Congratulations to the KDDI and foursquare teams. As part of KDDI’s efforts to expand the lineup of mobile applications available on its “au” smartphones, a short-cut to download the foursquare for Android application from the au one Market will be available on the “REGZA Phone IS04,” which is scheduled to be released on 10th, February, […]
Category Archives: gadgetry
Apple’s blowout quarter
By now Apple’s blowout holiday quarter has been well reported – the company shipped a record 16.24 iPhones in the quarter ending in December 2010. The chart below, kindly provided by Fierce Wireless, shows shipments since the iPhone’s launch in June 2007. Looking at Apple’s earnings filings, the US market, i.e., AT&T Mobility, has accounted […]
Tipping Point
Nielsen’s announcement on August 2nd that (1) it estimated that smartphones had grabbed 25% of the US wireless market (if that includes prepaid, then about 70M subscribers); and (2) that Android had surpassed iOS in terms of new activations over the past 6 months was well-covered. Given that Android has been adopted by 5 US […]
Sharp solar-powered cellphone
Quick post on a solar powered phone from Sharp, available through KDDI AU and Softbank Mobile in Japan, meaning there are both CDMA and UMTS versions. (Coverage by Wireless Watch Japan of a review by Nikkei Tech-On.) I got to see this phone (not use it, though) during a trip to Japan last month. I […]