Apple's purchase of Siri was a belated acknowledgment that it was lagging behind mobile phone rival Google in bringing an integrated voice recognition experience to the iPhone.
By contrast, Alcatel still lags in mobile phone technology.
But when your platform lags the mobile category leader by circa one million+ apps then it's a necessary compromise.
All in all, the browser, while a million times better than the awful browser bundled with Windows Phone, still lags behind Mobile Safari.
I believe the high costs required for a company to operate a standard 5-digit SMS code has attributed to why the U.S. has lagged in mobile text messaging adoption behind Europe and Japan.
The app has fueled a nearly 25% jump in Nintendo's stock, adding some $7.5 billion to the market cap of a game-maker that had previously lagged in mobile gaming.
Many brands are still lagging behind in mobile optimisation, as desktop is far easier to optimise.
The company thought it was lagging behind on mobile apps.
But my guess is that he will have to because it will be available on other phones, and the iPhone will never be able to afford to be seen as lagging in the mobile browsing arena.
"Right now, we have two giants and two also-rans, and now you're getting potentially three giants dividing up the American marketplace, with T-Mobile lagging far behind," she said of the potential Dish-Sprint merger.
