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Will Google Wallet’s growth be stalled by carriers?

December 7, 2011

Google Wallet will be not available on Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones from Verizon, a development that impacts the service’s growth going forward if other carriers also find reasons to not offer Google Wallet.


Strong Galaxy S2 sales propel Samsung to lead smartphone spot

October 31, 2011

Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone shipments for the third quarter to become the world’s number one smartphone vendor, according to new data from Strategy Analytics.

Global tablet revenues to surpass $49B by 2015

April 19, 2011

Global tablet revenues will exceed $49 billion worldwide by 2015, with North America, Asia-Pacific and Western Europe leading the way as the most valuable regions for tablet vendors, according to Strategy Analytics.

Olympic sponsors Samsung, Visa team up to power mobile payments

April 1, 2011

As part of their sponsorships of the London 2012 Olympics, Samsung Electronics and Visa will let consumers make mobile payments using the Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset.

Smartphone sales grew 72pc in 2010: Gartner

February 10, 2011

Worldwide mobile device sales to consumers exceeded 1.6 billion units in 2010, a 31.8 percent increase from 2009, with smartphones leading the way, according to Gartner Inc.

Dish Network lets customers watch live TV on Android tablets

January 18, 2011

Dish Network LLC’s free application that lets its pay-television customers watch live and recorded TV on the go has been optimized for the higher-pixel Android tablet screens.

11 trends for mobile apps in 2011

December 15, 2010

What are the key trends with mobile applications and what will Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research In Motion and others do that will affect brands in their marketing and commerce?

MEF North America launches mobile commerce education initiative

April 27, 2010

Mobile Entertainment Forum has launched a new mobile commerce initiative to help brands and retailers understand how to leverage mobile to drive customer acquisition, retention and conversion.

BlackBerry, iPhone are recession proof: ABI Research

November 2, 2009

ABI Research found that 291.1 million mobile devices were shipped in the third quarter of 2009, which is evidence of how attached consumers are to mobility.

Is Samsung’s new app store too little, too late?

September 2, 2009

Samsung is launching an application store in Britain, France and Italy for its Omina smartphone on Sept. 14. But will it be a formidable force in the application market?