In a very recent interview, an analyst from Gartner said that, in 2012, they…
"…expect smartphone unit sales to reach over 700 million of the total 1.8 billion handset market; that’s 65%, or $200 billion-worth, of the total $312 billion mobile phone market at that time."
To put this into some perspective, global smartphone sales currently represent […]

dotMobi has been compiling a DeviceAtlas for some time now. Up until today, when I received a press release on dotMobi’s inclusion of Mobizoft video content adaptation data, I hadn’t taken a look at it because I saw it as mainly applicable for web developers.
However, taking a look at, for example, the data on the […]

Are you part of the mobile development community? Would you like to influence the content of a forthcoming mobile event? Alternatively, would you like to showcase your innovative device, application or service?
The Device Management Forum is planning an event in London on 27-29 October with the theme “Managing Intelligent Devices and Innovative Services”. […]

Dean Bubley’s latest post on Operator-specific vs. Vanilla handsets describes how Dean has spotted Carphone Warehouse selling vanilla rather than operator branded handsets.
An anonymous comment from a CPW employee says this is…"because it is easier to carry and not sell out of a generic handset also that economies of scale are realised fully when we […]

Wondering what will happen to UIQ and the currently shipping licensee phones? There has been an interview and forum posts (here and here) explaining a few things…

Sony Ericsson will continue to ship UIQ phones for quite some time, with the G700 and G900 expected to achieve good volumes
Motorola has publicly said it will also continue […]

Ever wondered who actually makes the iPhone (or some Nokia and Motorola phones for that matter)? While the big corporations get all the credit, other companies work diligently and secretly putting these phones together.
AppleInsider has tracked down the component and assembly suppliers for the new iPhone…
"The Chinese-language newspaper cited its own sources in saying […]

In February, I commented on Michael Mace’s observation that Mobile Applications were dead.
I explained how mobile applications have changed. It’s no longer about selling an application - which I would say is in retirement rather than dead. It’s more about providing an application free of charge to either promote a brand, tie in with a […]