Smartphones
Seybold’s Take - Smartphones for Everything?
July 23, 2011 6:18 pm | by Andrew Seybold | Articles | CommentsThe technology folks are working overtime. They have discovered how handy smartphones are and all of their capabilities...
Report: Apple Tops Android with Enterprise Users
July 22, 2011 8:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLooks like Apple is wearing the suit and tie a bit better than Android these days, according to a second-quarter report from Good Technology.
T-Mobile Puts Name to That Call
July 13, 2011 8:19 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsGot name? T-Mobile USA does, now offering subscribers on the Samsung Exhibit 4G a caller ID service...
One-Third of U.S. Adults Own Smartphones, Pew Reports
July 12, 2011 8:23 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsOne-third of all adults in the United States own smartphones, according to new research released Monday from the Pew Internet Project.
The Race to the 'Personal Cloud' — Gold Rush or Fool's Gold?
July 11, 2011 2:04 pm | by Hal Steger, Funambol | Articles | CommentsThe next major battleground for smartphones are the degree and ease in which they work with personal clouds, exhibits A and B being the iCloud and Google cloud services.
Multi-Core App Processors Storm Smartphones
July 11, 2011 1:25 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | Comments"Part of it is marketing. It's great to have the 'dual-core inside,' if you like. But part of it is performance benefit of dual-core, and performance limitation with single core."
Thunderbolt Hit with Lightning from VZW
July 11, 2011 7:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe HTC Thunderbolt, was hit with an OTA update over the weekend that will likely have some users cheering while simultaneously pouting.
LG Slashes Smartphone Sales Target
July 8, 2011 8:08 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLG Electronics today slashed its smartphone sales target for 2011 from 30 million to 24 million.
Droid 3 Lands at VZW
July 7, 2011 8:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMotorola's contribution to Verizon Wireless' popular Droid franchise continues with today's announcement of the Droid 3.
HTC June Sales Up 87% on Android Strength
July 5, 2011 8:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsHTC's smartphone sales continued their upward trend in June, rising 87 percent year-over-year to $1.56 billion.
AT & T Socializes with HTC Status, Zynga
June 30, 2011 8:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWhile the mythical Facebook-branded phone may never become a reality, HTC yesterday took at least a step in that direction...
Report: iPhone Drives Smartphone Growth, Android Flat
June 30, 2011 8:14 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAndroid continues to be the most popular smartphone operating system, with 38 percent of smartphone consumers owning Android devices.
T-Mobile Touts 4G Slide
June 28, 2011 8:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA, today announced the next iteration of its myTouch devices, with the myTouch 4G Slide...
Nokia Shares Good News, Introduces First MeeGo Device
June 21, 2011 8:09 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIt's about time Nokia had some good news to share, and today's unveiling of the Nokia N9 smartphone, the company's first MeeGo device, should be considered just that.
The Complexities, Compromises of Battery Life
June 19, 2011 9:36 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsCertainly applications running on multi-tasking platforms are a big part of the problem, but the mystery of battery longevity is a much more complex issue than just the software a smartphone is juggling.
Fiber Where You Can, Copper Where You Must - But Ethernet Everywhere
June 15, 2011 2:44 pm | by Vijay Raman, Overture Networks | Articles | CommentsDriven by mobile user demands for "anytime, anywhere" connectivity, it is apparent that ubiquitous Ethernet is no longer the wave of the future – it is the reality of today.
Report: HTC Takes Top Spot on U.S. Android List
June 10, 2011 8:24 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsHTC has stolen the crown from Motorola and Samsung to become the No. 1 Android smartphone handset provider in the United States...
Nokia CTO Rich Green On Indefinite Leave
June 9, 2011 8:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsNokia's chief technology officer has taken an indefinite leave of absence amid rumors that he disagreed with CEO Stephen Elop...
NFC: Approaching the Technology from an 'Open' Perspective
June 6, 2011 1:48 pm | by Jeremy Belostock, Nokia | Articles | CommentsCurrently NFC is seen as one of the most exciting areas in our industry in terms of revenue generation: Projections show up to 700 million NFC-enabled mobile phones will be sold by 2013.
Sprint Outs Pricing, Availability for New HTC Devices
June 6, 2011 7:55 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSprint today announced availability and pricing for two new HTC Evo products. The HTC Evo 3D smartphone and HTC Evo View tablet...
Review: Xperia Play a Good Bet for Gamers
June 1, 2011 3:02 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsThe Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a good demonstration of Android's versatility, as well as an example of using a combination of software and hardware to create differentiation.
AT & T Launches Pantech Android Smartphone
May 31, 2011 8:19 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T today added Pantech's first Android device to its portfolio, the Pantech Crossover.
HTC Promises Open Boot Loaders
May 27, 2011 8:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsHTC has officially opened the boot loaders on its devices, according to a post by CEO, Peter Chou, on the company's Facebook page.
Report: Apple, Google Dominate Shipments; Nokia and WP7 Struggle
May 19, 2011 8:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWorldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent...
Motorola Droid X2 Coming to VZW
May 18, 2011 8:05 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility today announced the second-generation of the Droid X smartphone, the Droid X2.
