Just how screwed are Nokia and RIM?

Release Date 11 Apr, 2011 in Know Your Mobile

 
   

Microsoft to host developers for its coming Windows Phone 7

The Seattle Times - Sharon Pian Chan - 11 Apr, 2011
This week, Microsoft will try to get developers off the fence to make more applications for Windows Phone 7. By Sharon Pian Chan HTC's HD7 phone runs the new Microsoft Windows 7 OS. Nokia is adopting the mobile operating system next year. ...

Gartner's Smartphone Forecast Attacked

msnbc.com - Kurt Bakke - 11 Apr, 2011
It really was a matter of time until someone would question the value of market forecasts that aim to predict the shipment volume of a product segment that has not left its disruptive phase yet and is likely to change ...

Android, Windows Phone to Surpass iPhone, Gartner Says

PCWorld - Matt Hamblen - ‎Apr 10, 2011‎
Android will dominate global smartphone operating system sales over the next four years, while Windows Phone-based Nokia devices will displace other platforms to surge to second place in 2015, Gartner said in a forecast ...

No More Microsoft Stores, Thanks

PCWorld - Harry McCracken - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
5 reasons why Microsoft shouldn't copy Apple's retail model with (more of) its own brick-and-mortar outlets. By Harry McCracken, Technologizer Microsoft StoreAgreeing with me is not a prerequisite for Technologizer contributors. ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Wooing Developers

StocksandShares.TV - 11 Apr, 2011
A recent report says that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has plans to host developers to tempt them to come to Windows Phone 7. The software giant is still in its infancy when it comes to the mobile software market, but its recent partnership ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Push Nokia Past Apple?

eMoneyDaily - 11 Apr, 2011
A research firm has reported that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s support will help Nokia pass RIM and Apple. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Push Nokia Past Apple? According to the latest report from research firm Gartner, ...

Just how screwed are Nokia and RIM?

Know Your Mobile - Richard Hopping - 11 Apr, 2011
Nokia and RIM are both in a period of transition, but what does the future hold? Nokia recently joined forces with Microsoft with the intention of producing phones that can really compete with the likes of Apple and Android through the implementation ...

Windows Live Messenger coming to Android - But not from Microsoft?

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 11 Apr, 2011
Reports are emerging that Windows Live Messenger is set to make its first appearance on the Google Android mobile platform. Despite being “official” and backed by Microsoft the app's development will be handled by veteran social app creator Miyowa. ...

Windows 8 influenced by Windows Phone 7

InformationWeek India - 11 Apr, 2011
Has Microsoft adopted the Metro interface that was part of the Zune media player and Windows Phone 7? By Ed Hansberry , InformationWeek USA, April 11, 2011 Microsoft has taken heat over decisions it made about how its mobile platforms worked. ...

Windows' Phone to outsell iPhone by 2015: Gartner

The Mobile Indian - Anil Satapathy - 11 Apr, 2011
Gartner has predicted that worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 per cent increase from 2010. Despite initial hiccups, more people will opt for ...

What Do Windows 8 Tablets Need to Catch On?

Technorati - 11 Apr, 2011
As the tablet market takes an increasing chunk out of the laptop market, Microsoft's efforts to recapture the market depends on Windows 8. What we believe from leaks revealed so far, the tablets will be ARM based and feature a dual interface, ...

Moody's chastens Nokia, but upbeat on smartphone growth

SmartCompany.com.au - Madeleine Heffernan - 11 Apr, 2011
The financial cost to Nokia as it swaps over to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system has caused consternation at Moody's, but the ratings agency is upbeat on smartphone growth generally. Moody's says its decision to slice its rating on Nokia's ...

Official Windows Live Messenger for Android App to Be Released Monday?

Phandroid.com - Quentyn Kennemer - 11 Apr, 2011
French outlet Clubic.com claims to have gotten word on an official Windows Live Messenger application coming to the Android market this Monday. The app is being developed by Miyowa but will get ...

