Tag Archive: Mobile
iPhone 4 and 3GS were best-selling U.S. phones in Q3, despite age and slowdown
Nov. 14, ‘11: The top selling smartphones in Q3, via research firm NPD Group: Apple iPhone 4 Apple iPhone 3GS HTC EVO 4G Motorola Droid 3 Samsung Intensity II The iPhones topped the charts in Q2, too, but it’s interesting that they continued … Continue reading →
The dumbest thing I’ve ever written about Flash
Nov. 9, ‘11: From the they-can’t-all-be-winners department, writing for Silicon Alley Insider on Dec. 13, 2007: How Palm Can Beat Apple’s iPhone: The Flash Phone [...] If Palm wants to make a real splash and compete with Apple, it needs to go after the … Continue reading →
Facebook acquires HTML5 “app delivery network” Strobe
Nov. 8, ‘11: Here’s Strobe CEO Charles Jolley, who previously headed up MobileMe app development at Apple: Strobe was founded on the belief that HTML5 can transform the way average people use their mobile phones through apps that are available everywhere, anytime, on … Continue reading →
How much data does Siri use?
Nov. 1, ‘11: Ars Technica’s Jacqui Cheng investigates. Short answer: Not much — your 3G data bill is safe. Also: Apple’s future, as predicted 15 years ago
Sony’s smartphone problem: Software!
Oct. 27, ‘11: Sony just bought its partner Ericsson out of their struggling mobile phone venture, Sony Ericsson. Now Sony is apparently going to try to become a big player in the smartphone business. Ignoring how late this move is, here’s the bigger … Continue reading →
Nokia’s first Windows phone looks good: Now for the hard part
Oct. 26, ‘11: It’s called the Lumia 800 — wasn’t that an early-90s minivan? — and it looks good, as far as these things go. Now Nokia and Microsoft need to figure out how to sell it to people who already have plenty … Continue reading →
Will the tablet market really grow bigger than the PC market?
Oct. 19, ‘11: Apple CEO Tim Cook made an interesting prediction yesterday on the company’s earnings call: That the tablet market will eventually be larger than the PC market. Here’s what Tim said, via Seeking Alpha’s transcript: We thought… from the beginning of … Continue reading →
AT&T testing new “Echo” social music service
Oct. 18, ‘11: Interesting. Just got this email from AT&T, my wireless carrier, offering a peek at a new social music service called Echo. Here’s a website with a little more info. (As part of the service, you will also get a pre-paid, 12-month … Continue reading →
Google mobile ads now a $2.5 billion run rate business
Oct. 13, ‘11: Google CEO Larry Page just said on the company’s earnings call that Google’s mobile ad business is now on a $2.5 billion revenue run rate, up from $1 billion a year ago. In the context of Google’s overall business, that’s … Continue reading →
Watch as Apple’s Siri starts to remove Google from the mobile search equation
Oct. 5, ‘11: Perhaps the most interesting part of Apple’s iPhone 4S event yesterday was its demo of Siri, its new mobile assistant technology, which lets you ask your phone questions or give it instructions, which it magically responds to. The best way … Continue reading →
