Windows is dropping the price of Windows 8.1 by 70% for tablet and PC makers, under renewed pressure from Google’s Chromebooks, Bloomberg reports. I wrote about Google’s new deal with VMware to… 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 »
Nokia once again is giving T-Mobile “exclusivity” on a new mid-range windows handset, which to be honest doesn’t give T-Mobile much. The Lumia 810 may be a perfectly capable device, but… Read more »
But we also saw some new developments in recent months. Android tablets began to steal market share from Apple’s iOS, thanks largely to the success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. And the… Read more »
By , Ph.D." rel="author" class="url fn">J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D.
Today tablets are a fast-growing sector of mobile computing, and while the tablet market is still in the early stages of adoption, tens of millions of units are being sold each… Read more »
Microsoft may have finally accomplished something it has failed to do at the last six Consumer Electronics Show events I’ve attended: It has people talking about its phones. Even with few… Read more »
As 2011 comes to a close, I’m thinking ahead to what mobile technology trends I expect to see in 2012. While I formulate those thoughts for a post later this week,… Read more »
T-Mobile USA will be the first U.S. carrier to offer a Nokia handset running Windows Phone, and it’s employing an interesting strategy: The carrier will target first-time smartphone buyers with the… Read more »
NFC has long failed to gain any traction in North America, but support from so many heavy hitters could finally move the needle for the technology. Read more »