Tag Archives: Smartphone

Is the iPhone 4 micro SIM really “not compatible” with iPad?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

According to T3, the iPhone 4 micro SIM is “not compatible” with iPad, dashing the hopes of those who want swap SIMs around: “The plan, had this not been the case, would have been to buy a 3G iPad but … Continue reading →

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On AT&T’s new charges for data

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I think my position is summed up very well by a comment from Nic Wise to a hysterical post by Jeff Jarvis: “While this is going to effect the digerati, 79.75 million of the 80 millions iPhone users in the … Continue reading →

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Apple smartphone growth puts competition in the shade

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Canalys has released its smartphone market share figures for Q1 2010, and the big winners are undoubtedly Apple, HTC and Motorola, all of which posted treble-digit growth in unit shipments compared to the equivalent quarter of 2009. To put that … Continue reading →

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No, app developers aren’t “switching” from iPhone to Android

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Learning to write link baiting headlines is a very good method of learning how to spot them. And I expect that the latest AdMob report on mobile application development will draw a few linkbaiting headlines, such as MobileMarketingWatch’s “AdMob: 70% … Continue reading →

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Is crapware invading Android?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

One of the things that fascinates me about the way that the smartphone market is developing is whether it is following a similar path to the PC market. It’s easy to see the conflict between Apple and Google, for example, … Continue reading →

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HTC Bravo head-to-head with Google Nexus One?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

When I predicted that Google wouldn’t launch its own phone, one of the reasons I believed it was unlikely was that everything pointed to it being a rebadged HTC Bravo (otherwise known as the HTC Passion). While I was wrong … Continue reading →

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Google finds out retailing is harder than it looks

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

It looks like Google is finding out that being a retailer selling hardware is a bit harder than it looks: “Google is being inundated with complaints about its Nexus One phone. The touchscreen smartphone was launched on 5 January and … Continue reading →

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Idiot post of the day

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Sadly, because I generally enjoy his writing, it’s from Robert Cringely: “iPhone and Android will be here for the long haul with the question being which of Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile, or Blackberry will die?” Answer: None of them. There … Continue reading →

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Google’s “business strategy” versus Apple’s actual, real business

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

If you ever wanted to read something which almost perfectly encapsulates the utter lack of business reality endemic in new media, Kim-Mai Cutler’s post on the Nexus One is it. In particular, this sentence: “Overall, incrementalism seems to be working … Continue reading →

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Why the Google Phone will not be released to the public

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase The hype machine is in overdrive. Google has confirmed that it has issued special Android-running “dogfood” phones to some of its employees, and every tech blog is speculating about when this will be released to the public … Continue reading →

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