Sentences with phrase «by smartphone companies»

There are already similar offers by smartphone companies like Samsung and OnePlus and retailers like Flipkart.

Marshmallow might not be embraced by smartphone companies yet, but older versions of Android seem to be far more popular.

This Huawei MateBook X Pro isn't just a notebook made by a smartphone company — it's a smart piece of hardware in its own right.

This Huawei MateBook X Pro isn't just a notebook made by a smartphone company - it's a smart piece of hardware in its own right.

Not exact matches

BEIJING, May 3 - Smartphone and connected device maker Xiaomi filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering on Thursday, in what is expected to be the largest listing by a Chinese tech company in almost four years.

Once dominant in the smartphone industry, the company has lost significant ground to the competition: RIM's chunk of the U.S. market dropped to just 12 % by year - end from 44 % in 2007, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

The highlights of 2011 are almost too painful to mention: the PlayBook, RIM's first tablet, was a flop; its latest line of BlackBerry smartphones was delayed; weak sales forced the company to issue a profit warning in the spring; its network was hit by a massive service outage in the fall; and it suffered the largest wave of layoffs in its history.

FBI Director James B. Comey warned last year that law enforcement might be «going dark» because technology companies, including Apple and Google, are introducing ways for users to send encrypted messages by smartphones that can be unlocked only by the users, not by the companies.

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

Customers check in by opening the free Belly app on their smartphones, pulling up their unique QR code and scanning it on the company's iPad.

The company hopes to adapt its technology for retail and consumer use by 2018, meaning that a Tiffany & Co. (tif) shopper might one day be able to use a smartphone to determine a gem's provenance.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (first reported on by ZDNet), Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun spoke about the company's foray into the US, saying that the first smartphones might arrive as early as the end of this year, or in early 2019 at worst.

I read the funniest thing the other day courtesy of The Wall Street Journal: «Google Inc. is developing a video game console and wrist watch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.»

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

Moorhead's post prompted plenty of well - deserved bashing of Intel's mobile failings and a recounting of how the once dominant company of the «Wintel» era had been disrupted by smartphones running weaker, slower but cheaper and lower - powered ARM - based chips.

China's smartphone sales saw a record decline in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new report by independent analyst company Canalys.

In the fast growing smartphone chip market dominated by Qualcomm, Intel has hardly been a player, and the company has largely bought its way into the tablet market by selling at a loss.

The company has a smartphone app and API that can be used by consumers and local, state, and federal law enforcement and first responder units that makes it unnecessary to have to actually call 911 in the event of an emergency.

On Saturday, the company announced that it was slashing the price of its first product, a $ 699 smartphone called the Essential Phone, by $ 200.

By merging, the combined companies could become one of the dominant suppliers of smartphone components.

Over at the Globe and Mail, I popped in on QNX, the Ottawa - based software company owned by smartphone maker BlackBerry, to see what was new and also to see what they thought of the big news of Google's Open Automotive Alliance, which will be pushing Android onto cars starting this year.

Thanks largely to the app revolution that took the smartphone world by storm, software developers (and to a larger extent, IT companies) are getting involved in a number of interesting ways.

It seems to be the new norm for OnePlus phone releases, as the company made a similar move in 2016 by releasing its OnePlus 3T smartphone just six months after it released the OnePlus 3 in 2016.

Samsung's Note 7 battery disaster hurt the company's worldwide smartphone sales during the all - important holiday shopping season, according to surveys by Counterpoint Research.

While the prototype is currently far too bulky for a mobile phone, the company believes it will be ready by 2016 to market a slim battery that can absorb and deliver a day's power for a smartphone in just 30 seconds.

GSM is a wireless company that allows mobile customers to move away from restrictive and expensive contracts by providing unlocked, contract - free smartphones.

Concerns were fanned by suppliers reporting weak demand for high - end handsets, another sign the smartphone boom that made Apple the most - valuable company is ebbing.

Although it commands just 15 per cent of the smartphone market, compared to more than 80 per cent for devices running Google's Android software, the company is responsible for more than half the profits earned by smartphone manufacturers worldwide (some estimates now put the number as high as 93 %).

The firm said in a January 30 letter to investors that its largest collective short position is companies that it thinks will be negatively impacted by a slowdown in the smartphone market.

And so, as I do my research and shop around for my next smartphone, I can't help but prematurely miss a few of the iPhone's most helpful features, which I believe are yet to be paralleled by anything the other major companies are doing.

When the BYOD craze started, company officials had no clue about network security, much less the best practices that would be necessary to reduce the risks introduced by employees using their personal computers, smartphones and tablets for company business.

But with the massive shadow cast by iPhone X and even Samsung's smartphones, the Alphabet - owned company will need to do something special at its press event to even have a chance at breaking out from the pack.

The departure of Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky from Microsoft is another sign that the PC market is dying and the software company isn't needed in a computing market dominated by smartphones and tablets, said Dan Niles, senior portfolio manager at AlphaOne Capital Partners.

Versions of the skateboard - like contraption are now being produced in China — by, among others, Ninebot, the company that bought Segway this year (and is backed by smartphone giant Xiaomi).

The record for the most products moved in one day is currently held by the portable smartphone charging company Halo, with a staggering 300,000 units sold.

The app connects folks to drivers by ordering rides through their smartphones and can pay their cab fare just like they would if riding with another ride - share company.

Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 battery debacle hurt the company's worldwide smartphone sales during the all - important holiday shopping season, according to surveys by Counterpoint Research.

By making Alexa able to make calls on more devices than just the company's lineup of Echo - branded smart speakers or conventional smartphones, Amazon is hoping to spread Alexa to more users and gain relevance.

In 2014, the company revived a failing bid for the smartphone business by repositioning those chips, called Tegra, for automotive use.

GTCR acquires GreatCall — In June, GreatCall, the San Diego company that started out making smartphones for seniors in 2006 but now offers a suite of connected safety products for aging in place individuals, was acquired by Chicago - based private equity firm GTCR.

Of course, the Nokia name is back in the smartphone space, but that comes under a licensing deal through HMD — a company founded by former execs from the company.

The company shipped 800,000 smartphones in India in the second quarter of 2016, down by a third from 1.2 million the same period last year.

The five - year - old company which lets people summon rides at the touch of a smartphone button is valued by investors at nearly $ 51 billion, making it the world's most richly valued private company.

The FBI says more than 7,000 US companies have been victimized by smartphone - based attacks that have penetrated the company network, and the Pentagon's cyber warfare budget has increased 31 % to $ 5.1 billion in 2015 from 2013.

The Chinese company which is growing leaps and bounds and giving sleepless nights to almost every smartphone manufacturer in Asian countries, is setting up new benchmarks by introducing...

We see the company do just that by entering the smartphone market, followed by the wearables market and soon, the auto market.

The CEO also clarified his vision for RIM, what the company needs to do and the possibility that the future may hold BlackBerry 10 OS - powered smartphones made by other companies.

The smartphone market is mature, and soft demand for the $ 1,000 - plus X model suggests the company led by Tim Cook has maxed out on pricing.

Its smartphones were once carried by millions of executives and professionals all over the world, and ever since then the company has faltered over the last few years.

The company has shipped nearly 26 million smartphones globally in the first half of this year alone, the number is higher than what is achieved by Nokia, LG, HTC or Sony.