iPhone helps grab double-digit earnings growth for AT&T. Apple A record 3.2 million iPhone activations helped boost AT&T’s second-quarter earnings 26 percent year over year and prompted the company to increase its outlook for the full year. On Thursday, the carrier reported earnings of $4 billion compared with $3.2 billion in the prior year’s quarter. …
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The second quarter saw 60 million smartphones shipped around the world, a 43 percent jump from a year ago, according to a study released Thursday by research firm Strategy Analytics. Growth was driven by robust subsidies from carriers, strong competition between high-end vendors, and a rising selection of lower-cost phones running systems like Android and Symbian, according to the study. …
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AT&T’s move to jettison its unlimited mobile data plan and charge more for heavier use puts a roadblock in the plans of media providers trying to push Internet TV, according to a report released Tuesday by iSuppli. Faced with more people grabbing more data, AT&T recently switched to a tiered pricing plan in hopes of limiting the strain on its …
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Nokia Siemens Networks will pay $1.2 billion for most of Motorola’s wireless network equipment business, the companies announced Monday. In striking the cash deal, Nokia Siemens hopes to improve its standing in the wireless equipment arena, both in the U.S. and across the world. The company said it expects the addition of Motorola’s business will propel it to become the …
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The iPad is hitting nine more countries on Friday. Apple The iPad’s market is going more global starting this Friday. Apple announced Monday that its popular tablet will reach residents in nine more countries: Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Both the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+3G models will go on sale. The iPad is currently …
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Google’s Android Market offers the largest share of free apps at 57 percent, while the Windows Mobile Marketplace offers the smallest share at 22 percent, says a report on mobile app stores released last week by Distimo. Distimo The report looked at trends in the U.S. for May 2010 among the major app stores, including Apple’s App Store for the …
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Yahoo Mail for Android Yahoo Android users who want to to keep tabs on their Yahoo mail and learn more about their favorite movies should welcome the addition of a couple of new apps to the growing mobile marketplace. Yahoo announced Thursday the launch of Android apps for its Mail and Messenger programs topped off by a new mobile-search widget. …
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Hoping to stem the tide of dropped calls and slow downloads for its mobile customers, AT&T said Monday that it has completed a project to upgrade and improve its 3G service in New York City. AT&T’s upgrade has devoted more space on its airwaves to the company’s 3G coverage, specifically in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. As a result …
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Application developers see Apple’s iOS as the top mobile platform for now but have high expectations for Google’s Android, according to a survey released Wednesday. The “Q2 Mobile Developer Survey” (PDF) was conducted by Appcelerator, which makes the Titantium platform for developing mobile and desktop apps. The survey gauged the opinions of mobile app developers on the six major platforms: …
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SlingPlayer Mobile has hit the Android market. Sling Media’s $29.99 app, released Tuesday, lets Android users with Slingbox devices control their home TVs and DVRs to watch live or recorded content on their smartphones. Users must have a Slingbox Solo, Pro, or Pro-HD device and can connect through a 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi network. The new Android version of SlingPlayer …
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