ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | You weren't charged it when they rang your smartphone up at the register, and your receipt won't have any mention of it. But if you bought an Android smartphone in the last year or so, odds are you paid Microsoft $5 for the privilege of using Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard as quoted in Business Insider. Read more...
Nokia ends phone assembly in Europe, cuts jobs (AP)
AP - Nokia Corp. plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4,000 jobs, its latest attempts to cushion itself from stiff competition in the smartphone sector. Read more...
Nokia cuts 4,000 smartphone factory jobs, moves them to Asia
Nokia showed the toughening conditions of the smartphone field on Wednesday after it detailed plans to cut 4,000 manufacturing jobs. Positions both in its home territory factory in Salo, Finland, as well as in Komarom, Hungary and Reynosa, Mexico, would be eliminated by the end of 2012. Smartphone production would be moving more towards Asia, where it wouldn't just be cheaper to make devices, but faster.... Read more...
Data confirms Apple again top in smartphones, 8.3% overall
Separate IHS iSuppli and Strategy Analytics studies Friday have backed Apple's rapid return to the top of the smartphone space in the fall. Determining that Samsung had shipped 36 million smartphones, slightly higher than Samsung's preliminary estimates, IHS iSuppli put Apple's 37 million iPhones just on top Read more...
Lytro willing to talk to numerous smartphone makers
Lytro is reportedly willing to collaborate directly with smartphone makers to bring its light-field photography technology into future handsets. In an interview with PCWorld, Lytro chairman Charles Chi noted that the company is currently set up to build and market products under its own branding, however the smartphone ecosystem is "very complex" and "very different."... Read more...
Apple iPhone now more popular than all Android smartphones in US combined: report (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - In the US, Apple’s iPhone has surpassed the smartphone market share of all Android devices combined, according to new numbers out from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by Reuters. But the difference is almost invisible: Apple now owns 44.9 percent of the market; handsets running Google’s Android operating system now own just 44.8 percent. Read more...
Apple iPhone now more popular than all Android smartphones in US combined: report (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - In the US, Apple’s iPhone has surpassed the smartphone market share of all Android devices combined, according to new numbers out from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by Reuters. But the difference is almost invisible: Apple now owns 44.9 percent of the market; handsets running Google’s Android operating system now own just 44.8 percent. Read more...
Apple iPhone now more popular than all Android smartphones in US combined: report (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - In the US, Apple’s iPhone has surpassed the smartphone market share of all Android devices combined, according to new numbers out from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by Reuters. But the difference is almost invisible: Apple now owns 44.9 percent of the market; handsets running Google’s Android operating system now own just 44.8 percent. Read more...
China iPhone launch delay could boost sales for rivals during Chinese New Year holidays (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Imagine just prior to the holiday season supplies of Apple’s iPhone ran dry. You’d been hoping to treat yourself to the latest 4S device, or buy one for a friend or relative, but you can’t find the smartphone anywhere. Worse still, there’s no word when they might be returning to stores. Read more...
Telenav demonstrates Ford’s integrated Scout smartphone app
We were given the chance to check out the product of the recently-inked Telenav and Ford deal at an event at the CES show. The smartphone Scout app will allow users to take their personal trips on the road with them, as it will seamlessly transfer from their smartphone screen to Ford's Sync-system equipped cars. It requires a constant data flow and GPS signal access from the smartphone, as content isn't stored locally on the car's hardware... Read more...
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