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Tag: iOS roadkill

2014: Still sick of Android

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, December 17, 201426 Comments

In March 2012, I publicly called it quits with Android…

Huawei exec: ‘Nobody made any money in Windows Phone’

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:28 pmTuesday, December 2, 201412 Comments

In recent years Huawei has become the world’s third largest smartphone vendor…

‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update bricks phones, tablets; kills apps

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:59 pm69 Comments

Early adopters of Google’s latest Android operating system are warning…

Apple replaces beleaguered Samsung as top mobile brand in China

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:04 pm16 Comments

Samsung was replaced by the iPhone maker as No. 1 in China’s mobile sector…

Samsung looks to cheap phones to stem steep profit decline in face of Apple iPhone 6/Plus

Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:59 amThursday, October 30, 201425 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up…

Samsung Electronics’ profit plummets over 60% as people dump wannabe iPhones for the real thing

Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:55 amThursday, October 30, 201444 Comments

With smartphone buyers increasingly choosing Apple’s 64-bit iPhones…

Anti-Apple FUD merchants end up promoting the very Apple products they seek to defame

Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:30 amSaturday, September 27, 201437 Comments

There is a clear pattern of failure in the efforts of concocted Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt campaigns against Apple…

Apple’s hot-selling iPhone 6/Plus to take a big bite out of Christmas sales, experts say

Friday, September 26, 2014 5:26 pmFriday, September 26, 201411 Comments

Spending on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus could affect consumer discretionary spending on other…

Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO: ‘I would challenge you guys to bend our Passport’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, September 24, 201434 Comments

Even BlackBerry Ltd. couldn’t resist taking a jab…

Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus are retail’s Grinch

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:19 pmWednesday, September 24, 201418 Comments

U.S. consumers will spend nearly $14 billion on iPhones, almost 2/3rds of the YOY growth in U.S. retail spending last Christmas…

Samsung losing ground on two fronts as Apple readies hotly-anticipated iPhone 6

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 7:54 pm17 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is losing smartphone ground to Apple at the high-end…

Apple’s eight-month-old iPhone 5s outsold Samsung Galaxy S5 in its first full month of sales

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, July 16, 201421 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 5s outsold Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset by 40%…

The fact is, Samsung never caught up with Apple in the smartphone race

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 4:02 pmWednesday, July 9, 201414 Comments

Apple has repeatedly proven that it can dominate the high-end of almost any market it enters…

Say goodbye to Microsoft

Friday, April 11, 2014 11:00 amFriday, April 11, 201456 Comments

Microsoft desperately tried to get into phones, tablets, watches and TVs, but…

Canalys: Android took 79% smartphone market share in 2013

Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:00 pmThursday, January 30, 201423 Comments

Canalys has published its final smart phone shipment estimates…

Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO: ‘We are here to stay’

Monday, December 2, 2013 5:00 pmMonday, December 2, 201335 Comments

Interim Chief Executive John Chen…

Beleaguered Nokia desperately fires blanks at Apple

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:43 pmWednesday, November 27, 201328 Comments

This week there’s a report about a new ad campaign from Nokia…

How Apple incinerated Nokia’s Symbian platform

Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:07 amThursday, October 10, 201323 Comments

In 2008, a journalist in Finland wrote a letter to Nokia complaining…

Microsoft wants beleaguered HTC to make phones that run both Android and Windows Phone

Friday, October 4, 2013 2:32 pmFriday, October 4, 201335 Comments

Microsoft Corp. is talking to HTC Corp. about adding its Windows Phone…

Samsung spies on iPhone launch lines in attempt to understand Apple mystique

Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:21 pmSaturday, September 21, 201371 Comments

You can’t have an ad campaign mocking people waiting in line for the iPhone…

The first Windows Phone with some legs

Monday, August 19, 2013 10:27 amMonday, August 19, 201319 Comments

Typically, global consumer interest in phones peaks within two months…

Juniper Research: Smartphone market to fragment in emerging markets; new players to capture 13% OS share by 2018

