March 2011

…for using Windows Phone and future platforms. Not much money for Nokia I guess, so this can’t have been a deal maker per se. Even… Read More »Microsoft gives Nokia $1B

It seems a bit peculiar that Western Digital acquires a company with such legacy as Hitachi, even though it’s only the storage division based in… Read More »Western Digital acquires Hitachi Storage

“Android OS smartphones account for 29% of the U.S. market; iOS and RIM devices stand at 27% each, according to Nielsen’s research.” Nielsen Declares Android… Read More »Android now leads in USA

I’ve said it time and time again at Abiro Mobile News and also here: Microsoft hasn’t and doesn’t understand mobile. They are stuck with their… Read More »Microsoft doesn’t know mobile, episode 5011

No question prices of games for smartphones are much much lower than for dedicated game consoles, yet the market is so much larger, so lower… Read More »Smartphones killed the game star

Yes, it can and it will, at least for the foreseeable future. Facebook valued at $65 billion in new investment – Reuters Facebook is increasingly… Read More »Facebook: Can it go any higher?

Beluga offers a group messaging service, with complementing iPhone and Android apps. Supposedly the company was acquired for the people involved (3 people previously from… Read More »Facebook acquires Beluga

Here are some views on the latest news: The Wireless Village instant messaging protocol was specifically invented to control the use of mobile IM. What… Read More »News mash-up

If you don’t have an iPad already, this seems like a good buy. Apple has chosen to improve broadly, with both significant hardware and software… Read More »iPad 2, more and better