Featured Report: Consumers won't pay for useless apps

Fierce Developer
August, 30,2012
by:Shane Schick
Consumers may be downloading apps in mass quantities, but that doesn't mean they aren't concerned about quality, according to a recent report from Strategy Analytics. The company's latest Wireless Media Lab research study showed stability, ease of use and overall usefulness were among the key ingredients for demonstrating value to consumers of mobile apps. More than 80 percent of respondents said they also want highly useful apps to come free of charge. Less than 10 percent pay for mobile apps, said Taryn Tulay, an analyst with Strategy Analytics
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This Week's Wireless Industry News
Fierce Wireless
Nokia unveils Lumia 920 and 820, its first Windows Phone 8 smartphones Sept,5,2012
by: Phil Goldstein
NEW YORK--Nokia (NYSE:NOK) unveiled its first two smartphones running Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 8 software, its latest effort to kick start its smartphone business. As expected, Nokia announced two new smartphones, the high-end Lumia 920 and the mid-range Lumia 820, which it will try to use to bolster momentum both for the platform and for the company in North America and other key markets. Read more

RCR Wireless Americas
Reality Check: Is cloud for me?
Sept,4,2012
by: Aldo Navarro Zuquini Junior
The question in the headline is not a simple one, but before answering it, you need to know the answers to some other questions: What kind of cloud is best for my company? What does my company need? Let us discuss them.

What kind of cloud is best for my company?
There are two major different kinds of clouds: public and private. The basic difference between them is where the systems are located. In public cloud computing, you don’t know where the systems are, meaning you don’t know the location of the data centers. You pay only for the systems you use, as a service, and you access all of them through the Internet.
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Ars Technica
Ban this: Apple lists 8 Samsung devices it wants kept out of the US
Aug, 27, 2012
by: Jacqui Cheng
Apple has now identified eight of Samsung's devices that it wants to have banned from sale in the US following its patent victory last week. But while the jury in Apple's court case against Samsung said Samsung had willfully infringed in most cases, Apple has apparently focused its attention on devices that are mostly unavailable in the US already
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