In a recent study, notable research firm Gartner predicts that the Android mobile operating system will be the number 2 operating system by 2012.’a0 This is quite surprising, as many eyeballs are fixed upon Apple’s iPhone and its surging popularity. According to Gartner, Google’s market share will increase from 2% today to 14% figure by…
AT&T released its version of a femtocell this week, called an AT&T MicroCell.’a0 What is a MicroCell?’a0 Basically it is a little unit that plugs into your broadband router that acts as a mini-cell phone tower.’a0 That is, a MicroCell is a repeater for the AT&T mobile network that utilizes your broadband Internet connection to…
When looking at the mobile markets in the US and most parts of the world, there has been one major glaring difference.’a0 Whereas most consumers outside the United States utilize mobile service on a pre-paid or contract free basis, we in the United States have operated under under a post-paid model.’a0 That is, in the…
As a US-based mobile nut, I’m always looking abroad to Europe and Asia to see what’s coming in the mobile industry.’a0 For some reason, it seems that with mobile hardware, software, and web services, many innovations hit Asia and Europe before coming to North American shores.’a0 I think it has to do with regulatory environments…