Following the announcement from Nokia offering free Sat Nav to many of its mobile phone users it would seem that standalone manufacturers have already felt the pain. TomTom the sat nav firm which is already in the mobile market with the iphone cradle it which was released last year has seen its shares take a…
Apparently reports of Nokia giving away free turn by turn navigation software has had an effect on TomTom shares, causing them to fall some 3.7% reports an article over on Reuters. The word is Nokia intends to hand out the free turn by turn navigation software to Nokia mobile phones in 74 countries, and TomTom…
Great news for CPW Carphone Warehouse as thanks to the Apple iPhone, and other so called smartphones its full years earnings have increased. Reporting its third quarter trading the company have also confirmed that they plan to split the company into two parts in March, shareholder documents are likely to be sent out at the…
If you are not aware, Verizon Wireless has been known for saying they have a better network than AT&T, and many iPhone users on AT&T have complained about the network with most of the mobile public seeing the AT&T network as poor when compared to Verizon. According to an article over on pcworld, a financial…
As you may be aware, the two largest US carries, Verizon Wireless and iPhone carrier AT&T have stated they are to cut monthly prices on unlimited voice calling packages by $30. However an article over on business week says you shouldn’t be fooled. Apparently although the price cuts mean cheaper voice calls, other price moves…
Europe’s largest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse has for the second time in 2 months raised their end of year forecast after the addition of 36,000 new customers joining Carphone Warehouse in Q3 reports an article over on the Times Online. Carphone Warehouse reported revenue for TalkTalk Group rose 29% to £446 million in Q3…
The legal battle between Motorola and VTech has apparently been resolved as both enter into a settlement and licensing agreement which will put an end to the pending patent litigation in the Eastern District court of Texas reports an article over on trading markets. It appears that the rule of the day is everyone sues…
The earthquake disaster in Haiti is a terrible thing, a disaster that the mobile phone world rallied round too, and according to an article over on inquisitr, as of Friday people who text “Haiti” to 90999 had donated a fantastic sum of $8 million to the Red Cross Haiti Relief fund. One would have though…
No doubt everyone is well aware of the legal actions being taken by both Apple and Nokia over alleged paten infringements, which according to an article over on Reuters, could well take years for both to reach licensing agreements. Nokia used to dominate the mobile phone arena, until the introduction of the iPhone, and it…
When a couple of mobile carriers go at it on price, it is the customer who usually benefits, and currently it appears that customers with Verizon Wireless and AT&T will be benefiting for what an article over on katonda calls a price war. The other day Verizon Wireless announced they were lowering their monthly calling…
The legal wrangle over patent infringement continues with these two mobile phone giants in their tit-for-tat fight. Nokia sues Apple, Apple sues Nokia, Nokia complains to the International Trade Commission, and now Apple retaliates. According to an article over on Bloomberg, Apple has now filed a new complaint against Nokia over patent infringement, this time…
