Observations: Devices - September 17, 2009
Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
- Nokia putting foot down on Maemo, won’t allow carrier customizations
- KDDI’s curious Ply goes from concept to reality in one years’ time
- The iida Polaris is a cool mix between robot and phone
- INQ to release Android phone next year
- NEC, Casio and Hitachi to Merge Handset Manufacturing Divisions
- Motorola, Nokia face brutal battles in smartphone market
- A Green Label Alone Isn’t Going to Sell Eco-Friendly Phones
- BlackBerry Tour’s trackball issues hurt Sprint, Verizon
- Is there a business case for femtocells?
- Why device fragmentation isn’t going away
- ‘Femto Foneros’ – a curious marriage of WiFi and Femto communities