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Droid Does, BlackBerry Doesn’t…And Vice-Versa
Yesterday I received a Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) for testing purposes kindly offered by a local store. Faithful readers should be aware I’ve been using a BlackBerry Bold lately and definitely loved it. At the same time, I’m a geek and early adopter so I’m very curious to test this... »
Will Android Pay for Google’s Moves in China?
British scribe Paul Carr is not one to mince words. For him, Google’s newfound morality around censorship and China is too little, too late. Four years too late, to be precise. And I agree with him — up to a point. Morality has to be absolute; it cannot be used as a tool of... »
Verizon Business and Motorola Join Forces to Help Safeguard Retailers’ Wireless Networks From Hackers
NEW YORK – Retailers are increasingly using in-store local area wireless networks for a variety of key functions, including staying in close touch with sales personnel who are serving customers. But all too often, these networks are vulnerable to a variety of security threats such as attacks by hackers and the use of... »
Google’s Nexus One won’t shake Apple’s iPhone to the core… yet
Last Tuesday, Google finally confirmed it was entering the hardware market by launching its own mobile phone handset. The Nexus One is made to Google’s specifications by HTC, a Taiwanese firm, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android software, an open source operating system already running on a number of handsets, including ones... »
Google Nexus One: Better Value Than Droid, iPhone
Online bill comparison engine BillShrink has once again decided to compare the total cost of ownership across hot smartphones, and now has found that the recently launched Google Inc. Nexus One running on T-Mobile USA will cost a user less, in the end, than either the Motorola Droid or the …(69 words) Related Topics: Google,... »
Google Nexus One: Better Value Than Droid, iPhone
Online bill comparison engine BillShrink has once again decided to compare the total cost of ownership across hot smartphones, and now has found that the recently launched Google Inc. Nexus One running on T-Mobile USA will cost a user less, in the end, than either the Motorola Droid or the …(69 words) ... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
Verizon and AT&T: World War 3G
Compete submits: Verizon Wireless (VZ) brought out the big guns this holiday season. In October, Verizon Wireless began to run its series of “there’s a map for that” television ads claiming it has 5 times more 3G coverage than AT&T (T). But that wasn’t the end of it. With the Motorola... »
Motorola ‘Flips’ Over Backflip, Other Android News
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Motorola is trying to carry the momentum from the release of its Droid smartphone last fall into the new year.At CES this week, the company announced more Android-based phones are on the way – both high-end and wallet-friendly – an effort to target all kinds …(153 words) ... »
Motorola ‘Flips’ Over Backflip, Other Android News
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Motorola is trying to carry the momentum from the release of its Droid smartphone last fall into the new year.At CES this week, the company announced more Android-based phones are on the way – both high-end and wallet-friendly – an effort to target all kinds …(153 words) Related Topics: consumer,... »
NII Holdings: Strong Growth, Low Valuation
Chuck Carnevale submits: NII Holdings, Inc, (NIHD) formerly known as Nextel International, has been on a tear. The stock rose over 100% in 2009, which was four times better than the general market as represented by the S&P 500. (See Figures 1 & 2 below) So far this performance has continued in 2010, as NII Holdings... »
So What Should Motorola Do Now?
