11 posts and columns on Neil Mawston

4G LTE Phone Shipments Could Hit 67 Million This Year

in Mobile on March 23 at 7:53 am PT

A “breakout year” for 4G.
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Congratulations Nokia, You’re the World’s Largest Windows Phone Seller — Not That That’s Saying Much …

in News on February 24 at 8:37 am PT

900,000 Windows Phones sold in Q4 2011.
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Prediction: In Two Years, Apple Will Have Less Than 50 Percent of the Tablet Market

in Mobile on January 31, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

Android’s gains in the tablet market continue apace with no signs of slowing. In fact, if anything, the platform is growing faster. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, Android’s share of the global tablet market grew 22 percent in the fourth quarter-–a tenfold spike over the prior quarter.

Nokia N8 Engine Trouble Traced to Assembly Line

in Mobile on November 19, 2010 at 8:11 am PT

The delayed Nokia N8 hasn’t been on the market two months and it’s already been hit with manufacturing problems. The company acknowledged Thursday that some first-run devices are affected by a hardware issue that causes them to power down and refuse to power back up again.

No Lenovo LePad Until 2011

in News on November 12, 2010 at 10:42 am PT

Initially expected by the end of 2010, Lenovo’s LePad won’t ship until 2011. This according to CEO Yang Yuanqing, who told The Wall Street Journal that the company expects the Android-based tablet to go on sale in China early next year.

“The Honeymoon Period for Apple in the Mobile World Is Clearly Coming to an End”

in Mobile on July 30, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

With global shipments that rose 43 percent to 60 million units in the second quarter, the cellphone industry has been on a real tear lately. And while it’s not yet a top-five player there, Apple has been reaping the benefits of fast developing interest in high-end 3G touch screen phones. But research outfit Strategy Analytics thinks the iPhone juggernaut may be slowing, if only a bit.

Apple: How Do You Say “Eat My Dust” in Finnish?

in News on November 11, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

At 37.9 percent, Nokia’s share of the global handset market is the largest in the industry. Odd then to learn that it is not the most profitable. And odder still to learn that that honor belongs to Apple, which has been in the handset market for just two years.
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Did Nokia Sue Apple Before Apple Could Sue Nokia?

in News on October 23, 2009 at 10:25 am PT

Analysts mulling over Nokia’s IP infringment suit against Apple seem to be of two minds about how the action will play out. Some see it as a move to cash in on Apple’s iPhone success. Others view it as a preemptory move against a possible infringement suit from Apple aimed at Nokia’s own multitouch handsets.
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Nokia's Smart-Phone Slip

in News on October 15, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says the demand for mobile devices improved in many markets during the third quarter–but you wouldn’t know it to look at the company’s earnings. This morning, Nokia posted an unexpected 559 million euro ($836 million) loss for the period, its first in a decade. Worse, its smart-phone market share declined to 35 percent from 41 percent in the previous quarter.
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Nokia’s Smart-Phone Slip

in News on October 15, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says the demand for mobile devices improved in many markets during the third quarter–but you wouldn’t know it to look at the company’s earnings. This morning, Nokia posted an unexpected 559 million euro ($836 million) loss for the period, its first in a decade. Worse, its smart-phone market share declined to 35 percent from 41 percent in the previous quarter.
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Android on Steroids

in News, May 11, 2009 at 10:51 am PT