Apple continues to hit record numbers. Apple has just announced its financial earnings for its fiscal 2010 third quarter that ended June 26, 2010. In this quarter, Apple has posted a record revenue of $15.7 billion with a net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion. International sales for the company has accounted for 52 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
From the very first generation of the iPhone, Apple has put it protection that makes it hard for people to get unhindered access to the iPhone OS software. In the US, AT&T has exclusive rights to sell the iPhone 4 and these phones have been carrier locked to AT&T (even those being sold without contract).
Video calling technology has been available for a while already. For example, 3G video calls have been available in the Philippines for several years. But the recent introduction of Apple’s iPhone 4 mobile phone that sports a front-facing camera has made video calls more popular in the US where video calls via mobile phone has just began to enter the mobile mainstream. Fring’s recent release of its iPhone 4 app that enables video calls on the iPhone 4. This has catched fire so much so that Fring is now head to head with Skype.
Yahoo has recently released it’s mobile app for Yahoo Mail. I’ve just installed the Yahoo Mail mobile app for Android on my Samsung Spica to check it out. To sum up my first impressions, it’s quite good actually — better than the mobile web version for Yahoo Mail.
What seems to be all around the Internet these days is the issue of the just released iPhone 4 antennae / signal strength problem. Almost every mobile related site has had some discussion about the problem. It has turned in so much buzz that people have named it the “Grip of Death”. Continue reading …
Nokia’s performance as a global mobile leader has been going under fire these days. Recently, Rick Cadden, the founder of the Symbian Guru web site has decided to stop updating the site out of frustration. Rick decided to buy an Android based Nexus One. Nokia’s Symbian platform hasn’t been evolving up to speed in comparison to it’s competitors like Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. A Twitter conversation between Eldar Murtazin and Jan Ole Suhr thinks mismanagement may be the reason for Nokia’s problems.
I myself have been a Nokia / Symbian mobile phone user for quite a while now. This last couple of years, I’m getting impatient with the way Nokia and Symbian with the way they are coming up with next evolution of mobile phones. Symbian’s touch OS, the Symbian v5, is failing big time in terms of usability and user experience. Nokia’s Symbian flagship phone runs on meager 400+ Mhz. But I’m still hoping things will turn around for the world’s leader in terms of global market share — hopefully soon.
Gameloft, the leading global publisher / developer of video games for mobile devices is making a killing on the iPhone. They have published several hit apps like the like Driver®, The Settlers®, Skater Nation, Shrek® Kart, , Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X® and Asphalt 5. I’m sure that they got a fair share of the big spike in holiday sales for the iPod Touch.
Google has just set one more step in motion to execute its broad plan of opening up the GLOBAL mobile industry. I guess some people just don’t understand what is happening but make no doubt about it, they have a solid plan.
Things started during the last frequency auction in the US where they laid some conditions for the auction. Google has laid the foundation of opening up the mobile industry. Why? It is key to their business model — make the airwaves open and free.
I’ve just read an article from Techcrunch about Apple’s renewed interest on mobile advertising. Previously it was Admob, this time Apple is looking to buy Quattro Wireless. The rumored price is about 275 million dollars. It’s obvious that Apple want’s to be able to get a share of the burgeoning mobile ads market. With its billions of dollars in cash (about 25 billion last time I looked) waiting to get invested, it’s probably the best investment.
The first obvious reason is money / profit. Mobile advertising has the potential of becoming bigger than traditional web ads. The amount can be in the billions of dollars annually.
