News Analysis: Android beat Nokias Symbian platform in the fourth quarter to become the top mobile OS in the world. But how did it do it? With strong marketing and handset-maker support. – After slowly marching its
way toward the top of the smartphone OS market, Googles Android platform is
now the most-popular smartphone operating system in the world, according to
research firm Canalys.
The companys platform had a 33.3 percent share of all shipments in the fourth
quarter of 201…
Nokia, Samsung, LG, ZTE and Apple earned places in IDCs 2010 list of top-five phone vendors. Notably absent were Motorola, BlackBerry-maker RIM and HTC. – Nokia, Samsung, LG Electronics, ZTE and Apple all earned the
distinction of being the top five smartphone vendors during the fourth
quarter
of 2010 and the year on whole, IDC reported Jan. 27. Notably absent
from the
list were Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and HTC, each
of whic…
IDC and Appcelerator said Android smartphones and tablet computers are gaining in popularity on Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The survey sets up some interesting competition in 2011. – Google has nearly caught up
to Apple in smartphone popularity and is closing the gap in tablets, according
to 2,200 developers polled by Appcelerator and IDC earlier this month.
The joint survey showed
87 percent of respondents are quot;very interested quot; in writing
applications for Android…
A new In-Stat report expects smartphone shipments to keep climbing, hitting 850 million units by 2015, on the way to the 1 billion mark. – Smartphone sales are on the rise, with no plans for slowing
down, research firm In-Stat announced in a Jan.
25 report on the evolving smartphone space.
With smartphones robust processing power and memory, large
screens and open operating systems attracting ever-greater numbers of consumers,
In-…
T-Mobile introduced the Samsung Galaxy S 4G smartphone Jan. 20. The carrier said the Galaxy S 4G could reach peak download speeds of 21MB per second. There’s no pricing or availability information yet. – T-Mobile USA
formally unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, an Android 2.2-based smartphone with
Samsung Mobile’s elegant Super active-matrix organic LED touch-screen
technology.
At a press
event in New York City, T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm promised the Galaxy S 4G
quot;will be the fastest smartp…
Nokia has reportedly backed out of plans to offer its X7 smartphone exclusively to AT&T in the United States. Nokia would only confirm that its working to “regain leadership.” – Nokia has
called off the exclusive U.S. release of its X7 handset on the AT amp;T
network, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It would have
been Nokias first smartphone to launch exclusively with a U.S. carrier under
the direction of Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft executive who replaced…
Sprint plans to apply a Premium Data charge of $10 a month to new smartphone activations, beginning Jan. 30. – Sprint will continue to offer smartphone users unlimited data access, but its going to charge a bit more for that extravagance. Starting Jan. 30, the carrier will begin applying a Premium Data charge of $10 a month to all new smartphone accounts. Current Sprint smartphone customers wont be affected …
BlackBerry recently launched their new phone BlackBerry Torch with BlackBerry OS6. It is an excellent combination of hardware and software. Blackberry Torch is a complete package of Smartphone, you can find anything using universal search, chat in real-time with BBM, 5.0MP camera, Multitasking made easy, get personal with it and many more. Thats why BlackBerry torch get the position of “Best Blackberry Ever”.
HP is reportedly planning to introduce a netbook running Palm’s WebOS, in addition to tablets and smartphones. – Hewlett-Packard
is expected to soon introduce a tablet running WebOS, as well as a smartphone.
But a netbook? According to Jan. 17 report from Ars Technica, netbooks are
among the planned HP devices that will not only run the company’s prized new
mobile OS, but will seamlessly interact.
HP
r…
The 80s era saw the rising of video games with simple interface and a game plan that let you get addicted to it so much that you spent hours standing in that video game shop as few had the luxury of having it as a home facility.
