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Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Smart Phones

Posted by bbwa on October 3rd, 2010

Sort of a weird week in the world of smart phones, particularly the news that Microsoft has sued Motorola for patent infringement on certain features of their Android based phones. Yup, take that all in, that is pretty much three of the biggest players, Microsoft, Motorola, and Google all linked up in a patent lawsuit [...]

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Apple Continues to Lead Tablets, but For How Long?

Posted by bbwa on August 26th, 2010

I found this story over at Reuters about the company ISuppli that has looked into the tablet market, and has decided (somehow) that no matter what happens, Apple will continue to dominate the tablet marketplace. The most telling quote from the story is that they firm doubts that anyone will match the “overall performance experience” [...]

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Google Quietly Kills Nexus One

Posted by bbwa on July 20th, 2010

Google has made it official, the last batch of Nexus One phones are being sold, and then the entire brand is dead. Basically, the HTC made phone never really got traction in the market place, shipping only about 135,000 units. Google’s choice to go with direct sales pretty much seems to be the culprit, keeping [...]

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Android Gaining Ground in the US

Posted by bbwa on July 11th, 2010

While RIM continues to dominate the US market with more than 40% of the phones out there, Android has been coming on strong. At 13% of the market, Android phones are starting to put pressure on Microsoft phones (at 13.2%) and even Apple (at around 24%). The Android increase is 4% in a short period [...]

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Google To End Direct Online Nexus One Sales

Posted by bbwa on May 14th, 2010

Rarely does anyone talk about Google failing. The Mountain View, California company has been very careful to shield it’s less than successful ideas from the public, often hiding their software offerings under Beta tags, such as the widely anticipated and mostly ignored Google Wave product. By keeping them in Beta mode often for years, they [...]

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