Google’s Android OS was the big mobile story for 2010, thanks to dozens of new devices launched by the likes of Samsung, Motorola and HTC, leading many to wonder how long can iPhone continue to grow. Unlike the skeptics, I believe Apple isn’t done just yet.… Read More »
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I, like a bunch of other bloggers, jumped on the report of Nokia considering Windows Phone 7 as an operating system. But the hook-up, something I said would reek of desperation, is not going to happen, according to a soon to be ex-Nokia employee. Read More »
Nokia’s new leadership under ex-Microsoft executive Stephen Elop has reportedly met with Microsoft to plan a line of Nokia phones that would run the Windows Phone 7 software. The prospect is intriguing; suggesting that Nokia needs serious help getting its smartphone business in order. Read More »
Nokia today delayed its E7 handset from delivery in 2010 to some time in “early 2011.” A comparison between the E7 and Nokia’s N8 show devices that are far more similar than different, so what does the E7 delay say about the N8 user experience? Read More »
NAVTEQ, a division of Nokia is rumored to have snapped up Trapster, a popular multi-platform traffic app in a feisty round of bidding. Trapster allows folks to report and get information about speed traps and road hazards. It’s one of the first mobile crowd-sourcing apps. Read More »
Nokia’s Beta Labs today released a new experimental application called Situations, and it portends a future where context awareness drives the mobile experience, and points to a time when our handsets will do the thinking on our behalf, especially as Internet becomes more and more mobile.… Read More »
Based on a timeline from last week’s MeeGo Conference, the debut MeeGo smartphone with Intel Atom processor might not appear until June of 2011. If the market wasn’t so competitive, that might not be a problem, but Nokia will be competing with Apple’s next iPhone. Read More »
With more and more partners jumping ship from the Symbian Foundation, Nokia announced today it was taking back the reins of the Symbian platform as the foundation evolves into a licensing organization. The move underscores the slowing momentum for the platform and Nokia’s continued commitment to… Read More »
The fast growing sales of Android-based smartphones and Apple’s iPhone means that the onus is on Nokia and Research In Motion to come up with compelling and competing products says Neville Ray, chief technology officer of T-Mobile USA. Read More »
Google’s Android operating system solidified its place at the top of the charts in the U.S. with 44 percent of the market, according to a pair of reports out today. Both Android and Apple are putting pressure on Research in Motion. Read More »
Just over three years since introducing its first phone, Apple is now among the top five handset vendors on the planet. How did this happen? Apple improves on the product mistakes by competitors and marches in with many of the problems solved at an opportune time. Read More »
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