Monday, August 19, 2013 9:58 amMonday, August 19, 20131 Comment

New findings from leading hi-tech analysts, Juniper Research…

More blood on Apple iPhone’s Multi-Touch screen: NEC says sayonara to smartphones

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:29 amWednesday, July 31, 201312 Comments

It’s official: Japanese technology company NEC Corp. says adios

Apple, Samsung crush Asian smartphone rivals

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:00 amWednesday, July 31, 201314 Comments

Apple Inc.’s grip on the smartphone industry is being felt across Asia…

Microsoft’s moribund Windows RT rasps out death rattle

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:31 pmTuesday, July 9, 201332 Comments

The death knell is sounding for Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system…

No, the smartphone boom has not peaked – Samsung has

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:01 amMonday, July 8, 201328 Comments

Samsung has peaked in slab smartphones…

Beleaguered BlackBerry plummets after posting loss, lower-than-projected sales

Friday, June 28, 2013 8:36 amFriday, June 28, 201319 Comments

BlackBerry (BBRY), the Canadian smartphone maker…

What is wrong with Microsoft?

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:10 pmTuesday, June 25, 201328 Comments

Microsoft’s had a tough year, and it’s not even half over…

More nonsense about OS X from the pundits

Friday, June 21, 2013 4:31 pmFriday, June 21, 201333 Comments

I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments…

Huawei reportedly ‘considering’ Nokia acquisition

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:04 pmTuesday, June 18, 201313 Comments

Huawei would consider snapping up Nokia…

Windows 8 continues to flop hard

Monday, June 3, 2013 4:10 pmMonday, June 3, 201343 Comments

Windows 8 continues to fall behind…

Microsoft is missing apps the same way they missed the early Internet

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:28 pmFriday, May 17, 201324 Comments

Microsoft is so drastically behind the curve…

Handset makers and carriers on quest for a third mobile platform to challenge Apple, Google

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:24 amTuesday, May 7, 201312 Comments

Some of the world’s biggest handset makers and telecom carriers…

Apple’s iOS continues to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share vs. Android’s 26%

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:13 am12 Comments

Apple’s iOS continued to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share versus Android’s 26% share…

BlackBerry CEO: In five years, I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:58 amTuesday, April 30, 201363 Comments

BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said he sees a limited future for tablets…

J.D. Power: Apple iPad ranks highest in tablet customer satisfaction for second consecutive time

Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:15 am10 Comments

For the second consecutive study, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of tablets in overall owner satisfaction…

Strategy Analytics: Apple’s iPad maintains 48% tablet market share worldwide; Windows tablets capture 7.5% share

Friday, April 26, 2013 10:32 amFriday, April 26, 201321 Comments

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics…

Apple utterly dominates smartphone and mobile app markets, raking in 72% and 74% of profits, respectively

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:00 pmTuesday, April 16, 201325 Comments

Apple is raking in far more bucks than Samsung…

Beleaguered BlackBerry slides on dismal Z10 launch; returns reportedly now exceeding sales

Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:08 pm30 Comments

BlackBerry shares slid Thursday on increasing signs that sales of Z10 failed…

Samsung’s big attempt to gin up some buzz generates crickets

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:05 pmWednesday, March 20, 201340 Comments

Samsung was all set to be anointed the king of smartphones…

Gartner: Beleaguered BlackBerry in an ‘extremely difficult’ spot

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:01 pmTuesday, March 19, 201314 Comments

According to Gartner, market conditions will make it extremely difficult for beleaguered BlackBerry to rise above iOS…

Beleaguered BlackBerry’s CEO calls Apple’s iPhone old news

Monday, March 18, 2013 9:01 amMonday, March 18, 201329 Comments

BlackBerry chief exectutive officer Thorsten Heins…

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