Jan Dawson

Editor’s note: Jan Dawson is chief telecom analyst at international analysis and research firm Ovum. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is holding its annual iPhone event on Tuesday. Based on a large number of leaks, it appears it is likely to announce both a new high-end iPhone as well as a cheaper variant at the event. It is also likely to announce a partnership with China Mobile to sell both models this week at a separate event in Beijing. NEW YORK - The key challenge for Apple this week is to demonstrate that it can maintain momentum in overall sales of iPhones, and...

Facebook on Thursday announced a home screen or “launcher” application for Android which will take over the user’s phone home screen on an Android device and provide a Facebook-centric experience and way of interacting with the device. Any broadening of Facebook’s appeal on mobile devices would have to be broad-based, and the Android launcher approach allows it to target a huge installed base of hundreds of millions of Android users, which will be a large chunk of Facebook’s total user base of more than a billion people. To users, the sell here will be making it easier to share...