Posts Tagged Smartphones

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone. Even though the suit did not name Google Inc as a defendant, Apple's move was viewed by many analysts as proxy for an

03.3.2010 | Business, Featured Article, Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Kodak Sues iPhone and BlackBerry

Kodak Sues iPhone and BlackBerry

Guardian.co.uk wrote: Kodak has launched lawsuits alleging that the iPhone and BlackBerry - two of the world's most popular mobile phones - infringe its patents. The photographic pioneer said on Thursday that it had filed a case in the Western District of New York against Apple and Canadian ha

01.14.2010 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Complaints about Google's Nexus One Smartphone

Complaints about Google’s Nexus One Smartphone

Reuters.com wrote: Google's Nexus One phone may have been one of the most anticipated devices of the last few weeks. But since the smartphone's launch last Tuesday, it has left a string of unhappy customers in its wake. Nexus One has been plagued by consumer complaints including spotty 3G connec

01.14.2010 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple: 78 million handsets!

Apple: 78 million handsets!

By the end of December, according to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, Apple's will have sold 78 million iPhones and iPod touches worldwide. So where, exactly, are those devices? A report issued Friday tries to map the location of Apple's handsets country by country based on the number of user

12.18.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Virus Strikes Jailbroken iPhones

InternetNews.com wrote: The first known worm for the iPhone burrowed into "jailbroken" versions of the popular smartphone in Australia, according to reports. The worm, purportedly created by 21-year-old Sydney Web designer Ashley Towns and dubbed "ikee," only affects versions of the iPhone tha

11.10.2009 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Google to Sell Its Own Android Phone

InternetNews.com wrote: Google is planning to release its own branded, unlocked Android-powered smartphone directly through retailers, as opposed to through a carrier partnership, by the end of the year in what could be a huge disruption to the industry's standard business model, according to an

10.21.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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A Potent Android Alliance is Born

A Potent Android Alliance is Born

BusinessWeek.com wrote: An Android mobile alliance between Google and Verizon Wireless, the two giants could soon result in formidable smartphone competition for the dominant iPhone and BlackBerry. Move over Apple and Research In Motion. Rivalry in the smartphone market has just heated up.

10.7.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Flash Moves on to Smartphones

Flash Moves on to Smartphones

BBC.co.uk wrote: One of the most common technologies for watching video on a computer will soon be available for most smartphones. Flash software is used to deliver around 75% of online video and is the key technology that underpins websites such as YouTube and Google Video. Until now,

10.5.2009 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy?

GIGAOM wrote: If I were to tell you that Apple’s app economy was worth more than $2.5 billion a year, you would laugh hysterically, shake your head and walk out of the room, yes? Surf on over to some other web site? But here I am telling you exactly that! According to mobile advertising startup

08.27.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Wi-Fi Smartphone Sales to Double by 2011

Internetnews.com wrote: Wi-Fi is emerging as a critical component of the lucrative smartphone market as carriers increasingly realize benefits of the wireless technology, and data out today suggests the trend will continue. This year, 144 million dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets are expected

08.26.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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