Archive for November 17th, 2009

Motorola Droid Debuts – iPhone Killer, Not.

Published by Babar Bhatti on November 17, 2009 under Android, Business, GSM, Gadgets, Mobile Phones, Smart Phones, Telecommunications, iPhone

The new battle ground for smart phones is Motorola Droid versus iPhone. The Droid is offered  by Verizon Wireless in the US and runs on Google’s Android OS. Verizon and Google teamed up against a common rival to come up with the Droid, which is supposed to offer a number of features which iPhone lacks. Droid has been getting good reviews but iPhone remains a tough one to beat. I think the discussions around comparison of these and other smartphones will continue. At the end of the day this is a subjective discussion and the market will determine the winner.

A GSM version of the Droid is also available and its only a matter of time before it hits the market worldwide, including Pakistan.

The first one is a Verizon advertisement which pokes fun at the limitations of iPhone.

For those who are interested in details, read this review by Mossberg or watch this video after the break which compares Droid and iPhone:

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Mobile Subscriber Trend Watch – September 2009

Published by Arsalan Mir on November 17, 2009 under Competitive Trends, Consumer Rights, Mobilink, PTA, Telecommunications, Telenor, Ufone, Warid, Zong

The latest subscriber number update by PTA reveals very interesting results. The last figures of July showed a total subscriber base of cellular services reaching 95.5 million. The latest update takes this number up to 95.9 million showing the lowest growth rate of 0.13% this year. Much of this has to do with the SIM data corrections, as expected.

Telenor and Mobilink both showed increase in subscribers, almost neck-to-neck in numbers. The most interesting figures are of Ufone, which gained very little in July and lost much in two months. Warid and Zong also didn’t see much increase in July-September period.

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I was expecting a drop in subscriber numbers after successful completion of the SIM Data Correction (668) Campaign which started in October. However depending on how PTA reported the numbers, some corrections may have started in August.  This result shows that in coming months not only the growth rate will decline but the total number may also fall down further.