My first hands-on look at AT&T’s Galaxy S II shows a powerful smartphone with brilliant display and fast mobile broadband. Amazon’s tablet is expected to launch next week, although it runs on Google’s platform, you may not see Android. Hulu Plus fans gain a software upgrade. Read more »
AT&T’s Galaxy S II launches on Oct. 2, but a review unit just landed on my doorstep. Here are several photos and my initial impressions of Samsung’s latest and greatest Android phone designed for AT&T’s HSPA+ network. So far, I’m most impressed. Read more »
Dennis Publishing, publishers of 70 print and online titles including Maxim, Men’s Fitness and the adult comic Viz, has not been shy to dip… Read more at paidContent »
Given that a press invite from Amazon just hit my Inbox for next Wednesday, it’s a safe bet that the long wait for Amazon’s tablet entry is about to end. It’s not meant to compete with the iPad, but at $250, it ought to sell well. Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has worked its way into the center of the mobile industry with its Android OS, many mobile services and potentially even… Read more at paidContent »
The stock market loves Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), and so, it seems, do consumers falling over themselves to get news about the latest iPhone. But i… Read more at paidContent »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Google has started to quietly distribute its own SIM cards with Nexus S devi… Read more at paidContent »
Smartphones and tablets now trump laptops as the newer, more mobile devices use airport Wi-Fi more than traditional computers, according to data collected by Boingo Wireless. Although laptops outnumber mobile devices by a factor of five, the smaller devices use nearly 60 percent of airport Wi-Fi. Read more »
By 2015, the worldwide sales of NFC-equipped handsets will reach 263.6 million units, with the cumulative total at more than half a billion compatible devices. This report covers the current landscape for NFC, examines the technology’s different forms of deployment and forecasts its future. It also examines the various deployments of NFC technology — mobile payments, point of purchase, augmented reality — and the challenges businesses, carriers and handset makers face moving forward. Companies mentioned in this report include Google, TapIt, Amazon and NTT DoCoMo. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), the multinational operator with mobile networks spanning across Europe and Latin America, is now fully focused on sq… Read more at paidContent »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Embarrassing reports on HP’s board following the news that the company may b… Read more at paidContent »
Tablet sales will continue to rise from 17.6 million sales last year to 326.3 million by 2015, says Gartner, but the iPad will still dominate the market. There’s good reason to believe Gartner’s iPad estimates, but some of the other platform numbers don’t quite make sense. Read more »
Indie documentary video streaming service SnagFilms making good on some of the changes it proposed earlier this year, when it raised $10 mil… Read more at paidContent »
There may still be a good number of magazines that are turning away from the magazine format to focus more on their website distribution. Bu… Read more at paidContent »
It’s debatable whether and when tablets will become as mainstream as mobile phones or PCs, but in their own right, their sales trajectory ap… Read more at paidContent »
The fastest selling Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S II, arrives on AT&T’s network October 2 for $199 after contract. That’s right before an expected introduction of Apple’s newest iPhone. Which super smartphone will AT&T customers choose: the best Android phone or Apple’s latest and greatest? Read more »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple looks like it has a date for its much-anticipated new product announce… Read more at paidContent »
There’s talk today of Samsung open-sourcing its Bada smartphone platform next year, but the company has little to gain and much to lose if it does. Why give up control of the one asset Samsung has that no successful handset maker outside of Apple enjoys? Read more »
Samsung doesn’t appear quite ready to go it alone in the mobile world, but in the wake of Google’s Motorola (NYSE: MMI) buy it seems the com… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thrives on scale for its business model. But when it comes to launching new products, the company has often taken a caut… Read more at paidContent »
What do you do when one of your most popular formats for in-app advertising gets the cold shoulder from Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Launch something… Read more at paidContent »
Given how low the sales figures have been for Windows Phone-based devices up to now, it’s hard to believe that purchasing intent can be enou… Read more at paidContent »
Instagram got a pretty major update Tuesday with version 2.0. Aside from a slightly modified, prettier icon, the update also adds new features, filters and general speed improvements that make the whole experience better. With so many apps chasing Instagram’s coattails, it’s a timely update. Read more »
Google is bolstering the feature set of its popular Google+ Hangouts video chat service by adding the ability to broadcast Hangouts sessions to an unlimited number of participants. Hangouts users can also now chat with their mobile devices, share their screens and access other Google services. Read more »
HTC today introduced the Rhyme, a plum-colored Google Android smartphone, as a lifestyle device that’s aimed at female customers, calling it “elegant”. The $199 phone for Verizon includes a charging dock and supports a wired charm that glows upon incoming calls or messages. Read more »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read more at paidContent »
Windows Phone 7 is increasingly catching the eye of smartphone buyers but awareness is still a major hurdle. The NPD Group reported that while Android is the top choice of smartphone owners, 44 percent of current and upcoming smartphone owners are considering purchasing a WP7 device. Read more »
Enterprises that never expected to support personal consumer devices are slowly changing their minds, with 59 percent now supporting employee-owned smartphones in various ways. That means more opportunity for device makers and app developers to create solutions that effectively cater to both work and personal use. Read more »
Ever wished the official YouTube Android app would come with more features? Then take a look at Desktube, which prides itself of being a Swiss Army Knife for watching and recording YouTube videos on Android devices. It even comes with its own group viewing mode. Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) at the moment gets the vast majority of its revenues from its huge advertising business, but today we saw two examples o… Read more at paidContent »
Appcelerator has built up a community of 1.5 million developers that have used its cross-platform development tool to build more than 25,000 apps for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. Now it’s looking to turn that community into a selling opportunity by launching a marketplace for software modules. Read more »
Verizon introduced a new Android smartphone on Monday: The Pantech Breakout runs on Verizon’s 4G network and appears in stores on Thursday for just $99 with contract. Now that the 4G network is on pace to cover 185 million, it’s time to expand the user base. Read more »
The falling fortunes of Symbian, the chaos as WebOS withers, and hiccups at BlackBerry are pretty visible signs of the upheavals in the mobile operating systems. The change obviously is because of the rise of Internet and touch centric operating systems. Is Brew OS next? Read more »
It’s been a rough couple of years for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) as it watches an industry that once thought of Windows as oxygen embrace new, s… Read more at paidContent »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» More news on the next iPhones: Production of a less expensive model that loo… Read more at paidContent »
Google TV apps have started to pop up on the Android market, hinting at an imminent release of the Honeycomb-based next version of the smart TV platform. Wonder what those Google TV-specific apps look like? Then take a first look with our slide show. Read more »
Apple’s presence in the aircraft that crisscross our skies is doing well, thanks to the iPad. It is not only being used by airline staff at United to replace paper manuals and charts but is also being tested by Qantas to replace existing in-flight entertainment options. Read more »
Frank Meehan is stepping down as the CEO of INQ, the Hutchison-owned mobile phone maker that has been a trailblazer — if a very small one -… Read more at paidContent »
The ouster of CEO Carol Bartz last week punctuated a disappointing couple of years for Yahoo, and nowhere is that disappointment more glaring than in mobile. Yahoo’s presence has waned as the iPhone and Android have fueled a surge in mobile data consumption. Meanwhile, Yahoo’s traffic on ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
New details about Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola have surfaced showing that Google was eager to buy Motorola. But why? One observer believes it was because Motorola was threatening Google with a number of dire consequences to Android if Google didn’t buy up the manufacturer. Read more »
