Microsoft recognizes the fastest growing smartphone segment is the low-cost market. In a note to employees, Stephen Elop reiterated that with renewed focus on markets where Microsoft is already succeeding. It’s… Read more »
Built from ceramic and American Walnut hardwood, Swich is a good looking wireless phone charger. Be prepared to pay for such beauty though as the charger and stand will set you… Read more »
T-Mobile became the focal point of acquisition rumors, Android grew its massive market share, and Windows Phone overtook BlackBerry as the third-largest mobile operating system worldwide. Read more »
Windows Phone continues to gain traction in some key European markets, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Microsoft has yet to see similar traction in the U.S., but that… Read more »
The low end of the smartphone market is blowing up, and Nokia and Samsung are reaping the rewards. Here’s what that increasing trend means for handset vendors, OS providers and app… Read more »
Three proposed acquisitions led the news in the third quarter of 2013. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. released two new iPhones and, just as importantly, gave the iOS 7 a major makeover. Read more »
The mobile platform wars escalated once again in the first quarter of 2012 as BlackBerry finally took the wraps off its much-anticipated new operating system. Meanwhile Android continued to build on… Read more »
You’d think that during the final quarter of last year, when Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 8 and Nokia debuted a new flagship Lumia, the platform would gain momentum. You’d be wrong. Read more »
The fundamental business model at the heart of the U.S. mobile industry is largely the same as it has been: Consumers pay for monthly buckets of voice minutes and data usage,… Read more »
Over-the-top (OTT) messaging applications have upended the mobile operators’ highly profitable short messaging services (SMS) business. The traditional mobile-messaging value chain is changing as upstart OTT players attack the carriers’ control… Read more »