In a bid for world domination, err, an expanded presence in the mobile market, Apple has renewed a patent application to become a mobile carrier. That’s right. In addition to buying your phone from Apple, you would also send your monthly payment to Steve Jobs. Realistically, Apple won’t be able to actual set up their [...]
Nokia has come under some fire over their decision to marry themselves to Micorsoft’s WP7 platform rather than Android. We here at the Phone Sale blog have been critical of the decision ourselves. Though we also understand why Nokia would make the decision to choose WP7 over Android. Had they gone with Android, they would [...] Last week we blogged about how Deutsche Bank is rolling out a new program to allow employees to shift away from the Blackberry devices and use Android and Apple devices for business use. It marks a huge blow for RIM, the Canadian company that manufacturers the Blackberry, as the business market is really one of [...] Samsung and Apple are currently embroiled in a patent lawsuit where Apple is alleging that Samsung blatantly stole the design and appearance of the iPhone and used it in their phones. Seeing how all smartphones pretty much look alike, it seems like a bit of a superfluous lawsuit, but one judge doesn’t see it that [...] RIM, the Canadian company that makes the Blackberry phone, is in trouble. They are in real big trouble. Struggling to keep up with the pace of phones being released on the Android platform, Blackberries have fallen horribly behind in the spec war that dominates smartphone buying decisions. Their market share has plummeted, and sales have [...] We all know that Verizon will be scrapping their unlimited data options this summer. It is a trend that has either already been implemented by most of the other major carriers or is in the works as well. Sprint is the only national carrier that hasn’t announced a plan to kill unlimited data. While this [...] Samsung may want to hire a new legal team, because the folks they have handling their multiple cases in court are getting worked over like Ed Helms did my Mike Tyson in the Hangover. Actually, Ed Helms probably put up more of a fight than Samsung’s lawyers have. We’ll start with Samsung’s current legal battle [...] It’s been a few weeks since the four major carriers released their Q1 numbers. T-Mobile clearly was the loser after hemorrhaging nearly half a million customers in the first three months of 2011. Often known as the budget alternative to the other three national carriers, T-Mobile phones are typically on par with the very best [...] It seems as though before Microsoft even released their first Windows Phone 7 device it was complete shrouded in dark clouds. And when the phone was finally released, those clouds were blown away by a wind from a hurricane of disaster. From hardware issues to software deficiencies, Microsoft simply hasn’t been able to catch a [...] Three short years ago, Sprint rated miserably in terms of customer satisfaction. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) does an annual report, and of the 4 major carriers, Sprint was rated at a 56, which is extremely miserable. Oh how things have changed. The new index came out, and it appears as though Sprint has [...]