Microsoft to ride Nokia pass Apple, RIM in smartphones

International Business Times - 11 Apr, 2011
The current mobile landscape may dramatically change within the next few years as current leader Research in Motion tumbles in market-share, and Android and Microsoft come to dominate. Subscribe to The Intelligent Investor to get the day's most ...

Windows Phone to Have Second Biggest Market Share by 2015?

pocketnow.com - Brandon Miniman - 11 Apr, 2011
The Microsoft/Nokia deal is going to benefit the market share of Windows Phone tremendously, a new report from Gartner says. So much so that in 2015, the research firm predicts that Windows Phone will be second only to Android, with the iPhone in third ...

Has Android Won The SmartPhone War

Daily News Pulse - Charles Winget - 11 Apr, 2011
In 2011, Gartner said, it believes that Google's Android platform would be used by 49 percent of all smartphones by 2012 and that by 2015, Microsoft's Windows Phone would leap to second place among ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Plays the Long Game

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 11 Apr, 2011
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 has experienced some growing pains in its first few months, but the company continues pushing the platform as a viable one. Windows Phone 7 represents Microsoft's next best hope for carving some smartphone market share away ...

Windows 8 Rumors, MIX11 Ramp-Up, Bing for iPad: Microsoft's Week

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 11 Apr, 2011
Microsoft's week saw fresh rumors of Windows 8 features, the ramp-up to next week's MIX11 conference, and the unveiling of Office for Mac 2011 SP1 and Bing for the iPad. That might as well have been the subtitle for Microsoft's week, ...

7 things Microsoft should do at MIX11 and probably won't

BetaNews - Joe Wilcox - 11 Apr, 2011
Microsoft's big web developer event, MIX11, unofficially begins tomorrow, with the big action taking place from April 12-14 in Las Vegas. It's Microsoft's most important MIX ever, because of the user ...

Android to capture 49% of market by 2012

ekmulakatnews - ‎Apr 10, 2011‎
New York: Google's Android will become the most popular smartphone operating system and will account for 49 percent of the market by 2012, a research firm has said. According to projections by info mation-technology firm Gartner, worldwide smartphone ...

Miyowa to bring “official” Windows Live Messenger app onto Android Market

LiveSide - ‎Apr 10, 2011‎
By damaster on April 10, 2011 6:52 AM According to reports from French website Clubic.com, it appears that Microsoft is set to launch its first officially-endorsed Windows Live Messenger client onto the Android Market next Monday April 11th. ...

Android smartphone share to rise, prices to fall

Haveeru Online - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2011 (AFP) - Google's Android mobile operating system will power nearly half of the smartphones worldwide by the end of next year, technology research company Gartner said Thursday. Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 ...

Gartner's revises predictions on Android's meteroic rise

Android Community - James DeRuvo - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
It's easy to predict a meteoric rise half way through, but analysts Gartner has done just that, revising it's prediction on the Android's dominance in the marketplace. Back in 2009, Gartner was absolutely convinced that there would be a three way tie ...

Gartner's iPhone, Android predictions radically revised in a year and a half

Apple Insider - Daniel Eran Dilger - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
Gartner recently issued a new prediction of the direction of the smartphone industry, but its last one from 2009 doesn't suggest the company has very accurate foresight. This week, Gartner said it believes that Google's Android ...

Will Windows Phone Take Number One Spot from iPhone?

Personal Finance Bulletin - Rachel Theus - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
The Gartner report that a Windows phone will nudge the iPhone by Apple out of first place sounds as impossible as the guy who predicts the end of the world by walking around with a sign. The world as we know it is still here. ...

Windows Phone OS will becomes second popular only because of Nokia

Ecommerce Journal - 11 Apr, 2011
A new forecast made by Gartner echoed similar conclusions of IDC saying that Android will be a dominant operating system with Windows Phone 7 to come on the second place by 2015. Further the latest Gartner forecast shows that Apple's iPhone OS will ...

Gartner's Smartphone Forecast Attacked

ConceivablyTech - ‎Apr 9, 2011‎
It may be just a blip. But it may also be a new force of nature or a version of the long-sought-after Higgs boson. There may soon be a tablet device dedicate to gaming. Rob Enderle looks at 5 big changes coming this decade. ...

 

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