Blog » November 2010

GSM Association proposes embedded SIM cards with remote activation for 2012

The GSM Association is taking a serious look at embedded SIM cards that can be remotely activated, in both traditional (e.g. phones) and non-traditional devices (e.g. cameras, MP3 players). According to the pre    

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Windows Phone 7's microSD mess: the full story (and how Nokia can help you out of it)

There are many reasons to be excited about Windows Phone 7, but a bleak spot has been Microsoft's message -- or lack thereof -- on user-expandable storage, and the situation finally came to a head last wee    

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Research In Motion Shows Why It's Losing Market Share

Market Playground submits:By Brian “Newman” Rayl In an interview Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), maker of the Black    

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Sharp plans 3D smartphones for US, China and India in 2011

It might be all Japanese to you now, but Sharp's autostereoscopic 3D is coming to a smartphone near you next year. The tech will debut next month on the Softbank-bound Galapagos 003SH and 005SH Android han    

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What Is the Impact on Nokias Margins From Smartphones?

Trefis submits: Rising competition in the handset market, lower phone prices, and rising R&D expenses have chipped away at Nokia’s (NOK) profit margins in recent years. Nokia competes with Res    

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Top 4 Mobile Acquisition Picks for 2011

Mobile Guru submits: 2010 has been termed the “Year of Mobile”. This is the year where the proliferation and adoption of the smart phone has given rise to staggering industry growth projecti    

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Interview With Duncan Stewart, Deloitte Canada Research: Smartphones, Netbooks and Cleantech

Arjun Rudra submits: Changing gears, albeit slightly, today’s interview discusses macro trends in the Cleantech, Life Sciences and Technology spheres. Our guest and interviewee is well known analyst a    

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Social-networking services to replace e-mail as primary vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20% of business users by 2014, says Gartner

Greater availability of social-networking services, coupled with changing demographics and work styles, will lead 20% of employees to use social networks as their business communications hub by 2014, according    

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Motorola: Earnings Scorecard

Zacks.com submits: Motorola Inc. (MOT) reported excellent third quarter 2010 results, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Earnings benefited from growing market traction for its 3G Android-based sm    

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Handset testing becomes increasingly more complicated, says CGC executive

With smartphones becoming functionally more powerful and supporting a growing list of communications standards, testing certification is increasingly more complicated, said Chen Hengzhong, president of testing    

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