LG CEO steps down

Phone sales may be to blame apparently

Credit Engadget http://www.engadget.com/tag/lg,windowsphone7

Windows Phone 7 , not on CDMA yet.....

As a Windows Phone Evangelist , I have been concerned about the speed of launch of Micorosoft's new OS. I am glad I am not a Verizon or Sprint customer as cnet revealed that these networks will not carry WP7 at launch as it is not going to be CDMA enabled.

RIM numbers

Profits up substantiall, revenues up, but a little down on forecast, subscribers at 50m

These are some pretty good numbers from RIM

I am unconvinced that the RIM startegy will work in the long term as I see enterprise class email as becoming a commodity, especially as that is where Nokia are aiming their sights.

Gartner Smartphone OS projections

I've been saying it for a while but, according to Gartner, Android looks to be the big winner in the smartphone space in the coming years.

By 2014, Android is projected to have 30 % of the market. In that weird way of counting many Nokia devices, they are expected to have 30% with RIM at 11% and iOS 15%. Windows Phones are predicted to lose out and fall to 4% (gulp)

I'm not so sure about the Windows fall but the others seem logical to me.

Microsoft's Stephen Elop becomes Nokia CEO

Interesting to see that the Head of Microsoft's Business Division has become CEO of Nokia. Stephen was the guy who signed the big MSFT/NOK partnership based around Office and OCS on Nokia devices (we're in discussion with both parties regarding a services partnership)

Crimson Tide - right space, right time

Larry Dignan of ZDNet reports that sixty-two percent of chief information officers and technology leaders see mobile technology as a high priority for the upcoming year, according to Forrester Research.

That finding comes as enterprise mobility is increasingly wedded to overall corporate information technology. As a result, 48 percent of companies plan to spend on making enterprise applications mobile. Another 37 percent are interested in mobile apps. Increasingly, these apps are moving beyond the standard email and calendar genre and into line-of-business software like field service, sales and business intelligence.

http://zd.net/aav3qv

Nokia N8 - Saviour or merely the last defender ?

Nokia have introduced the N8, a very smart looking piece of kit. Its main feature is a 12MP camera with video and HDMI to hook it up to a flat panel (does anyone actually do that?). We are intrigued to see whether this device can hold the line against the Android attack!.See more.......http://www.reghardware.com/2010/06/14/nokia_n8_hands_on/

So, now RIM can officially do Office apps

BlackBerry maker RIM has apparently bought out DataViz, publisher of the popular Documents To Go, in a deal worth $50m in cash.
Credit The Crackberry Blog and The Register