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Perhaps the most important stat from Validas's wireless smartphone bill analysis
But, more than 4 percent of VZW Smartphones consume more than 2 gigabytes per month, as opposed to just 1.6 percent of iPhones.
That's it right there.
Remember when AT&T introduced their data caps? The highest cap was set at 2GB, and there was outrage. AT&T said only 2% of their customers use more than that each month, but few believed them. Well, it's just 1.6%.
I dropped two iPhones on our family plan to the $15 200MB cap, and mine to the $25 2GB cap. That's $35 a month saved with no decrease in activity on our part.
The caps work, and they save you money. Lots to complain about AT&T for, but not everything they do is evil. This one's putting money in my pocket, and would do the same for 98.4% of you.
HP CEO: Our purchase of Palm doesn't mean what you think it means.
We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well.
It's like that old retort after someone states an obvious move: "No… that's just what they'd be expecting us to do."
Ha ha! HP just fooled us all.
I've said that I believe HP wanted an OS of their own for their mobile strategy. They saw the coming rise of mobiles, knew Microsoft couldn't help them there, and wanted something to fuel their new devices. To me it was obvious this meant more than smartphones, but it was equally obvious it included smartphones.
This does not bode well for HP's strategic thinking, so I'll close by simply reminding you again…
When in doubt, reorganize. That always works.
The new Mobile Solutions unit will concentrate on the company's high-end mobile computer and smartphone portfolio. Based on both the MeeGo and Symbian software platforms respectively, these devices will be tightly integrated with Nokia's Internet services to increase the combined value for consumers.
Um, ok.
Android's device fragmentation continues...
As the Android market has grown, so has the diversity of devices. Today, 11 different device make up 96% of AdMob's Android traffic. According to AdMob's latest metrics, old versions the Android operating system - versions 1.5 and 1.6 - still account for over 60% of all the Android traffic on AdMob's network. Devices running Android 2.0 and 2.1only make up about 35% of all the traffic.
Did somebody wake up Dell’s designers?
After reportedly passing around prototypes of a phone that everyone passed on due to being to boring, Dell must have either stepped up their game or hired a new design team. A number of “leaks” have revealed some pretty stylish devices...
This might be the worst case of denial I've ever seen.
[RIM co-chief Mike Lazaridis] claimed that most of the people who bought touchscreen-only phones in the past two years were going back to phones with hardware QWERTY keyboards, whether touch-enabled or otherwise. It's those keyboards that made RIM "famous," he said.
Really? Is this why RIM continues "Buy One Get One" deals on their traditional QWERTY Blackberry models while working furiously to get a modern phone built with the Storm, then Storm 2?
I've had Blackberry's flagship QWERTY phone (Bold 9700) for nearly a month now. It may have been something before electricity, but compared to a modern smartphone it's crap.
