Archive for 'Mobile Devices' Category
Android Handsets Delayed
27 June 2008Mobile phones based on Google’s Android software platform have been delayed because of the difficulties involved in integrating different hardware, software and service issues, according to the Wall Street Journal. Android phones that were due by the second half of 2008 are unlikely to appear until the fourth quarter and even that seems like a […]
Mobile Web Users Set to Soar
27 June 2008Greater 2.5G/3G penetration and demand for Web 2.0 applications will boost subscribers using mobile Internet services to more than 1.7 billion by 2013 from 577 million currently, according to a new Juniper Research study. China and the Far East are projected to be the largest market for the mobile Web with 416 million users by […]
Apple Takes iPhone to Next Level
17 June 2008- Price Cut to $199 for 8GB Model
- Twice as Fast 3G iPhone at Half the Price
- SDK Downloads Top 250,000
- Debuts MobileMe - ‘Exchange for the rest of us’
About 12 months after the iPhone hit the market to a gushing chorus of “oohs and aahs,” Apple marked the first anniversary with the launch of […]
Microsoft: No Plans for a Zune Phone
13 June 2008Just in case you are a fan of Microsoft’s Zune media player, don’t hold your breath for a Zune phone. Microsoft’s president of Entertainment & Devices division Robbie Bach made it clear the other day that the software giant had no plans for a Zune phone. Here’s what Bach told the San Francisco Chronicle: “We […]
Palm to Sell 2m Centros in 2008
13 June 2008Apple’s iPhone is not the only smartphone making news these days although it may seem that way. Palm expects to sell two million units of its Centro smartphone in 2008. Palm’s senior VP of marketing Brodie Keast told Reuters the company had shipped one million units of Centro through the end of March. Meanwhile, Verizon […]
SingTel, Affiliates to Peddle iPhone
17 May 2008Singapore Telecom and its affiliates Bharti Airtel, Globe Telecom and Optus said the other day they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, Philippines and Australia later this year. Singapore Telecom is an investor in Indian firm Bharti and Philippines service provider Globe Telecom while Optus is its Australian […]
Wave of Innovators Coming in The Mobile Space
17 May 2008“We have believed for a long time that mobile computing is the next wave and that there’s going to be a wave of innovators in the mobile space. I don’t know when these companies will appear, but I think you’ll see some exciting IPOs in the mobile space when the public market opens up again, […]
We’ll See a Dell Smartphone Eventually, But Will It Be Good Enough?
28 March 2008Dell is working with Foxconn Group to develop Windows Mobile-based handsets, according to a recent report from Digitimes.
But analysts feel that Dell will need a so-called “iPhone killer” to really make a dent in the market.
The development of smartphones, however, seems like a logical step for Dell to expand its presence in the mobile market, […]
University in Texas to Give iPhone, iPod touch to Every Incoming Student
1 March 2008- Hey, They’re Not Just for Listening to Music and Making Phone Calls
- Quizzes and Homework Alerts
- Apple to Use Wi-Fi to Reclaim Educational Market
Many universities require incoming scholars to have a laptop.
Texas’ Abilene Christian University (ACU) is the first American university that will provide an iPhone or iPod Touch to all incoming freshmen next […]
Verizon Wireless’ “Any Device, Any App” Arrives March 19
29 February 2008Sony chief Howard Stringer asked at the World Economic Forum in Davos whether Verizon Wireless would have said like it did last November that it would open up its network for third party developers and devices a year ago - before WiMAX, Google’s Android and other moves to open access gained industry attention. “No,” he […]