Canalys have an interesting press release on their research into social networking phones.
Their survey showed that…
"Music, instant messaging and web browsing are a must for the youth segment" "90% of those aged 16 to 25 access social networking services (SNSs)." "31% of this group do so via both mobile phones […]

The paper version of Mobile Today has a Future Trends article by CSS Insight showing global platform market share over time…  It’s great to see the data over 2 years because it gives an indication of the share of devices currently in the market rather than those sold last quarter or last year. i.e. Assuming a […]

There’s an interesting feature in the paper version of Mobile Today that says, according to GfK, touch screens represented over 36% of the total handset market in Q4/09.
While this figure is for the UK, I suspect it’s a similar situation in the rest of Europe and N America. QWERTY devices are also experiencing growth […]

I previously talked about industrial mobiles, asked where are the industrial Symbian phones and commented that open source might stimulate greater device variety.
I am pleased to see SDG’s Bluebird Pidion now supports Android. Up to now, almost all rugged wireless connected devices have been Palm or Windows Mobile-based. It’s great to see Android on a […]

I have been watching the Engadget Interview with Erick Tseng, Senior Product Manager of Android. Erick says that purchasing devices via Google is a new sales channel for ‘all’. It will be possible for carriers and handset manufacturers to also sell phones and plans (tariffs) via this channel.
What Erik describes as […]

I have been asked a few times now how it’s possible for an individual to develop for mobile when phones and tariffs are so expensive. This problem is particularly pertinent to multi-platform development.
The obvious answer is to charge enough for your application or to your end customer to cover phone costs. As an indication, about […]

Digitimes has some rumours on HTC’s future plans. First of all they are going to start using Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform (BMP).
"The BMP-based handset will come with a touchsreeen, HTC’s in-house developed TouchFlo 3D technology and HTC Sense interface as found in the HTC touch-enabled smartphone lineup, and yet the device will be available as […]