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On July 2nd, Anssi Vanjoki wrote that “The fightback starts now.” via asymco | Nokia says the fightback starts now. Oh Really?. Anssi Vanjoki has just resigned from Nokia. This is potentially a positive development for…
Lots of people apparently think it’s a big deal that Gartner is predicting Android will surpass iOS for second place. But why is that necessarily a good thing, given that they’re predicting Symbian will remain in first…
He said that the technology world was facing a “moment of fundamental disruption” thanks to the advent of the smartphone, social media such as Facebook, and “cloud computing” which uses the internet to increase the…
Just noticed that the Apple online store now says it takes 1-2 weeks to ship an iPhone 3GS. I think this just changed from 5-7 days shipping. Is Apple having supply problems again with the 3GS model? Or perhaps Apple is…
Under Kallasvuo Nokia embarked on the most dramatic shift in its business since entering the mobile phone business in the early 90s. The shift was not into mobile software which began in 2001 under his predecessor. It…
@tim Google often finds out about new Android phones the same day the rest of the world does. The joys of an open platform! via (1) Twitter / Home. Clears up why they rely on “activations” to find out what’s going on in…
Verizon, unfortunately, is also what ruins the phone. Or, rather, what it’s forced Samsung to do to the phone, which you could sum up in a word: Bing. Bing is the default—and only—search engine on the Fascinate. A Google…
IDC raised its 2010 smartphone sales growth forecast to 55 percent from 44 percent earlier. Citing booming smartphone demand it also lifted its forecast for overall cellphone market growth to 14.1 percent from 12.6…
Many comments on and off this blog raise the specter of the inevitable decline in Apple’s margins due to two forces: The first claim can be countered by observing that Apple has not cut margins when switching from…
The cellphone maker will unveil its new flagship model E7, which comes with a large touchscreen and full keyboard, at the show in London, two sources with direct knowledge of Nokia’s plans told Reuters. via PREVIEW-Nokia…