8 posts and columns on Android OS

Invasion of the Market Share Snatchers: BlackBerry Losing Share to Android?

in Mobile on May 12, 2010 at 8:29 am PT

Research in Motion’s BlackBerry is the leading smartphone brand in the United States thanks to its vast core demographic of enterprise power users. But as the smartphone evolves into the standard for the broader consumer market, RIM may see its lead eroded by rivals with sexier devices–like those running Google’s Android OS.

Nokia Noshes Novarra

in Mobile on March 26, 2010 at 9:04 am PT

Nokia’s snapped up another small company: Novarra, a developer of high-speed mobile Web browsers. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close during the June quarter, were not disclosed.
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Google Going to Abide by Chinese Law Whether Google Likes It or Not

in News on March 23, 2010 at 12:12 pm PT

Well, that didn’t take long at all. China parried Google’s challenge to its control of the Internet this morning, limiting access to the search giant’s unfiltered Hong Kong site. Multiple reports out of China today claim Beijing is restricting access to Google.com.hk and blocking searches on sensitive queries.
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Not So Great Expectations? Citi Predicts “Modest” Sales for Nexus One.

in Media on January 20, 2010 at 8:29 am PT

Google’s launch of the Nexus One may end up being a crucial point in the company’s history, but it’s not going to have much impact on its financials for quite a while. To its credit, Google has never said otherwise. But Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney takes a stab at guesstimating exactly how many new phones the search giant will sell and what that means for its earnings. Answers: Not a lot and not much.
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iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre: Methadone for the CrackBerry Addict

in News on July 9, 2009 at 5:32 am PT

Research in Motion best get to work refreshing its shopworn BlackBerry line, and fast, because growing competition from new rivals like the iPhone 3GS and Pre are cutting into its market share. According to retail checks conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst T. Michael Walkley, the BlackBerry slowed as the summer kicked off and AT&T and Sprint began peddling new smartphone offerings from Apple and Palm.
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An Android Netbook From Dell?

in News on May 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm PT

If you believe one Washington State software company, PC giant Dell is coming out with a netbook that uses Google’s operating system instead of Microsoft software.

Weekend Update, 10/17/08

in News on October 17, 2008 at 5:00 pm PT

Beyond the wet-your-pants whipsawing of the financial markets, the week ending Oct. 17, 2008, was one in which Apple figured prominently. On Tuesday, the company unveiled revisions to its MacBook Pro, MacBook and MacBook Air portables–as well as its new LED Cinema Display. It also issued a Steve Jobs health update: The Apple CEO’s blood pressure is 110/70.