Can the Smartphone market sustain all the different platforms that currently exist or will the platforms be forced to converge? The most common view is that the platforms with the most applications will survive. Although, I tend to agree with that view, I think there will be another factor.
So Kodak has sued Apple and RIM over IP infingment. Kodak states that it’s been talking with both Apple and RIM for some time to resolve this amicably but since that didn’t work, they decided to sue. The patent in question is related to a method of previewing images in a mode that enables quick [...]
A new RIM patent application suggests that by placing a proxy server on the device it could compress and transcode all network requests on the device thereby increasing speeds. This would obviously also have the added benefits by reducing the bandwidth usage per device which is useful to both RIM and Carriers. This would put [...]
In a patent filing, RIM is trying to patent the concept of location-aware features. An example of this would be selecting an appropriate ringtone profile based on your location (i.e. loud when at home, but silent when in the office). This patent was filed in 2005, so it’s been in the works for a while. [...]
In a sit-down with All Things Digital, Google VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin mentioned that Google is working on an enterprise version of the Nexus One. Although it seems very early on and the information is vague, it seems that the idea would be to have something with a physical keyboard, exchange support and possibly [...]
Well, it’s now official. Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless. The news confirmed by Quattro ex-CEO now an Apple VP of Mobile Advertising. Let’s not forget that RIM also announced an Advertising Service back in November as well. Basically, the strategy for these companies is to provide advertising capabilities to developers for their platforms. The real hope is [...]