WAT: Why there ain’t more phones with Android 2.0. And there won’t be soon, if ever
This is another post in my “Wild arsed theories” (WAT) category. It’s a pure speculation, based on the stuff I see happening in mobile industry. And some of these posts will certainly be completely off base. So if you have some corrections, objections, or knowledge that I am wrong, do not hesitate to share [...]
Samsung B3410, B3310, etc; Samsung’s bid to take over QWERTY messaging phone market
When Samsung gets serious about something, it really gets serious.
Starting in late 2007, with the release of Samsung Armani and F490 touchphones, they’ve got touch screen as religion. And started churning out touchscreen phones like crazy.
I tried to do a quick count in my head, how many touch phones Samsung has at the moment, [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G: What it is? What it isn’t? And why Nokia made it
If you look at all the coverage Nokia Booklet 3G pre-announcement received yesterday, you get the impression that this is THE product announcement of the year.
Which looks pretty strange, if you consider what was announced – just another product – Wintel PC – in a tiny (albeit fast growing) Netbook market.
So now, that we’ve had [...]
Symbian to ship 200 million devices in the next 18 months and a bit about Nokia N900 awesomness
In all the hoopla about the Nokia Microsoft Office deal, that was announced last week, there was one tiny tidbit of information, which, while widely reported, did not garner much attention to it.
It was buried in the official statement from the Quickoffice about their views of Nokia Microsoft deal.
It said: “We’re shipping [...]
Ericsson telecom insiders take over Sony Ericsson to save it from collapse
Shareholders have finally got fed up with the mess that is Sony Ericsson right now, and decided to do something about it.
The current management team at SE, lead by Hideki (Dick) Komiyama, consumer electronics sales veteran from Sony, totally screwed up in mobile market.
They haven’t been able to come up with a single hit product [...]
Understanding Google Android. Past, present, future
Google announced i’s Android mobile OS in November 05, 2007 amid a huge fanfare.
By now all major handset manufacturers, except Nokia, have joined the Open Handset Alliance, set up to push forward the new operating system. As did some of the world’s biggest mobile operators, hardware, software and service companies. Promising [...]
Android shipments to grow 900% this year? No. I say it’s 1800%!
Google’s Android phone shipments will grow 900% (as in ten times) this year, says Strategy Analytics.
Now that is some impressive growth. If it continues just for a little while, soon all other mobile OSes will be left far behind and Google will have the same dominant market share in smartphones as currently has [...]
Opinion: Nokia netbooks and mobile computer plans
The rumors about the upcoming Nokia netbooks/mobile computers/mobile internet devices are intensifying.
Only yesterday we reported about upcoming Linux (Maemo) based Nokia MID and Nautilus devices.
Then there was a recent report by TheStreet.com that Nokia is nearing a deal with Foxconn to produce it’s first netbooks. It seems to be a continuation of February rumor that Nokia [...]
Apple releases software to fix Connection Problems but furnishes no details
Apple has been quick to provide a solution for the connection problems that were recently reported for various iPhone 3G users around the planet.
T-Mobile, which has the iPhone rights for many European countries, has confirmed the release but expressed doubts about the patch being the sure shot solution for the iPhone 3G problems. It should [...]
iPhone 3G heading to India via Bharti Airtel
The first-gen iPhone is yet to make an official appearance in the subcontinent and going by Apple’s word last month, India will most likely get some iPhone Classic action by September through India’s two largest mobile phone operators, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. But Steve wouldn’t be satisfied with that, right? The latest announcement now states [...]