Consumer Electronics

Motorola will be split into two publicly traded companies in the first quarter of next year, with one focusing on handsets and home entertainment devices and the other on making enterprise communications gear, the company said Thursday.  read more »

Sales of Google's Nexus One didn't improve over the smartphone's first month according to Flurry, the same firm that reported limp debut week sales.  read more »

In launching the new Apple iPad this week, CEO Steve Jobs took a stand against the popular netbook category, which he dismissed as a poor fit into the space between laptops and smartphones.  read more »

The International Telecommunication Union has extended the digital broadcast migration deadline for 34 countries because of challenges involving the technology, standards, licensing and investment in the necessary infrastructure and the need for people to replace their televisions.  read more »

Not only will the Apple iPad compete with the Amazon Kindle as an e-reader, but because Apple's new tablet will run iPhone apps, it will compete with Kindle's software, too. People who buy the iPad can choose to use Apple's new iBooks app and bookstore, or they could opt to run Kindle's iPhone app on the device instead.  read more »

Sierra Leone's telecom regulatory body, NATCOM, has slammed a US$50,000 fine on each of the country's two leading telcos, Zain (SL) and Africell.  read more »

Big hype didn't equal big sales for Google's Nexus One. According to reports only 20,000 Google Nexus One phones were sold in its first week of sales, according to sales estimates from market research firm Flurry. In comparison to its Android sibling the numbers are 12 times lower than for the Motorola Droid and 80 times lower than for the iPhone 3GS.  read more »

Google's Android mobile operating system is finally picking up a little steam, according to a recent survey. ChangeWave Research polled over 4,000 consumers in mid-December and found that 4 percent of respondents who own a smartphone now use Android--that's up from a measly 1 percent in the previous September 2009 survey.  read more »

We're less than 24 hours away from Google's special event on Tuesday morning, when the company is expected to launch a Google-branded superphone, the Nexus One. But according to recent reports, this GSM-based device is just another smartphone that can only boast a few slight improvements over other Android devices already out there such as Motorola's Droid. It's important to remember that nothing is official until Google makes its announcement, but here's what to expect on Tuesday based on reports from around the Web.  read more »

Android phones will make significant headway in the smartphone market and 4G service providers will zero in on apps in 2010.  read more »