Posted by admin in Industry News on March 8th, 2010
It is now only a matter of time before users have to accept the death of all-you-can-eat deals, and AT&T and Verizon Wireless are both readying usage-based pricing schemes for this year. Both will try to pull off the difficult marketing trick of presenting these as premium quality services for high end users, rather than price rises, which will depend on associating the fees with new device formats like tablets, or networks like LTE. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was focusing on the iPad and other emerging data-driven gadgets as he outlined usage-based plans during an investor conference run by Morgan Stanley this week.
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Posted by admin in Industry News on March 8th, 2010
Apple’s legal action against HTC may have “wider implications” for all phone makers using Google’s Android operating system, an analyst has warned.
Ian Fogg of Forrester Research said that the case against HTC, in which Apple alleges infringement of 20 of its patents, could be the first of many. Although Apple has not named Google in the suits, many of the named patents relate to operating system processes.
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Posted by admin in Company News on February 26th, 2010
Matchbox develops the official Facebook app for Windows phones.
Microsoft decided in 2008 to have an official Facebook application developed for the Windows Mobile 6.x range of phones, with the goal of creating a comprehensive, feature-rich user experience that would make use of unique Windows Mobile technology. In addition to a rich feature-set Microsoft wanted to ensure a consistent and high-end user experience across all Windows Mobile 6 devices, with their many screen sizes, form factors, touch screens and non-touch interfaces.
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Posted by admin in Industry News on February 25th, 2010
As the wireless industry evolves, so do the major trade shows that draw all the key companies and players. There was lots of speculation leading up to last week’s 2010 Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain. Many observers thought the show would suffer because of its proximity to the Chinese New Year, which was Feb. 14th, just one day before the conference started.
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Posted by admin in Industry News on February 25th, 2010
Last week at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications. For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7 Series. Partners have already started building phones; customers will be able to purchase the first phones in stores by holiday 2010.
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