by Erik Kain on February 24, 2012
Even though didn’t start selling Windows Phone smartphones until November of 2011, it already ranks as the leading seller of ‘s mobile operating system. and are hoping that the emerging partnership will propel both companies into the highly competitive mobile industry. has been noticeably absent in the American market in recent years and is putting [...]
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The patent wars are coming to American shores. After numerous court battles playing out across Europe have led to mixed victories and losses for some of the biggest tech companies in the business, is now suing Samsung in American court. Patent expert Florian Mueller says the suit is based on four patents which are the [...]
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Google is only just now wading into the manufacturing business. Up to this point, Google has been a product sold inside other products: a software service for email, mobile operating systems, search and so forth. So why are they opening up a retail store in Dublin? Either Google has quite a few more products up [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 10, 2012
is getting into the hardware business. Earlier reports that was testing out a new, secret device in peoples’ homes had people scratching their heads. What could this secret device be? It turns out that is developing a home entertainment device under its own brand. For the past few years, the Android team has been developing [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 20, 2012
The patent wars are heating up and patent trolls aren’t the only players. is taking its patent claims right to Samsung’s jugular with a claim that the phone manufacturer infringed on ‘s slide-to-unlock feature: ‘s latest German complaint against Samsung is the first time the company has named the South Korean electronics manufacturer’s flagship Android [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 16, 2012
and are trying to make a big splash in the American smartphone market. Will a new offer from Walmart help give them the edge they need? Going up against and Android is no small task. While the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system has been met with rave reviews, it’s still anybody’s guess whether the [...]
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Rebecca McPheters says online magazines and newspapers need better apps: Of the 5,000 magazine and newspaper iPad apps we’ve evaluated for McPheters & Co.’s iMonitor service since April 2010, far too many simply do not work well. In the summer of 2010, about 45% of the apps we evaluated revealed significant malfunctions. That proportion is [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 10, 2012
With only 2% smartphone market share versus and Android’s combined 82%, is going to have a tough time edging its way into the mobile market. But that hasn’t stopped the software giant or its partners from trying. Stephen Elop, CEO of Finnish phone manufacturer , gave a speech touting the company’s decision to use Windows [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 9, 2012
is set to launch some serious smartphone contenders in 2012. ‘s Windows Phone operating system will be at the heart of these new devices. Will this shake up the smartphone market or is it too late for ? What struggles and obstacles does face in its attempt to edge into the mobile market? The promise [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 8, 2012
The rave reviews for the latest iteration of ‘s Windows Phone aren’t the only reason will do better in the smart phone industry than it did in the MP3 player market. Whereas the Zune never really offered anything substantially different from the iPod and never pushed any real boundaries, ‘s latest push into the mobile [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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