Windows Mobile continues to lose market share
Microsoft is struggling in the smartphone market. Their Windows Mobile platform is no longer a strong player with rivals gaining market share.
The latest report by Gartner reveals that Windows Mobile had a market share of just around 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year.
This [...]
Samsung bada mobile platform introduced!
Just when we thought that we had more than enough mobile platforms…
Samsung has announced the launch of their own bada mobile platform that would cater to their range of mobile devices and smartphones.
This new platform would arrive in the market sometime next month.
The company said that this [...]
Palm: Market is big enough for multiple players to dominate
Palm recently launched their Pre smartphone which has now become one of the biggest challengers to the Apple iPhone.
However, Apple came out with their iPhone 3GS which has turned the tables on them.
Palm is not worried however. The company said that the global smartphone market is [...]
Sony Ericsson aims to launch Google Android 2.0 based smartphones
Sony Ericsson has yet to launch any smartphone that is powered by the Google Android mobile platform.
Market sources now claim that the company is preparing for the Android 2.0 edition to launch their first Android smartphone.
Sony apparently is waiting for the next version as it is [...]
Symbian Foundation sees growth in smartphone market this year
Symbian Foundation has said that they are expecting the smartphone sales to grow by around 12-15 percent in 2009.
Symbian is one of the most popular mobile platforms for smartphones.
Lee Williams, chief of the Symbian Foundation spoke about their assessment: “For the first time people are [...]
Nokia looks at Symbian powered Laptops in the future
Nokia has revealed that they are looking at the possibility of launching Symbian powered laptops in the future.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in a statement: “We don’t have to look even for five years from now to see that what we know as a mobile phone [...]
Huawei to launch 2-3 Google Android phones this year
China based tech company Huawei has announced that they would launch 2-3 mobile phone models powered with Google Android mobile platform this year.
The company is also working on more models that would be introduced next year.
They are also considering plans to develop phones powered by [...]
Hewlett-Packard, MySpace, Qualcomm new members of Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation has announced 14 new members joining their entity.
These include high profile names like Hewlett Packard, MySpace and even Qualcomm.
With this, the number of members of the Symbian Foundation has now reached 78.
Nokia announced this foundation to help create an open source version of their mobile [...]
Nokia could be next with a mobile app store
Market sources say that mobile phone industry giant Nokia planning to launch its own mobile app store at the upcoming Mobile World Congress.
Apple started the trend with the App Store which offers mobile applications for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Google Android also has its own mobile [...]
strong>Samsung Innov8 coming to AT&T in USA
AT&T is soon going to launch Samsung Innov8 on their network as per media reports.
Samsung Innov8 is a high end mobile phone which features an 8-megapixel camera.
The phone also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Samsung is already selling the phone in several European and Asian markets since [...]
