BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most stores were closed in Berlin, many were up bright and early for the new Samsung Galaxy S III.
The new Android...
Share of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up this morning on reports that the Canadian company is preparing to lay off thousands of employees. Executives at the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets have said in the past that they hope to cut...
So what kind of smartphone do you have? Is it an Apple iPhone, an Android, or a BlackBerry? As 3G and even 4G networks are deployed across Latin America, smartphone adoption is soaring. And once they experience the power, versatility and sheer fun of smartphones, people can get almost addicted to them.
For the third time in as many years, reports of a Facebook smartphone have surfaced, and this time they are accompanied by quotes from engineers who are said to be working on the device. The New York Times reported Sunday that the newly public...
Are you prepared for the second wave of apps? A new Forrester Research report aims to answer this question. "We believe the market is poised for a second wave of consumer apps that are more personalized and contextual," Thomas Husson, Forrester Research principal analyst,...
Almost 60% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were Android-powered, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple's iOS phones accounted for another 23% of sales volume, giving the top two operating systems a combined total market share of almost 75%.
Samsung...
Tablet makers now have a new chipset option when configuring devices for AT&T Mobility. Nvidia (NVDA) says its Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset is good to go on AT&T Mobility's growing LTE network. The modems are for tablets and notebooks, but Nvidia...
While Hewlett-Packard adapts to a changing PC market by reducing its workforce, Dell is reducing the size of its products. This week the company tried to temper a disappointing earnings report with promises of smaller, more mobile products later this year.
Dell (DELL) saw its...
Over the next five years, shipments of consumer machine-to-machine devices are forecast to grow at a 39.8% compound annual growth rate to reach 37.9 million devices in 2016, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. According to the firm, the number of...
Just a few weeks after taking Apple's title as the world's top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy S III is emerging as the most pre-ordered smartphone in history, with reported advance orders of 9 million units, more...
Google’s recently closed acquisition of Motorola Mobility marked the end of Sanjay Jha’s leadership at the handset company as Google announced Dennis Woodside would take over the helm of Motorola. The move comes as Google gained final approval of its $12.5 billion acquisition from...
The screen size of Apple's iPhone looks poised to grow for the first time in the device's history, and several Asian manufacturers may have a shot at making displays for the anticipated iPhone 5. Sharp, Sony, Toshiba Mobile Display, LG Display and Japan Display...
The CEOs of Apple and Samsung are in their second day of closed-door negotiations aimed at settling their ongoing patent disputes. The stakes got a little higher late last week when Apple filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1....
In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%. Argentinians still lead when it comes to how often they use their smartphones to access the Internet with 67% of...
Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has cleared its last regulatory hurdle just as U.S. trade authorities have ruled that Motorola's Android phones infringe on a Microsoft patent. The patent in question covers the use of contacts and e-mail addresses in scheduling appointments....
Determined to put more homegrown products into the pockets of China's 1 billion mobile subscribers, Baidu is launching a new low-cost Android smartphone for China Unicom. Baidu is the Chinese search engine giant that is often called "the Google of China." The company launched...
HTC's new Evo 4G LTE phone was scheduled to go on sale in Sprint stores tomorrow, but instead the phones are stuck in customs thanks to the company's patent dispute with Apple. New shipments of the One X are also on hold, and some...
Watch the discussion between Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief, RCR Wireless News and his panel of experts, Roger Entner, Lead Analyst, Recon Analytics, and Daryl Schoolar, Principal Analyst – Wireless Infrastructure, Ovum as they discuss the major themes and developments that came out of the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans.
It's been a tough year for Nokia (NOK) in the U.S. and Europe, but the Finnish company's low-end phones are still ubiquitous in the developing world and that's where Nokia is focusing with its newest releases. The Nokia 110 and 112 are fast, flashy...
WiGig is expected to revolutionize Wi-Fi by offering up to 10 times higher speeds (around 7 gigabits/second) than today’s Wi-Fi devices do. Although products using this technology have already been announced at CES 2012, it is expected that the first few products will show...
Isis, the mobile payments venture formed by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA, today announced its first set of retail partners who will accept contactless payments made with smartphones. Coca-Cola, Dillards and Macy's are among the merchants who are ready to start letting...
Seven major U.S. carriers covering 97% of American mobile subscribers will participate in the Wireless Emergency Alert system, but not all mobile phones will be able to receive the alerts. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile USA, Cricket, Cellcom, and U.S. Cellular will start using the...
Shares of Nokia (NOK) tumbled 5% this morning after analyst Andy Perkins of France's Societe Generale recommended that investors in the Finnish company get out of the stock at this time. Perkins thinks that falling handset sales, operating losses and restructuring costs will eat...
Smartphones have been used in corporate environments for quite a while and, since the advent of Apple’s iPad, tablets have also flooded the enterprise environment. Sometimes, adoption is driven by users under the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon; other times it is the corporation that starts...
