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Meltemi tipped as Nokia’s new open-source OS ambition

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [9]

Nokia is rumored to be developing an open-source OS for its low-end handsets, codenamed Meltemi, despite having failed to drive MeeGo to the point where it could save the company's smartphones. Apparently being led by Nokia EVP of Mobile Phones Mary McDowell, so the WSJ's sources tell them, Meltemi named after "the Greek word for dry summer winds that blow across the Aegean Sea from the north." Read The Full Story

Isis NFC tech gets the nod from HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, and more

Shane McGlaun, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

The world of NFC for payments using a mobile phone is growing rapidly with Google Wallet going official and already in use in some stores. Another competing offering that is in the NFC fight against Google is Isis. Isis is a NFC joint venture between some of the largest companies in the mobile sector including AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon Wireless. Isis previously vowed to rival Google Wallet and to support Android devices as well. Read The Full Story

Samsung unveils Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y Bada 2.0 phones

Rue Liu, Aug 30th 2011 Discuss [4]

Samsung has announced three new smartphones that will be powered by its own proprietary Bada 2.0 operating system. The flagship of this trio is the Wave 3, which was first leaked in Samsung's IFA 2011 Unpacked app, followed by the Wave M that will target the mid-range market and the Wave Y for the entry-level market. Read The Full Story

Apple Grabs Two-Thirds Of Mobile Phone Industry Profits

Rue Liu, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [41]

According to a new report, Apple's profits have now soared to become an astonishing two-thirds of the entire mobile phone market. This observation comes from Asymco's Horace Dediu after gathering data from the latest quarterly earnings reports from all the major mobile phone vendors. Read The Full Story

Popcap purchase to cost EA $650 million in cash plus more in stock

Shane McGlaun, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Late last month I mentioned that a rumor was circulating that EA would be purchasing Popcap for about $1 billion. The purchase rumor has come true with EA going official with its plan to purchase Popcap for $650 million in cash. EA will also give $100 million in common stock for the purchase and the expenses continue. Read The Full Story

iPhone sees 115% market share growth as LG dwindles

Chris Davies, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

It's a week of bad news for ZTE: not only has Huawei sued them, but Apple has snatched back its place in the IDC global phone rankings for the past quarter. Having taken fourth place in Q4 2010, ZTE now slips to fifth; Apple takes fourth with 18.7m shipments for 5-percent of the mobile phone market, behind LG in third, Samsung in second and Nokia maintaining first place. Read The Full Story

Nokia Windows Phone deal final; Q1 2011 sees sinking smartphone share

Chris Davies, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

Nokia has announced its Q1 2011 financial results, along with what the Finnish company is describing as a shift “from developing strategy to executing strategy.” The Microsoft Windows Phone partnership is finally inked, and it’s about time too: total mobile device sales are down 12-percent from last quarter, while smartphone sales are down 14-percent from last quarter. Still, they’re higher than this time last year – up 1-percent and 13-percent respectively – and there are more Symbian devices to come: Nokia says it expects ”the transition to Windows Phone as our primary smartphone platform to take about two years.”

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SlashGear 101: What is Android?

Chris Davies, Apr 9th 2011 Discuss [4]

Step into a cellphone store these past few years, and it’s hard to miss Android. From a surprise public announcement back in 2007, to occupying the smartphone top-spot today – depending on which analysts or researchers you talk to – Android has managed to carve itself a niche as the Apple iPhone’s key rival. Venture after the cut as Android gets the full SlashGear 101 treatment!

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Nintendo squashes 3DS Phone talk: “Phones are not by definition entertainment devices”

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [5]

Nintendo has dashed hopes that it might follow in Sony's footsteps and deliver a gaming smartphone, with Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime suggesting that the company lacks "a competitive advantage in telephony." Despite ongoing rumors around Nintendo's mobile plans, and the increase in convergent devices as handsets like the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play reach the market, Nintendo "have no desire to get into telephony" Fils-Aime insists, saying that instead "we believe that we will earn our way into someone's pocket without having to offer that (phone capability) as an additional factor." Read The Full Story

MetroPCS May be the Biggest Winner in AT&T/T-Mobile Deal

Samia Perkins, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [23]

With T-Mobile soon to be swallowed up by AT&T (probably), MetroPCS will be the most likely choice for many T-Mobile customers looking for a new carrier. That would most likely make Metro PCS the nation's new fourth-largest wireless carrier, and that is why MetroPCS's stock jumped up 5% upon the merger announcement. MetroPCS currently has 8.1 million subscribers, up 35% over the last two years (a time period, we should mention, in which T-Mobile lost customers). Read The Full Story

Standardized microUSB charging by Jan 2012 confirms Sprint CEO

Chris Davies, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has confirmed that, by January 2012, all US phones will use microUSB chargers, hopefully putting pay to the frustration of proprietary connectors and a plug-board full of different adapters. Speaking during the CTIA 2011 opening keynote, Hesse described the various types of charger port as a long-standing "pet peeve of mine." Read The Full Story