Verizon Wireless CTO hints at data plan tiers
It’s inevitable, tiered data plans for mobile devices are coming. It’s a reality that wireless providers and consumers are soon going to have to deal with. As phones add more features and become more data-centric, they tax wireless networks, and ultimately, the network provider’s bottom line. Verizon’s CTO, Tony Melone, had this to say when [...]
Sony to launch a multimedia tablet and the long-rumored PlayStation phone in 2010?
According to a rumor from the Wall Street Journal, Sony may be taking aim at the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPad and Microsoft’s Zune Phone Windows Phone 7 Series with two upcoming multifunction, multimedia-centric devices. Sony is reportedly developing a portable multimedia device bundled with online services that will rival the iPad. This rumored portable [...]
AIR For Android, And Adobe’s Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
The bane of all mobile app developers is the need to rewrite the same app over and over again for different devices: the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm Pre, Nokia, Windows Mobile. Adobe is positioning its Flash platform (which includes the Flash player, AIR, developer tools, and media servers) as the write-once, deploy-anywhere solution for [...]
Apple prepays for a half-billion dollars in flash memory
Apple has continued its significant investment in flash memory, with the Cupertino company announcing Tuesday that it recently prepaid $500 million to Toshiba to secure long-term supply of NAND for its mobile devices.
Nokia’s Q2 numbers are in; market share up, profits down
Nokia’s numbers for Q2 are in and while the bad news outweighs the good by leaps and bounds, the good news is that, well, there is good news. First, the bad: Nokia’s Q2 operating profit was down a mind boggling 66 percent year over year to €775 million. 66 percent! Net sales dropped 25 percent [...]
Nokia posts 66 percent drop in profit for Q2, share price falls immediately
This morning, mobile giant Nokia announced a 66 percent drop in profits for the second quarter, and candidly announced that it doesn’t expect to gain market share, lowering its profitability targets going forward. Almost immediately, the company’s shares plunged 14 percent.
Sales grew even thinner throughout the second quarter, falling 25 percent overall to $14 billion. [...]
Location Now Built-In To Google Maps — In Chrome And Firefox
With many of us using smartphones with GPS now, we’re starting to take for granted applications like Google Maps being able to pinpoint us. But using computer is a different story. Sure, there have been plugins, and things like Google Toolbar, but those are things that most people aren’t going to bother to install. But [...]
WSOP Update: Calacanis Out, Sacks Still In (And Bails On TechCrunch Event)
Update on the tech gurus at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. We were tracking four players: Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya, Mahalo CEO Jason Calcanis, Geni/Yammer CEO David Sacks and former Yahoo exec David Goldberg. At least two are now out of the game.
Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya busted out on day 2 [...]
