In the past, Blackberry makers Research In Motion have had questionable success in updating their handsets to be competitive in a post-iPhone world, but that’s not about to stop them from challenging Apple’s iPad: the company is expected to debut their own 7-inch tablet at...Wall Street Journal: RIM To Challenge iPad With Blackberry Tablet
In the past, Blackberry makers Research In Motion have had questionable success in updating their handsets to be competitive in a post-iPhone world, but that’s not about to stop them from challenging Apple’s iPad: the company is expected to debut their own 7-inch tablet at...Microsoft: Who will bury whom?
Why is it staging mock funerals for the BlackBerry and iPhone and not for Android? The most bizarre aspect of the parade of costumed Microsoft (MSFT) employees that marched through the company's Redmond, Wash., campus Friday -- besides their lovingly choreographed rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller (see below) -- is the coffin that wasn't there....
The mobile world according to Gartner
In 2014, according to this much discussed report issued Friday by Gartner, Inc., Nokia's (NOK) Symbian will still be the world's No. 1 smartphone operating system with Google's (GOOG) Android nipping at its heels. In the pack, several lengths back, will be Apple (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM) and Other. Microsoft (MSFT) brings up the...
Android usage to surpass BlackBerry, iOS by year end
Android is on its way to taking the silver medal in mobile market share worldwide, and gold in North America—as long as the platform maintains its currently strong growth numbers. According to market research firm Gartner, the...
After spyware fails, UAE gives up and bans Blackberries
The United Arab Emirates tends to be one of the more moderate nations in the Persian Gulf region, which may have contributed to its rise as a major financial center. The bankers apparently brought their Blackberries with them,...
RIM set to join the tablet fray this fall with "Blackpad"
Corroborating a rumor from The Wall Street Journal earlier this summer, a new Bloomberg report cited "two people familiar with the company's plans" to build an iPad-like touchscreen device and release it this fall. Dubbed the "Bl...
RIM: BlackBerry 6 to handle media just as well as e-mail
RIM has recently begun revealing details of its upcoming BlackBerry 6 mobile operating system. Yesterday on the Inside BlackBerry blog, the team working on the multimedia capabilities of the updated OS detailed several upcoming ......
RIM, HTC, Nokia want no part of Apple’s "self-made debacle"
Are antenna grip problems universal among smartphones? Even if they are, handset makers RIM, Nokia, and HTC are not happy with Apple for insinuating that the iPhone 4 isn't alone in suffering from signal loss when gripped in a...
Millennial Media report has Apple with 56% of smartphone market, ad requests up big time
Filed under: iPhone, iPad
Millennial Media has a new report (out this morning) that they sent along, and it's got some interesting research, based on their advertising network, about Apple and its place in the smartphone market. As you can see above, A...
Pre-Death Grip survey: 73% 'very satisfied' with their iPhones
A survey completed the day the iPhone 4 came out shows how much Apple has put at risk There's good news and bad news for Apple (AAPL) in the survey of more than 4,000 smartphone owners released Wednesday by ChangeWave Research. The good news is that in almost every category, the iPhone is blowing away...
IT Survey: 58% offer no iPhone support
But in the 19% of enterprises that do, Apple's 10% share is expected to double within a year It's easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than to get some tech departments that support Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry to change gears and support Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. But that's starting to...
Chasing Apple's 'galloping pace'
In the converging market for mobile devices, vendors vie for second place, says an analyst Things look bleak for everybody but Apple (AAPL) and maybe Google (GOOG) in a brief report to clients issued Monday by Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore. "The distinction between smartphones, tablets and low-end notebooks is blurring rapidly," he writes. "Currently there...
