Apple’s iTunes App Store is growing by leaps and bounds, but there’s greater growth in another mobile area — the touch-friendly web, according a recent Taptu report. If the trend continues, might it upset the Apple cart by moving back to web-based applications on the phone? Read More »
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In a preview of its upcoming State of the Web report, Opera says that Apple’s iPhone is the currently the No. 3 device used by Opera Mini users worldwide. That’s a nice statistic, but the follow-up information doesn’t show that iPhone owners are leaving Safari behind. Read More »
Opera Mini for iPhone has gained approval in the Apple iTunes Store, much to the surprise of many. After installing and using the browser, though, I’m left wondering if there’s room in the iPhone world for Opera Mini, which is better suited to feature phones. Read More »
Apple’s vision of how mobile devices should work became clear today with the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0. The feature list should quell some critics, but owners of a first- or second-generation iPhone or iPod touch who won’t get multitasking will have something to complain about. Read More »
In the battle of the smartphones, RIM’s Blackberry Curve edged out the competition to take the top spot as the best-selling smartphone model in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, according to inaugural smartphone market share data from research firm… Read More »
Apple, at the iPhone SDK launch last May, began a big push towards getting the iPhone into the enterprise — the traditional stronghold of the BlackBerry. It rolled out enterprise-targeted features like push email/contacts/calendar, a global address list, VPN support and remote wipe. Now, more than… Read More »
When I read about Google launching a mobile version of Tasks, I was amazed by the attention being focused on what is essentially a to-do list web site. And while it wasn’t worth a story, I shared my feelings via Twitter. Clearly, 140 characters weren’t enough… Read More »
It’s here: the Google Phone. After years of speculation and months of waiting, the first Google Android OS-based smartphone has finally been released by T-Mobile USA. Here are my major takeaways. Read More »
