PC World – Suddenly this week, Research In Motion began looking vulnerable. Still the top smartphone maker for U.S. customers, the BlackBerry company was stung when a new study revealed that 39 percent of its users would just as soon have an iPhone.
AP – Google Inc. has upgraded its Nexus One phone so it works on the same high-speed wireless network as Apple Inc.’s iPhone, putting the increasingly antagonistic rivals on an even more direct collision course in the mobile market.
NewsFactor – Research In Motion may find that many of its customers are in motion, a survey of more than 1,000 smartphone users suggests. Asked about their next smartphone purchase, 39 percent of 159 RIM BlackBerry users told Crowd Science, an online research firm, that they “definitely or probably” want an Apple iPhone.
PC World – As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of the iPhone 3GS, rumors are beginning to circulate about what we can expect from an iPhone 4G. One of the most-wanted, and most-speculated features for the next-generation iPhone OS is the ability to truly multitask between apps.
PC World – Some of you World of Warcraft addicts may be familiar with Blizzard’s Armory app for iPhone that lets you keep track of your character and guild, and generally blurs the line between your online and offline world. Running with that same concept is AFK Interactive, which has created a mobile development [...]
PC World – China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but few buyers overall are choosing smartphones despite promotion by China’s mobile carriers.
Sony Ericsson is developing a new smartphone capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games to counter the growing popularity of Apple’s iPhone and stem the rival’s push into the portable-gaming market.
There are plenty of people who would like to switch to an advanced smartphone like the Apple iPhone, Google Nexus One, or HTC Hero, but won’t because the devices feel large if you have used a tiny flip phone for many years. Generally, large touch screen is a good thing because it makes it easier [...]
Apple has filed lawsuits against HTC, the Taiwan-based maker of Google’s Nexus One smartphone, accusing it of infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone.
PC World – While Google’s Nexus One may have its issues (its many, many
issues), one thing that nobody is complaining about is its gorgeous, 800-by-480 pixel AMOLED screen. When compared to the iPhone 3GS’s paltry 480-by-320 pixel LCD screen, well, it hardly seems a contest.
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