Earlier this week, when Google announced its Nexus One phone, it appeared that the new Android-driven connected device ecosystem is going to be a three-headed monster: Qualcomm as provider of the chips, Google as maker of the operating system and HTC as the preferred device manufacturer. (In the PC-centric WinTel world, the infamous troika... »
Motorola Honored for Media Mobility Solutions
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Motorola Inc. was recognized in Las Vegas this week as the CES 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree in the Video Components category for its Motorola Mover, a set-top accessory that enables consumers to securely put recorded subscription video content on mobile devices.The Mover is …(243 words) Related Topics: consumer,... »
Motorola Buys Another Company for Home & Networks Unit
Motorola Inc. (MOT) is buying another company to add to its Home Networks Mobility business, the very unit it reportedly wants to sell. On Thursday, the equipment maker said it’s purchasing SecureM LLC, about two months after snapping up BitBand and RadioFrame.None of the three transaction’s terms has been disclosed.SecureM …(359 words) ... »
Truphone Comes to Android – But no VoIP over 3G
Truphone fans will be happy to hear that the popular VoIP application now works on Android mobile handsets, though support for the new Google Nexus One is coming soon. Truphone’s new Android application enables free calls to other Truphone, Skype and Google Talk users – though only over Wi-Fi and not 3G. I don’t... »
Google Nexus One Review
The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a... »
Palm Pre Improvements Could Help It Compete
Let’s say you got a Palm Pre when it was all the rage last summer, and since it came out, we’ve seen a new version of the venerable iPhone, praise for the Motorola Droid and drooling over the Nexus One from Google. Now you’re wondering if you made the right …(228 words) Related Topics: Google,... »
AT&T Announces Android Plans
ATT today announced plans to launch five new devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola based on the Android platform. The company also announced a major initiative to expand the universe of mobile applications beyond smartphones to more mobile phones – and spur future app development for emerging consumer electronics devices, …(326 words) Related Topics: 4G,... »
AT&T Announces Android Plans
ATT today announced plans to launch five new devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola based on the Android platform. The company also announced a major initiative to expand the universe of mobile applications beyond smartphones to more mobile phones – and spur future app development for emerging consumer electronics devices, …(326 words) ... »
AT&T Launches Major Initiative to Bring ‘Apps to All’
AT&T today announced plans to launch five new devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola based on the Android platform. The company also announced a major initiative to expand the universe of mobile applications beyond smartphones to more mobile phones – and spur future app development for emerging consumer electronics devices, its U-verse TV platform,... »
Palm Pre Improvements Could Help It Compete
Let’s say you got a Palm Pre when it was all the rage last summer, and since it came out, we’ve seen a new version of the venerable iPhone, praise for the Motorola Droid and drooling over the Nexus One from Google. Now you’re wondering if you made the right …(228 words) ... »
Gmail On The Motorola Droid/Milestone: Screenshots
While searching for screenshots of the Gmail application on the Motorola Droid/Milestone, in order to compare it to the one included in the first Android phones, I simply realized there were no screenshots easily available on the internet! I was not lucky during my search and also video reviews were lacking of a dedicated... »
Google’s Mobile Chief Andy Rubin on the Google Phone & the Androidification of Everything
Andy Rubin’s business card identifies him as the Vice President of Engineering at Google. In reality, he’s the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine’s mobile chief. From the time Google snapped up his tiny startup, Android, to today, when it officially launched the first Google Phone, Rubin (and his partner Rich Miner) have been behind... »
Why America’s big phone companies are dogs
You’d think that 2009 would have been a great year for telecom stocks, right? Think of all the hot gadgets: Apple’s latest iPhone 3GS; Motorola’s new Droid; the BlackBerry Storm 2; and several other touchscreen smartphones. But shares of the leading telecoms whose networks run these devices have missed out on the big stock-market rally. To... »
Are You Ready for iEconomy?
The Mophie Credit Card Reader Jack Dorsey’s Square, Incase, Verifone and now Mophie — these companies’ credit card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce engine. Mophie, a Los Angeles-based company that makes accessories for the iPod/iPhone devices will release a credit card reader at CES in January 2010. The device is going... »
It’s Droid, Droid, Baby
A month ago, I reported that Motorola and Verizon were on track to sell a million Droids in the fourth quarter of 2009. Not only are they closer to that milestone, but it seems Droid is also the most dominant Android phone on the market today. Even though the overall Android app market grew 20... »
Why BlackBerry App World Is A Joke
The more I use my BlackBerry Bold(and I use it a lot, I can assure you…) the more all this thing about the BlackBerry App World looks like a joke to me. The number of apps I would like to store on my BB is significant, but mine is just a dream due to the... »
Motorola to Sell STB Unit, Break Up?
Motorola Inc. reportedly has several potential suitors lined up for its set-top box division, including private equity firms and cable hardware company Arris.This is the latest break-up rumor to launch re: Moto, ratcheting up a feeling that the company would be better off spinning off a unit or two, or …(296 words) … >>> Rest... »
Motorola to Sell STB Unit, Break Up?
Motorola Inc. reportedly has several potential suitors lined up for its set-top box division, including private equity firms and cable hardware company Arris.This is the latest break-up rumor to launch re: Moto, ratcheting up a feeling that the company would be better off spinning off a unit or two, or …(296 words) ... »
Verizon: Marketing, Capex Merit $350 ETFs
Verizon Wireless has responded to the FCC’s demand for an explanation of its new $350 early termination fee for smartphones including the Motorola Droid and certain BlackBerry models. The service provider’s defense? Advertising to get new subscribers costs a lot of money, and investing in broadband networks costs a lot …(189 words) ... »