Windows Phone 7 has yet to really make waves in the smartphone market, and here’s why, say Nokia: too many vendors hedging their bets on multiple operating systems. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has said recently that Android wasn’t an option given the raft of OEMs whose product line-ups were dominated by Google’s OS. No one vendor [...]
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Take nothing away from Samsung: with a 219% year-on-year shipment growth and higher volumes than any other vendor for the first time, the Korean giant can take a moment to celebrate being number one in the smartphone market. Apple will tell you though: this is only one quarter (and the quarter before a new iPhone [...]
No, this isn’t another attack on Nokia’s market position (for non-old-English readers “whither” means “‘to which place”) i.e. where is Nokia heading in NFC mobile payments? It refers to the US mobile payments consortium, ISIS, announcing its line-up of NFC-capable handsets – HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson. So where is [...]
The DROID in Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
by Daniel Ashdown on August 17th, 2011
Motorola Mobility has always been a loyal supporter of the Android project, being one of the first members of the Open Handset Alliance which contributed to its creation, and solely using Google’s OS on its Smartphones. And in turn, Google announced on Monday that it is to acquire the US Company for $12.5 billion. While [...]
A ‘Key’ Announcement from RIM: Five New Devices, All Touchscreen
by Daniel Ashdown on August 10th, 2011
Last week RIM announced 5 new Blackberry models in what amounted to a continuing shift towards touchscreen-centric interfaces. In Juniper Research’s recent report on the Smartphone market we looked in great detail at the trends in interface technology, amongst other things, and RIM’s move fits with what we are seeing. While there are compelling reasons [...]
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