ResearchWhat to watch in mobile in 2013
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 »
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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 »
Nokia is hitting both the high- and low-end markets with two new handsets. The Lumia 620 is $249 before subsidies and are smartly aimed at new smartphone owners. The full-featured Lumia… Read more »
New ComScore data indicates the U.S. market has steadied lately, with Google and Apple cementing their leads and nobody else making much of a dent. But things could change quickly during… Read more »
Samsung may have lost a patent dispute with Apple but it’s looking like a smart investment: The company kept its top-selling smartphone sales status and increased its lead over Apple. Meanwhile,… Read more »
While paid apps are more prevalent than ad-based revenue models, many developers view apps as projects rather than products, so they are not highly motivated to monetize their applications. Composed mainly… Read more »
We’re already up to our ears in coverage of iPhone 5 sales, so I’ll use this space to direct your attention to a provocative piece at Seeking Alpha that slams Microsoft’s… Read more »
It used to be iPhones at every turn, but now there are plenty of Android sightings. That makes sense since there are now 500 million Android devices activated since 2008. That’s… Read more »
Apple looks to build on its dominance with the introduction of the iPhone 5, but a patent battle with HTC could result in a ban of its LTE hardware in the… Read more »
Boingo and Google have been gradually expanding a free Wi-Fi experiment across the country, using a sponsorship model to open up public hotspots to consumers. But today they scaled big, announcing… Read more »