Why a Dish takeover of Sprint would be fascinating
Pay-TV operator Dish has made a dramatic bid for Sprint in an effort to elbow SoftBank aside. The company’s $25.5 billion bid is 13% above …
Tero Kuittinen
After launching mobile game company SpringToys tragically early in 2000, Tero Kuittinen spent eight years doing equity research at firms including Alliance Capital and Opstock. He is currently an analyst and VP of North American sales at mobile diagnostics and expense management Alekstra, and has contributed to TheStreet.com, Forbes and Business 2.0 Magazine in addition to BGR.
Articles by Tero Kuittinen
Les Fleurs du Mal: France may force ‘brutal’ Apple to embrace ‘platform neutrality’
Fleur Pellerin, the French junior minister for digital economy, did not mince words when she addressed the Apple (AAPL)-AppGratis controversy on Thursday. She called Apple’s …
Looks like Foursquare isn’t the future of smartphone apps after all
A couple of years ago, Foursquare was widely viewed to be in the vanguard of smartphone apps. Check in at the Four Seasons Shanghai and …
Devastating PC decline is literally incomprehensible to industry experts
Despite ill omens, the IDC report about PC volume decline hitting -14% in the first quarter shows once again how much trouble the tech industry …
Next two weeks will decide if the new H7N9 flu will undermine phone sales
Asian disease epidemics can be poison for consumer electronics sales. The big SARS scare of 2003 had a major impact on Chinese handset volumes. In …
Steep Apple, Samsung price cuts blast rivals across the globe
A string of recent iPhone and Galaxy price cuts has rocked the phone markets from Europe to Brazil to India. This is the season for …
Google’s reported plan to buy WhatsApp for $1 billion would really tick off Facebook
Google (GOOG) and WhatsApp have reportedly been locked in negotiations about an acquisition for more than a month — and WhatsApp is pushing for nearly …
Sony’s PS Vita comeback continues as Wii U flails
This is a crucial period for the PlayStation Vita: several weeks after a price cut that revived the console in Japan, Vita is demonstrating fairly …
Facebook’s mission: Hammer WhatsApp and other messaging startups
Much has been said about what Facebook’s (FB) new initiative means for app developers. But after today’s Facebook Home unveiling, it’s clear that there is …
The outrageous way many Americans rewrite mobile phone history
The first mobile phone call was placed 40 years ago. So on Wednesday, we were treated to several “History of the Mobile Phone” articles by …
FCC will review cell phone radiation danger – and lawyers are already sharpening their claws
Well, that did not take long. Within a few days after the Federal Communications Commission confirmed it will review cell phone radiation guidelines, class action lawyers of …
Skype seems miles behind WhatsApp on daily engagement
Skype just announced proudly that its users spend 2 billion minutes a day on Skype calls. It’s a big achievement, for sure… but considering how …
AT&T-Vodafone hookup may revolutionize roaming
If the AT&T-Verizon takeover of Vodafone actually goes through, it might represent an earthquake in mobile roaming. AT&T’s (T) acquisition of Vodafone’s portfolio of carriers …
The future of Windows Phone may be in the budget category
After some delays, Nokia’s (NOK) Lumia 520 and Lumia 620 budget models have debuted in key Asian markets and they have clearly eclipsed the supposed flagship …
Android’s market share lead over iOS explodes to eight points in the U.S.
Kantar is out with its smartphone market share numbers for three months ending in February and Android devices continue pulling away from iPhone in the …
The most likely buyer of Nokia or BlackBerry now in talks to acquire NEC’s handset unit
Reuters is reporting that Lenovo (LNVGY), the Chinese electronics giant, is in talks to acquire NEC’s mobile phone unit. Lenovo has been speculated to be in …
BlackBerry subscriber bleed turns into an arterial gush
BlackBerry’s (BBRY) fourth-quarter earnings were a bundle of such extreme opposites that they literally stunned Wall Street. Many expected huge price swings, but as of 10:27 a.m. …
Nokia’s map app boss quits following worldwide collapse in the charts
Last November, Nokia’s (NOK) HERE map app had a big debut by becoming a top 5 iPhone application in America on its launch day. The …
The lethal timidity of T-Mobile
This was such a T-Mobile thing to do. Raising expectations for something revolutionary, trying to whip up feverish anticipation… and then delivering another $50 per …
Why Nokia still has one last shot to make waves in China with its new ultra-cheap Lumia
The extensive new China Brand Power Index is fascinating reading on many levels. Who knew that McDonald’s Coffee is the third most popular cafe chain …
Poor HTC can’t win: HTC One preorders hit all time high as its launch slips to overlap with Galaxy S4
Focus Taiwan News Channel has confirmed the authenticity of an internal HTC (2498) email where the company brags about the remarkably strong preorder status of its …
Why the budget iPhone would throw the smartphone market into chaos
The buzz around the budget iPhone has grown deafening, with new reports about the device coming out on a weekly basis. This will be a …
Buying the new Blackberry Z10 in Manhattan was a chilling experience
To get a sense of demand for the BlackBerry (BBRY) Z10 on its launch weekend, I visited three AT&T (T) stores on Saturday afternoon between …
Good news for Nokia: The Lumia 920 has stayed far above bargain bin prices in Europe
Nokia (NOK) priced its latest flagship Windows phone ambitiously — the Lumia 920 was at parity with the 16 GB iPhone 5 in early January. …
WhatsApp dominates download charts, but it may have a hidden weakness
WhatsApp has reigned as the undisputed messaging app champion across dozens of countries over the past two years. However, huge download volumes in all these …
The plot thickens: BlackBerry’s February subscriber math will be a nail-biter
Wall Street believes that BlackBerry (BBRY) will ship between 300,000 and 800,000 new BlackBerry Z10 smartphones during the February quarter. This is the most widely …
Is Samsung sabotaging Windows Phone deliberately to boost Tizen?
There has been a great deal of confusion among carriers and retailers regarding Samsung’s (005930) strangely tepid Windows Phone support over the past few months. …
Sony is going after HTC with all guns blazing
Sony’s (SNE) Xperia Z was probably the biggest surprise hit of February. It sold out substantial early shipments from Japan to France and is currently …
Bitcoin apps soar in Spain – will the Cyprus shocker boost virtual currencies?
Interestingly enough, several Bitcoin-related apps started spiking on the Spanish iPhone market over the weekend. Bitcoin Gold shot up in the Spanish iPhone Finance category …
iPhone again shows surprising market share growth in February
StatCounter’s February tracking results indicate that the iPhone’s global mobile OS market share continued the surprising growth it showed also in January. StatCounter’s trend data …
