Does Peek’s future lay in low-powered feature phones, emerging markets?
The overriding philosophy at Peek is "keep it simple," and we have to agree that as these things go, this is a pretty sound principle (even if we don't necessarily have much use for dedicated Twitter hardware ). If the big payoff for the company isn't in the gadget-addicted states, it's been a good start: the company has sold some 50,000 units in two years while developing the back-end technology that CEO Amol Sarva believes can supply cheap, low-powered feature phones and other devices for emerging markets -- devices that could retail for as little as $50. "This is a huge opportunity for us," Sarva told GigaOm .
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: amol, ceo, dedicated, emergingmarkets, gadget, result, sound, suddenly-being
All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile
By now you've no doubt heard about Mike Lazaridis' recent appearance at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, where the RIM co-CEO arrived with his own personal reality distortion field and made statements like the surprising fact that RIM "arguably" invented the smartphone, and that the BlackBerry Torch is actually fast. Don't believe us? Well, thanks to All Things D , you can now watch the complete 40-minute appearance for yourself, which just so happens to also include a fairly lengthy demo of the PlayBook
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry playbook, ceo, d:diveintomobile, engadget, fairly-lengthy, field, lazaridis, playbook, result, rim, video
Nexus S teaser by Eric Schmidt now available on video
Ah, the " unannounced product " that Eric Schmidt brought along for his latest interview -- you want to see more of it , don't you? We know you do, so we've naturally tracked down the full 44-minute marathon chat session between Eric and his Web 2.0 Summit hosts, which thankfully kicks off by delving right into the phone that we know and love under the Nexus S name.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: ceo, down-the-full, engadget, eric, full-44-minute, gingerbread, interview, nexus s, pre-release, schmidt, video, web 2.0 summit
Qualcomm says all options are on the table for FLO TV, including sale of spectrum
FLO TV may be dead as we know it , but it's still a significant asset for Qualcomm, and it looks like the company is keeping all options on the table for what to do with it. As CEO Paul Jacobs himself laid out during a recent analysts' conference call, that includes a possible restructuring of FLO TV's wholesale business model, a joint venture with a third party, or a complete shutdown of the service and sale of its sure-to-be-valuable 700MHz spectrum
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ceo, engadget, entry, jacobs, restructuring, specifics, spectrum, strong-interest, table
Sprint CEO claims WiMAX is here to stay, says Clear’s LTE trials were for potential multi-mode phones
Sprint and Clearwire have characterized LTE as complimentary to WiMAX time and again , but if that doesn't allay your suspicions of turncoat tactics in the wireless data space, take it from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's lips. "Our 4G strategy is WiMAX, full stop!" he told GigaOM , adding that LTE isn't necessarily on Sprint's roadmap.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ceo, clear, dan hesse, data, mode, roadmap, space, sprint, suspicions, the-possible, the-wireless, trials-were, very-intriguing, wimax
Sprint CEO thanks iPad for uptick in Overdrive demand
Well, wouldn't you know it? Seems that tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign may actually be working
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Carrier, ceo, danhesse, hotspot, ipad, mifi, mobile, overdrive, result, wifi, wimax, wwan
Sprint’s Hesse commits to phasing out iDEN
Echoing sentiments of Sprint's senior VP of networks from last month, CEO Dan Hesse has said that the company will be saying goodnight to its aging push-to-talk network -- iDEN -- that it inherited from its Nextel acquisition several years ago, "just like 1G was shut down." Of course, the difference between 1G cellular and iDEN is that iDEN still holds a very unique position in the wireless marketplace: even though it sucks for data, it's really the only popular, successful way to route push-to-talk over a cell network of any kind. To that end, the company is actively soliciting bids to build out CDMA 1X Advanced right now, which may allow the company to have another go at moving its PTT services over to a CDMA-based technology (the first attempt, QChat , already failed).
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: acquisition, already-failed, ceo, efforts, engadget, entry, hesse, marketplace, ptt, result, sentiments, services
TweetDeck CEO continues backlash against Jobs
Steve Jobs' amateur sleuthing last night brought up that gorgeous TweetDeck chart showing the vast variety of Android handsets out there, which the Apple CEO used to illustrate the "daunting challenge" he perceives developers have to face when creating apps that work across all devices and OS builds for the platform. Only problem with his assertion (aside from Steve calling the company TwitterDeck)?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, ceo, developers, fragmentation, iain dodsworth, jobs, opposite-number, platform
Motorola is ‘open’ to developing Windows Phone 7 devices, but only if the OS proves compelling
In case you somehow missed it, Microsoft lodged a complaint with the ITC on Friday, alleging Motorola's Android smartphones infringed on nine of its precious patents. You might imagine that'd sting the pride of Moto's chief exec Sanjay Jha , but nothing could be further from the truth. Describing such turf wars over intellectual property as "part of business," Sanjay explains that his company is willing to work with Microsoft on developing a handset based around its new OS, so long as the offering is "compelling." He notes that the first call he received upon becoming co-CEO and handset division chief back in 2008 was from none other than Steve Ballmer, but Microsoft's failure to deliver a new OS in '09 is what compelled him to go the Android route (we doubt he regrets doing it, mind you!)
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Boss, ceo, handset, motorola, patents, water, windows, windows phone 7
Google’s Eric Schmidt says Android is profitable, could eventually be a $10 billion business
It may not exactly be a huge surprise given the recent market share numbers , but Google CEO Eric Schmidt has recently confirmed that Android is, in fact, profitable for the company.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: advertising, ceo, cover-the-cost, engadget, entry, eric, eric-schmidt, ericschmidt, money, perspective, revenue, rubin, schmidt, source