This week's edition of The Fonecast takes a look at mobile payments, OS updates, SMS revenue and Bing meeting BlackBerry.
We also turn the clock back a couple of years to 2009, when former Olympic athlete Steve Backley talked to us about his mobile phone business.
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This week's mobile industry news headlines include m-payments, OS updates, SMS forecasts and BlackBerry meeting Bing. We also look back to 2009, when Iain spoke to former Olympic athlete Steve Backley about his mobile phone business.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It's time for another round-up of the week's mobile industry news.
Two of the recurring themes we've encountered in the last few months are legal action and partnerships. This week's legal story involves a conflict between Huawei and ZTE, while the partnership news sees RIM working with Microsoft. Yes, you may well raise your eyebrows. It seems Nokia-loving Microsoft is also a friend of the BlackBerry.
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The International Data Corporation has reported that the worldwide mobile phone market grew 19.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2011, with smartphones gaining in popularity. A total of 371.8 million mobile devices were shipped in Q1 of 2011, compared with 310.5 million units in the first quarter of 2010.
In terms of overall market share, Nokia remained in the lead with 29.2%, followed by Samsung, LG, Apple and ZTE.
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This week's podcast returns to the subject of iPhone tracking before moving on to BlackBerry news, Nokia's reorganisation and mobile payments. There's also a look back to 2008, when virtual network Blyk announced its first 100,000 UK customers.
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