Nokia’s Q4 earnings, released on Thursday, make for some challenging reading for even the most hopeful of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) watchers. The handset maker confirmed analyst estimates that it has sold over a million Lumia Windows Phone handsets - but that didn’t stop a horrible 31 percent slide in its...
The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them
We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone OS, has led to a number of handset makers driving down the price for smartphones—with devices selling for less than $100 becoming more and more of a reality. Now, consultants at
Smartphone Penetration Approaching Tipping Point As PC Usage Declines
Smartphone penetration is slowly approaching the tipping point where it will be more common to have a smartphone than a feature phone among the general population. Ofcom says the UK and Japan are among the countries leading the way to that milestone as consumers turn away from PC usage—a trend with wider implications for the...
Crunch Time For Apple’s Rivals: iPhone Sales Returned To Growth In October
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) acolytes will probably be saying “told you so” when they hear of this: sales of the iPhone, which had been in decline in the last several months, turned around and grew in the month of October, thanks to the introduction of the newest model, the iPhone 4S.
So Much For Quad-Play: Cox To Halt Cox Wireless Service
When the cable operator Cox launched its “unbelievably fair” wireless service in the U.S. a year ago, we asked right off whether the company had the scale to pick up enough subscribers to make the service profitable, in the face of an already saturated and competitive market. Today we have an answer:...
Hey, T-Mobile USA: Here’s A Tip From China Mobile On How To Sell The iPhone
T-Mobile is the last major carrier in the U.S. not to have the iPhone—a consequence of the device’s radio chipsets being different from those that work on T-Mobile’s 3G network. The operator seems resigned to this fact, but things could be different if it looks east to China, and takes guidance from that...
The Show Must Go On: What To Expect At CTIA Enterprise Next Week
The wireless industry’s fall gathering—CTIA Enterprise and Apps—will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who didn’t quite care for such events but who had a profound impact on every major company planning to attend. Still, life must go on, and after a surprise cancelation by Google (
Halo Networks Gets Series A Of £1.6 Million To Offload Mobile Data To WiFi
The high cost of mobile data—not just for consumers but for mobile operators facing huge traffic on their networks with the rise of smartphones and tablets—has become a big topic in mobile. So it comes as no surprise that startups offering solutions to the issue will be catching the eye of investors. Today, one of...
Update: Samsung Takes Its Apple Fight To France, Apple Goes Big In China
No signs of this fight cooling off soon. Fresh from a ruling in Germany that denied Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) a Europe-wide injunction on Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1-inch tablets but upheld it in that country, Samsung has now filed a direct suit against Apple in France, the first time the fight...
Report: Amazon Kindle Tablet Is The Real Deal, And It Looks Like A PlayBook
The Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) tablet that has been the subject of so much speculation has just taken one leap closer to reality: a report just out gives us the first full-scale rundown of how it looks, what it does, what it costs ($250) and when it might finally start to get sold (November).
...Earthquake Drops Voice Calls In ‘Mass-Calling Event,’ But Data Gets Through
Very little damage was reported following Tuesday’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia that was felt up and down the East Coast, but the phones sure seemed broken. The four major wireless carriers in the U.S. reported disruptions to their voice services following what one called a “mass-calling event,” leaving text messages and wireless data services as...
Tablet Makers Have A Better Shot Against iPad In Europe, Says Forrester
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has all but cornered the market for tablets in the U.S., say researchers at Forrester, who predict that its iPad will take 80 percent of all tablet sales this year in North America.
But that’s not entirely the case in Europe, it seems.
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