Nokia’s Mexico, Hungary, Finland Phone Assembly Goes To Asia; 4,000 Jobs Go
Today brings news of yet another round of capital-intensive cost-cutting for the challenged mobile phone maker Nokia: the company today anno… Read more at paidContent »
Android still 1st choice among virgin smartphone buyers
The iPhone may have passed over Android in total U.S. smartphone sales, but Google’s platform still has one key advantage: it’s attracting more mobile data newbies. According to the NPD Group, 57 percent of first-time smartphone buyers last quarter chose Android handsets. Read more »
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CES 2012: a recap and analysis
This year’s CES was the biggest in the show’s 44-year history. It boasted 15 miles of exhibit hall aisles, 3,100 booths and 153,000 attendees. It is easy to be jaded by the endlessly repetitive products, but the thousands of innovations point toward a future of connectivity. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform
The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s ano… Read more at paidContent »
Sprint, HTC Hatch Plan To Remove Carrier IQ Software From Handsets
Sprint (NYSE: S) will no longer require the companies who make phones for its network to install Carrier IQ’s software, which prompted an up… Read more at paidContent »
Research: Small Screens Better For Content; Bigger Screens For Productivity
The tablet market is still in its relative infancy and has been largely dominated up to now — both in sales and basic concept — by the iPa… Read more at paidContent »
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Updated: Forecast: global mobile subscribers, 2010-2015
The number of mobile subscribers is growing steadily across the globe, but each continent tells a different story about 3G and 4G penetration, market saturation and the rate of future growth. This report looks at the global mobile landscape over the next five years, forecasting the number of subscribers and the penetration of 3G and 4G services by both continent and country. In particular we look at new markets such as China and India, possibilities in developing countries in Africa and the Middle East, and saturation in the first world. Companies mentioned in this report include HTC, Motorola and Samsung. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
U.S. Consumers Cool Somewhat On iPhone; Remains 'Most Wanted' Handset
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshar… Read more at paidContent »
Demand and satisfaction for Apple’s iPhone strong following 4S launch
A new survey of 4,000 North American consumers finds that even though the iPhone 4S has been out for a couple of months, consumers still have a strong appetite for the Apple smartphone. It’s the strongest demand seen yet for an iPhone following its initial launch. Read more »
What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place… Read more at paidContent »
Correction: Razr Ain't Cutting It: Motorola Mobility To Fall Short On Q4
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been c… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Buys Norway's Smarterphone To Spruce Up Its Feature Phone OS
Just as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gearing up for a splash at CES to kick off the U.S. launch of its new line of Microsoft-powered smartphones, it… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why's Samsung Winning The Toss?
Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market — over half of all smartphones being use… Read more at paidContent »
HTC Says Android Patent Fix Is Ready To Go, Google Hopes For 'Patent Peace'
HTC says it has already figured out how to ship Android phones in the U.S. that don’t run afoul of a patent held by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: U.S. Trade Body Grants Apple Partial Ban For HTC Phones
In a much-anticipated decision, the International Trade Commission today sided with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and announced that it would impose a… Read more at paidContent »
Apple wins import ban on select HTC smartphones
Apple on Monday won a formal import ban against some HTC Android handsets in the U.S. from the International Trade Commission. The ITC decision relates to HTC devices that implement a feature that links data in documents like emails to other applications. Read more »
Samsung Electronics Reorg: Apple's Friends On One Side; Foes On The Other?
It looks like Samsung Electronics, the flagship and biggest division of the Samsung Group conglomerate, is restructuring its organisation. W… Read more at paidContent »
Biting At Nokia's Heels, Samsung's Device Sales In 2011 Pass 300 Million
Samsung may be still be trying to crack the tablet market, but in mobile devices it is continuing to pick up steam: it sold 300 million devi… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Ships Its Second, Cheaper Windows Phone Handset, The Lumia 710
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is taking its new device strategy up one more notch: today, it started to ship the second of its first two Windows Phone d… Read more at paidContent »
HDMI alternative, MHL: Your phone’s best-looking secret
MHL promises to turn your mobile phone into a portable set-top box, capable of playing photos, videos and games on the TV screen via a cheap five-pin cable. It’s already supported by more than a dozen handsets — but hardly anyone knows about it. Read more »
Surprise! Apple Forecasts Raised On Big Demand For iPhone 4S, But Not iPad
HTC and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) may be cautioning investors about more choppy economic times ahead, but that is not the story, it seems, for all ha… Read more at paidContent »
HTC Highlights How Fickle The Mobile Market Can Be: That Spells Opportunity
Looking at HTC over the last week or two, it’s almost hard to believe that it is the top-ranking smartphone maker that the analysts claim it… Read more at paidContent »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more at paidContent »
Facebook Appoints A New Head Of Mobile Developer Relations
If you had any doubt about Facebook’s ambitions in mobile, here’s another move that underscores the social network’s priorities. It has hire… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung And HTC Hit By Wiretapping Lawsuit Over Tracking Software [UPDATED]
photo: Flickr / Thomas Leuthard
The swirling controversy over a company that reportedly installed tracking software on users’ mobile phones has already produced its first t… Read more at paidContent »
Android Store Opens In Oz, But It Won't Have The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Yet
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answ… Read more at paidContent »
Carrier IQ Responds More To Privacy Allegations, But Many Questions Remain
As more detail unfolds of companies swearing off any involvement with Carrier IQ (and some admitting using it for diagnostics) amid allegati… Read more at paidContent »
HTC, Sprint Acknowledge Using Carrier IQ Software But Deny Snooping
Sprint (NYSE: S), HTC, and Carrier IQ–the companies at the heart of a growing tempest over privacy rights on smartphones–have broken their… Read more at paidContent »
More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes
Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read more at paidContent »
Skyhook Teams With Norton On Tracking Service For Android Devices
Skyhook Wireless, the location-services company that has been embroiled in lawsuits with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) over patent infringement and re… Read more at paidContent »
HTC Hunkers Down Until 2012 When New 'Flagship' Products Launch
From one angle, HTC’s recent woes are simple: the products just don’t seem attractive as they used to be. Next year promises to be an import… Read more at paidContent »
Do we need a Facebook phone? The GigaOM Debate.
Last week’s news of a potential Facebook phone built by HTC certainly got people talking. Regardless of who builds it and when that happens, the real question without an answer is: Do we really need a Facebook phone? We sound off in a GigaOM debate! Read more »
IPCom Threatens Injunction On HTC In Germany, But HTC Brushes It Off
The German courts have proven to be some of the most heated in the current rash of mobile patent suits, and here is one more case to cement… Read more at paidContent »
How Will Facebook's Buffy Phone Look? There's An App For That
Facebook has not approached anything resembling a confirmation of the reports that it is developing its own phone with HTC, code-named “Buff… Read more at paidContent »
Update: HTC's S3 Graphics Buy In Question As HTC Revises Down Forecasts
Call this one the converse of “all’s well that ends well”: HTC is now reconsidering its purchase of S3 Graphics after the latter company los… Read more at paidContent »
HTC’s star continues to fall; outlook slashed again
Just three weeks after lowering sales and revenue expectations, HTC has reduced guidance again, and not by just a little. The holiday season in a growing market should bring about increased sales, not lower figures. So what’s the problem with HTC, and what can it do? Read more »
One Reason Why Apple's App Payments In Yuan Are So Important
It’s no secret that the mobile market in China is big business: the country’s own officials reported last month that China is now approachin… Read more at paidContent »
