Category: mobile
4G LTE in 1800MHz band – Eco-system Ready and Better than 2300MHz
As demand for data increases, operators are trying new ways to accommodate traffic on existing spectrum instead of going behind higher bands such as 2300MHz and 2600MHz. According to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), one third of today’s 96 commercial LTE operators have deployed LTE using the 1800MHz spectrum…
Challenges Galore for Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone 8
Nokia’s Symbian Phone Sales trends are falling faster than anybody had ever imagined. On the Windows Phone, we knew sales would decline sequentially due to Windows Phone 8 not being backward compatible with existing Lumia devices. Windows Phone 8 Sales to start during November limited to few geographies and operators….
Mobile Subscriber Base Down as Dual / Multi SIM Era Ending
India’s Top 3 Wireless Carriers Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have seen a consistent decline in their subscriber net additions. This consistency clearly suggests that there have been some coordinated efforts to address the multi SIM phenomenon. Earlier, operators were giving higher commissions to the retailers which in turn were…
Browser War – Nokia XPress for Lumia Mobile Focus on Data Compression Saves on 3G / 4G Data usage
The Mobile Browser war is intensifying and is not the same as the days of Mosaic and Netscape, or even the early days of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Today their is lot of choice and the race is to provide a commonality of services over a broad majority of device classes…
Chrome Set to be Default Browser on Motorola’s Andoid Sets – Droid Razr M, Droid Razr Maxx and Droid Razr HD
Motorola Mobility the subsidiary of Google Inc has announced Droid Razr M, Droid Razr Maxx and Droid Razr HD, the first Android 4.0 smartphones running Ice Cream Sandwich that will have Google’s Chrome as their default browser. The ongoing race to provide a commonality of services over a broad majority…
iPhone Mobile iOS 6 – Features we Like the Most
Apple Mobile Operating System iOS is derived from Mac OS X family[MAC OS X is a derivation from FreeBSD & NetBSD Kernel with its own GUI]. We studied the features of iOS 6 in great detail and would like to summarize the key features that have been integrated or introduced….
iPhone 5 – Sold Out in Pre-Order – Comaprison with Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs Nokia Lumia
Apple Inc’s iPhone is pretty much as expected, but with a few enhanced functions. Apple fans have been waiting for the iPhone 5 announcement. From the initial positive feedback from the Technology Blogs following the product launch, we think iPhone 5 should help boost a major upgrade cycle over the…
Samsung ChatOn – The Free Cross Platform Messenger for ALL
Samsung has not only become a mobile handset giant by selling the largest number of SmartPhones on Android platform, but it has also delivered a true cross platform mobile messenger – Samsung ChatOn. The ChatOn Smart Mobile Messenger is available for all Platforms [Android, Blackberry, iPhones, Windows Mobile, Samsung Bada]…