NOAA drops BlackBerry, embraces iPhone and iPad
The Loop is reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking RIM BlackBerry devices off of the list of officially supported mobile devices. What's taking the place of the trusty old BlackBerry? iPhones and iPads runn...
Want To Sell Your Next Phone? It’s Not Worth It Unless It’s An iPhone
Your brand new car starts losing value the second you drive it off the dealer’s lot – that an old (and very true) addage. Like a new, a new piece of technology begins to lose value or depreciate as soon as you leave...Is your smartphone a good investment? If it’s an iPhone, yes
Priceonomics, which keeps track of the resale value of items like cars, bikes and gadgets, published a report Wednesday that shows how the value of iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys hold up over time. Short answer: iPhones, even years-old models, retain their value the longest.
Should Business Embrace Apps Or Settle For The Mobile Web?
Often the first and biggest question that confronts any company developing a new mobile presence (or revamping an existing one) is whether to focus on developing a native app or a mobile web site. While each approach has its...IDC: The iPhone is once again the world’s No. 1 smartphone
Regained the spot that it took from Nokia in June and gave up to Samsung in September
Click to enlarge. Source: IDC
It will come as no surprise to Apple (AAPL) watchers that the company sold 37 million iPhones last quarter. Tim Cook reported that number two weeks ago.
Getting comparable figures from Apple's competitors is a different matter,...
iOS Security: One Big Reason Haliburton Chose The iPhone Over Android
Haliburton’s decision to choose iOS as its new mobile platform was made after “significant research” indicated that iOS “offered the best capabilities, controls and security for application development,” according to a leaked memo published by AppleInsider. These capabilities, collectively known as mobile device management...Halliburton dumping BlackBerry, switching to iOS
RIM's star just sank a bit closer to the horizon. Halliburton, a household name in the energy industry and once a BlackBerry bastion, is dumping RIM's platform and switching to iOS. The company once relied heavily on RIM's platform, but after evaluat...
Energy Giant Haliburton Dumps BlackBerry For iPhone
In what appears to be a watershed moment for Apple’s iOS, a leaked memo published at AppleInsider indicates the one of the world’s largest energy companies, Haliburton, will be transitioning to the iPhone as its exclusive smartphone of choice. That comes as a huge...Apple Confirms Kindle Fire And Other ‘Limited Function Tablets’ Have No Impact On iPad Sales
Despite being labeled the first real competitor to the iPad, it seems Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet still has a long way to go before it can lure tablet users away from Apple’s device. Although it seemed to be incredibly popular when it launched...RIM’s new CEO could license BlackBerry software to rival vendors
Research In Motion rose to prominence (and domination of the smartphone market) by controlling both the hardware and software used in its phones, but the company now finds itself behind Apple's iPhone and Google's Android...
More Than Third Of iPhone 4S Buyers Coming From RIM, Android
More signs pouring in the iPhone benefitted big time during the holidays. In particular, new research finds some 36 percent of consumers buying the iPhone 4S between October and December 2011 were abandoning other platforms, such as Android or the BlackBerry. The findings were...RIM Gets New CEO, Chair As Co-Owners Step Down Amid iPhone Pressure
Research in Motion announced over the weekend that the company’s two co-founders have stepped down as co-CEOs of the embattled BlackBerry maker in favor of two relative unknowns. RIM’s Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins becomes the new CEO while Royal Bank of Canada executive...
