current laws, telecom operators have to pay the same taxes for either a mobile line or an M2M application. “Reducing taxes will...
The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon could have a negative impact on manufacturing sectors, since cellphone sales could drop. This is what ARCchart, a London-based research and consulting firm, predicts in its latest report. The consulting firm estimates that BYOD could cost the smartphone industry U.S.$40 billion...
By 2020, the Latin American region is expected to account for U.S.$92 billion of the total potential U.S.$1.2 trillion worldwide revenue for mobile network operators with machine-to-machine applications. “Latin America is the fourth largest, and we believe it could have a better position,”...
Device manufacturer HTC Corp. is closing its Brazilian operations four years after it launched its presence in the country and after unveiling HTC Ultimate, the first Windows Phone 7.5 device, in Brazil. “After careful analysis of our lines of business, HTC is closing our office...
Samsung's much-anticipated new Galaxy S III smartphone is scheduled to launch on all four of the major U.S. carriers, plus U.S. Cellular, but so far only T-Mobile USA is actually selling the phone. Today the carrier is offering the Galaxy S III on its...
To some serious head scratching, Microsoft unveiled its Surface tablet device at a refreshingly non-star-studded event in Hollywood, Calif. (Sorry Steve Ballmer.)
The device looks to somehow more thinly slice the space between current tablet devices and ultrabook computers, packing features from both segments. More...
Building on last week's EV-DO Advanced release, today Nokia Siemens Networks announced enhancements to its HSPA+ solution aimed at improving data session performance on smartphone devices. Similar to last week's CDMA-focused announcement, this week's foray is designed to help improve spectral efficiency in the...
