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December 2013

The seasonal break

          Radio Free Mobile is hanging up the microphone until 7th Jan 2014. RFM wishes all its readers a Happy Christmas...

Samsung – The slow subtle web

          Extending HomeSync is yet another strand of the web. Samsung’s moves are subtle but taken together it is clear that...

2013 App Charts – Top of the Pops

          Twitter and Apple fare badly on smartphone usage. The smartphone app. charts for 2013 are out (for the US anyway)...

Amazon – Prime target

          Amazon needs to restructure Amazon Prime. Amazon has announced that its sales of Kindle products this year were the best...

Microsoft – Lose lose

          Making Windows Phone and RT free is pointless. The latest notion to come from the re-organisation of Microsoft is the...

Snapchat – Reality check

          Snapchat is valued at $500m not $2bn-$3bn A look at the regulatory filings strongly suggests that the current valuation of...

Nokia – Dance with the devil

            A switch to Android from Asha might just work. It looks very much like Nokia has decided to participate...

Yahoo! – Eye off the ball

          Yahoo needs to stop shopping and get integrating. Yahoo! is in line to make yet another acquisition but I am...

Motorola – Buying numbers

          The Moto G will be good for units but awful for profits. Motorola is taking a leaf out of Nokia’s...

Nokia USA – Broken curse

          The curse of the US market looks to have been broken. Figures for the US smartphone market show that Nokia...