Devices
Firefox OS is Not the Third OS U.S. Operators Are Looking For
February 26, 2013 1:29 pm | by Andrew Berg | Blogs | CommentsThe idea that Mozilla's Firefox OS will compete for significant market share on the same court as iOS and Android is laughable but that's exactly what much of the mainstream media seems determined to report. I have read a number of articles desperate to make the case that Firefox OS...
Huawei Reveals 'Fastest Smartphone in the World'
February 25, 2013 10:14 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsHuawei, a Chinese company that recently became the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, calls its new flagship product "the fastest smartphone in the world" and wants to use it to expand global awareness of its brand. Parts of the presentation of the phone at a press conference Sunday...
Mozilla Touts Carrier, OEM Support for Firefox OS at MWC
February 25, 2013 9:45 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe mobile Firefox OS from non-profit browser-maker Mozilla might have seemed a longshot to even make it to market, much less garner the kind of carrier support the company has announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. Mozilla has announced 18 carrier...
Wozniak Says Post-Jobs Apple Must Continue to Innovate
February 20, 2013 9:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple co-founder Steve Wozniak says his old company must continue to lead the way in mobile technology or else lose its cool to competitors like Samsung and HTC. In an interview with Bloomberg, Wozniak said that Apple should consider opening...
Mailbox App Review: Return to Sender
February 13, 2013 5:23 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsAs much as it pains me to say it, the new iOS app, Mailbox from Orchestra, will not revolutionize email as we know it. In fact, it’s only a hair better than the Gmail experience it aims to improve. I've had about a week to play around with Mailbox, and I have to say...
Prepaid Carrier Solavei First in U.S. to Offer BB Z10
February 11, 2013 11:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe BlackBerry touchscreen Z10 is available in the United Staes through Solavei, a prepaid carrier, but it will cost the carrier's customers to get their hands on the device. Solavei today announced immediate availability of the Blackberry Z10 through its retail partner GSM Nation...
Report: Apple Working on iOS-Based Wristwatch
February 11, 2013 10:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple may be working on an iOS-based wristwatch that could be used to make mobile payments, according to a report published in the New York Times on Sunday. An anonymous source told the Times that Apple is experimenting with "wristwatch-like devices" made...
Tango Focuses on Differentiation from the Rest of the OTT Pack
February 6, 2013 10:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Over-the-Top (OTT) messaging and calling space is crowded. Facebook, Google and Apple have all entered the market, as have many others, including names like Tango, which was one of the first to the video calling over 3G space and has grown...
New BlackBerry Devices Catching On After European Launch
February 5, 2013 10:49 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsBlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion, says that its new devices have been well-received in Europe. According to a report from TechCrunch, BlackBerry's UK marketing director, Stephen Bates, speaking at the company's European developer conference in Amsterdam...
Microsoft and Huawei Launch Phone for Africa
February 5, 2013 9:17 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsChinese phone maker Huawei and Microsoft are combining forces to sell a new smartphone in Africa, which they say is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market. The two companies launched the Huawei 4Afrika Tuesday. The phone runs Windows Phone 8...
Foxconn to Widen Scope of Union Elections
February 5, 2013 9:00 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwan-owned Foxconn Technology Group, a leading maker of Apple's iPhones and gadgets for other global brands, is widening the scope of union elections at its sprawling facilities in China. The move, confirmed by the company Monday, follows a series of recommendations from an international panel requested by Apple...
HTC Slides on Ugly 1Q Margins Guidance
February 4, 2013 11:01 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsShares of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC were down almost 4 percent in early trading following a fourth-quarter earnings call Monday during which the company warned its margins would continue to fall in the coming year. Net profit came in at $34.4 million...
Super Bowl ads: Pros and Cons of Crowdsourcing and Predictions for This Year’s Crowdsourced Campaigns
February 1, 2013 10:46 am | by Corey Christiansen, Social Media Strategist, Metia | Articles | CommentsTwenty percent of the 35 advertisers in this year’s Super Bowl have incorporated crowdsourcing into their ad campaigns. The Old G in Super Bowl crowdsourcing, Doritos, is back again, and the brand is joined by Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, Lincoln, Audi, and newbie, Dunder Mifflin.
Dell Shares Rise on Report of Buyout Plans
February 1, 2013 10:05 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsShares of Dell Inc. rose 7 percent in premarket trading on new reports that the computer company is nearing a deal to sell itself to a group including its CEO, a major private equity firm and Microsoft Corp. in a deal that could mark the largest leveraged buyout since the Great Recession...
Verizon Launches New 3G Prepaid Plans
February 1, 2013 9:55 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless today launched prepaid plans that provide unlimited talk, unlimited texts and 500 MB of data for $60 a month, or for $70 a month, a prepaid customer receives 2 GB of data in addition to unlimited talk and texts. According to a press release, the plans are...
Investors Give Cool Reception to New BlackBerrys
January 31, 2013 6:52 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe long-awaited debut of new BlackBerry smartphones flopped on Wall Street. The stock of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. started to sink Wednesday soon after company CEO Thorsten Heins began to show off the redesigned smartphones, the Z10 and Q10...
Lenovo Profit Boosted by Smartphones, Tablets
January 30, 2013 10:35 am | by Joe McDonald,AP Business Writer | News | CommentsPersonal computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent to a record high on strong sales of smartphones and tablet computers.The company, vying with Hewlett-Packard Co. to become the world's biggest PC maker...
Amazon Posts Lower 4Q Net Income but Stock Jumps
January 30, 2013 9:21 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsAmazon's fourth-quarter net income fell 45 percent, as sharply higher revenue failed to keep pace with increased spending on order fulfillment and digital content, a trend that's become the norm for the world's largest online retailer...
Opinion: New Hardware Is Only Half RIM's Battle
January 29, 2013 5:35 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIf RIM's BlackBerry 10 devices fails to bring its maker back to life, it won't be the device's fault. Rather it will be how far RIM has fallen and the extent to which that decline has left a hole in its ecosystem much bigger than hardware. In case you've forgotten the height...
Corning 4Q Net Income Falls, but Beats Predictions
January 29, 2013 10:17 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsRevenue surged at Corning during the fourth quarter on strong demand for its Gorilla Glass, which is used in many smartphones and computer tablets. Sales in the company's specialty materials division, which makes the glass...
Turning Mobile Printing On Its Head with Fingerprint
January 28, 2013 3:55 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsPrinters are cheap these days and a lot of people are getting rid of perfectly good wired models in exchange for a wireless unit that allows them to print from their smartphone or tablet. Both Apple and Google have released platforms that allow...
Apple Moves iOS to 6.1 Version
January 28, 2013 3:26 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple on Monday updated iOS to version 6.1, adding LTE capabilities to 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23 additional iPad carriers globally. The firmware upgrade also includes integration of Fandango.com with Siri so that...
Unlocking Your Cell Phone is Now A Crime
January 28, 2013 10:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAn order issued Saturday by the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will make unlocking a cell phone illegal under certain conditions. An amendment to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will apply to all cell phones...
Samsung 4Q Profits Jump 76 Percent on Galaxy Sales
January 25, 2013 10:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA doubling of profits from Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones boosted the company's overall fourth quarter profits by nearly 76 percent over the previous quarter. Samsung recorded net profits for the fourth quarter of $6.6 billion...
Investors Shake Off AT&T’s $3.89 Billion 4Q Loss
January 24, 2013 5:43 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsEven after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter, investors seemed relatively confident in AT&T's path going forward. Shares were up slightly in aftermarket trading to $33.90, a gain of .44 percent. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson kicked off the company's earnings call Thursday...
