Samsung May Have Surpassed Apple, Nokia in Second-Quarter Smartphone Sales
Bloomberg | July 25, 2011 | Jun Yang Samsung Electronics Co., maker of the Galaxy mobile phone, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc. in smartphone sales for the first time on demand for devices...
View ArticleInvoicing on the go with Intuit’s QuickBooks mobile app
Mountain View based Intuit Inc., maker of the popular TurboTax program, has announced the availability of its QuickBooks invoicing app for Android, following up its iOS app for Apple iPhone users. The...
View ArticleHTC ready to negotiate with Apple over patent infringement
HTC has told Reuters it is willing to negotiate with Apple to clear up the pair’s legal battle, but has emphasized the terms of any settlement should be “fair and reasonable.” In an interview with the...
View ArticleT-Mobile USA launches new HTC Wildfire S smartphone
T-Mobile USA announced the upcoming availability of the new HTC Wildfire S smartphone recently. The device is a compact Android-powered handset built with simplicity in mind and is expected to be...
View ArticleGoogle rolls out tablet version of search page
Google has begun experimenting with a more tablet hugging search page, according to reports. The search engine giant apparently realizes that when it comes to serving up content on a slew of different...
View ArticleAndroid and iOS see smartphone gains, take 67% market share
Google’s Android operating system now makes up a whopping 39 percent of the U.S. smartphone market according to a new report from market research outfit Nielson. Google, claims the report, has seen its...
View ArticleGoogle snaps up 1000 IBM patents
Google has snapped up 1000 patents from IBM ranging from those touching on web based querying to design and production of memory and microprocessing chips, and even some relating to routers and...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: Why tablets don’t kill the laptop
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. I’ve heard...
View ArticleApple, Samsung rise to top spots in smartphone sector
Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose to the top spot in second-quarter marketshare in the smartphone space, capitalizing on a 31% plunge from longtime market leader Nokia Corp. (NOK), according to new analysis from...
View ArticleGoogle laments rising anti-competitive nature of patents
Google Inc. (GOOG) is fighting back in a war of words over its patent position. There’s a side effect of Android’s success, David Drummond, the company’s chief legal officer and SVP lamented in a blog...
View ArticleBritish smartphone use soaring, led by teens: survey
Reuters | August 3, 2011 | Paul Sandle Teenage Britons are spending more and more time using smartphones to make calls, send texts and use social networking sites, and more than half of those that own...
View ArticleAndroid “most closed project” claims Visionmobile report
Google has found itsef under attack from all sides this week as rivals attempt to patent bash it and poke holes in its open mantra, but a new study has taken things a step further with a claim that...
View ArticleIndia’s Reliance Communications launches $288 tablet PC
Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India’s second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999...
View ArticleHuawei Plans U.K. Smartphone Debut in Battle With Android Handset Makers
Bloomberg | August 12, 2011 | Jonathan Browning Huawei Technologies Co. plans to sell its first own-branded mobile phone in the U.K., taking on manufacturers using Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android software...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy R features Nvidia core
DigiTimes | August 12, 2011 | Jessie Shen Samsung Electronics has announced its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Galaxy R, which sports a 4.19-inch screen and features the Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile chip and...
View ArticleSamsung to finally announce Galaxy S II US phones on Aug. 29
VentureBeat | August 12, 2011 | Devindra Hardawar Just in time to take on the iPhone 5, Samsung announced today that it will hold a media event in New York City on August 29 to announce its US Galaxy S...
View ArticleGoogle to acquire Motorola for $12.5B
Google Inc. (GOOG) took a more serious position in the mobile space today, announcing plans to acquire Motorola Mobility Holding Inc. (MOT) for $12.5 billion. The move, if approved, would give Google...
View ArticleGoogle and Motorola shed some light on post-acquisition plans
After Google Inc. (GOOG) announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) for $12.5 billion, executives from both companies jumped on a call with investors to offer more details about...
View ArticleGoogle’s bid for Motorola Mobility – a play for patents only?
With news on Monday that Google Inc. had made a $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility, many posited the move was a play for patents to shore up the software giant’s Android operating system, though...
View ArticleImage manipulation could reverse Apple injunction in Samsung Galaxy case
An image used to sway a German court into granting Apple an injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe could have been manipulated it has been revealed. Dutch IDG affiliate...
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