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 Going by Microsoft’s Greater China COO Michel van der Bel, the launch of Windows Phone in China is off to an auspicious start — enough to give Apple the shakes. He claims that devices like the Nokia Lumia 800c have helped Windows Phone reach seven percent of the Chinese market, or just enough to get past the six points of the iPhone . . . → Read More: Microsoft exec says Windows Phone outselling iPhone in China  At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola’s mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft’s IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto’s offending devices from importation into the US. . . . → Read More: ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds)  The Facebook IPO is expected to usher in a day of massive trading volumes on the markets, and some believe that might translate to a lift for some tech stocks . But one that could really use some help has just been served another course of bad press: Nokia is apparently burning through its cash reserves — fast. The company, for years the biggest mobile phone maker in the world, has fallen on very tough times, as competition from companies like Samsung, Apple and a barrage of inexpensive device makers, have translated into declines in sales, market share and profitability. . . . → Read More: Analysts: Nokia On Track To Burn Through Its Whole $6B Cash Pile In Next 2 Years  More new Windows Phones, this time for the old continent. . . . → Read More: Samsung Omnia M revealed for Europe: 4-inch Super AMOLED and some software extras  Remember when Nokia said that overwhelming demand had postponed the UK launch of the Lumia 900 ? Forget it, Phones4U let us know that it received an early shipment of the Finnish flagship and will offer them to customers today instead of next Monday. . . . → Read More: PSA: Nokia Lumia 900 available from Phones4U in the UK from today!  It truly is the end of an era. . . . → Read More: Microsoft reminds users of Windows Mobile Marketplace’s imminent demise  If OpenFeint’s lightweight social connections and leaderboards lack the competitive edge your inner hardcore gamer craves, maybe Major League Gaming’s latest mouthful will satiate your demands for satisfaction. The Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena presented by Sony Mobile (we told you it was a mouthful) hopes to give smartphone toting gamers a serious cross-platform battleground, offering iOS and Android users competitive leaderboards and up to $10,000 in prizes. Currently the smartphone gaming platform only supports Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation , but MLG hopes to enlist more competitive titles in the coming months. . . . → Read More: Major League Gaming takes smartphone games seriously, announces Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena  Just in case June wasn’t busy enough for mobile app developers, between Apple’s WWDC and Google I/O , Microsoft has thrown its hat into the ring. It’s scheduling a Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco for June 20th and 21st, just a week before Google’s meetup. . . . → Read More: Windows Phone Developer Summit coming June 20th, makes for one busy month  As the poet once said, “Mo’ apps, mo’ problems”, or something like that. The Windows Phone Marketplace continues to grow and with more eyeballs on it, Microsoft is making sure devs know the rules that will keep their apps in the store instead of on the sideline. . . . → Read More: Microsoft puts Windows Phone 7 app developers on notice of four new Marketplace policies  comScore just took the wraps off its data for the first quarter of 2012, and it confirms what we’ve been seeing over the past few months: in the U.S., Samsung and Android are the manufacturer and mobile OS to beat. Samsung maintains its lead with 26% of the total mobile headset market share, up from 25.3% in Q4 2011. . . . → Read More: comScore’s Q1 2012 data shows that Samsung and Android are still sitting pretty |
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