Google’s Android mobile operating system continues to make major inroads in the cell phone market, and will shoot from a mere 3.9% global market share in 2009 to an estimated 17.7% this year, ahead of RIMM and Apple, according …
JPMorgan Chase may allow employees to use the Apple iPhone for work email, making the smartphone an alternative to the BlackBerry. JPMorgan is testing the iPhone as well as smartphones that use Google’s Android software.
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Americans’ thirst for applications for hand-held devices will overcome any resistance they have to mobile advertisements, creating a profit opportunity for both applications publishers and operating-system owners.
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About one-sixth of the world’s population will have subscriptions to mobile-broadband service in five years as Internet-surfing smartphone owners will be joined by more people looking for portable broadband Internet service thr…
Next week, Nokia will unveil a smartphone that is squarely aimed at gaining back market share from Apple and Google. That could be good news for the stock, which has fallen about 38% this year.
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