The Dell Venue Pro has a new sibling, the Android 2.2–running Dell Venue. It comes with Dells Stage user interface, which will soon run across Dells full consumer portfolio. – Among Dells mobile device announcements at the 2011 Consumer
Electronics Show was the introduction of a second Venue smartphone, this
one running the Android 2.2 operating system.
While the new Venue features the same 4.1-inch Active-Matrix OLED touch screen as the Microsoft
Windows Phone 7–runn…
Google’s Android operating system beat Apple’s iOS in U.S. smartphone market share by one percentage point, according to comScore. – Smartphones bearing Google’s Android operating system surpassed Apple iOS in the U.S., grabbing 26 percent to Apple’s 25 percent
share through the three-months ending in November 2010.
ComScore found
that puts Android at No. 2 behind market leader RIM’s Blackberry OS share,
which slipped to 33.5…
Samsung Mobile preannounced three devices for Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network Jan. 6, including a 4G Galaxy Tab, a 4G Galaxy S smartphone, and a 4G mobile hot spot. – LAS
VEGAS Samsung Mobile Jan. 6 pledged its support for
Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network, promising to build a version of the Samsung
Galaxy Tab and a new Android smartphone based on the speedy network.
Products
bearing Verizon’s new LTE network, which shuttles data 10 times faster than its
…
Ericsson introduced its newest Android smartphone, the super-slim Xperia Arc. It runs Android 2.3, features a 4.2-inch display and an 8.1-megapixel camera. – Sony Ericsson has introduced the newest addition to its Xperia
smartphone line, the super-slim Xperia Arc. Unveiled at the 2011
Consumer Electronics Show, the phone runs Android 2.3, a 1GHz Qualcomm
processor and measures 8.7 mm or approximately 0.34 inches at its
thinnest point.
As for the n…
LAS VEGAS In the months leading up to the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show here, the popular talk was that Google’s Android operating system would dominate new product launches at the show. Motorola and Samsung both delivered on that theory at the show Jan. 5, unveiling new smartphones and tablets based the open source platform. Get ready for what should be for most of you the first look you get at the Motorola Atrix 4G, the Motorola Cliq 2, the Motorola Droid Bionic and the Motorola Xoom tablet, which is based on the Android 3.0 version optimized for tablets. Samsung, meanwhile, will launch this year a WiFi-only Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy Player, and the Infuse 4G, an AT&T handset with a 4.5-inch screen. Motorola CEO and Chairman of Motorola Mobility Sanjay Jha ripped through several demos, pleasing the crowd with the Atrix 4G’s Webtop capability and dual-core processor performance. Samsung Chief Strategy Officer Omar Khan did his best in a short period of time for his three new Android products. – …
TV-maker Vizio wants to become a poor man’s Apple. At CES it will introduce an Android-running tablet and smartphone, both aggressively priced. –
Apple will soon have an aggressive new competitor in low-priced television
maker Vizio. On Jan. 3, in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show, the
company is expected to announce its entrance into the mobile-device market with
the introduction of an Android-running smartphone and tablet, accor…
Leaked images of an HTC Android smartphone are thought to be the Thunderbolt, one of six 4G-enabled phones Verizon Wireless will introduce at CES. – When Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg takes the stage at Consumer
Electronics Show Jan. 6, will there be any surprises left?
On Dec. 28, tech blog Droid Life leaked a dozen images of an Android-running
HTC smartphone, said to be the Thunderbolt, and one of the half-dozen 4G-enabled
devices t…
Never before has so much attention been placed on the smartphone market. Whether its Apples iPhone, RIMs BlackBerry or countless devices from so many other vendors, the smartphone space is a critical battleground for a slew of companies. The same can be said for the tablet space. Although Apples iPad dominates that market, several competitors are vying for attention. But the chances of 2011 becoming a banner year for both smartphones and tablets will rely upon the ability of vendors to deliver products with features that consumers and enterprise customers really want. The only way to achieve that goal will be to find the issues that those customers are experiencing now with smartphones and tablets, and address them. Of course, some companies will be more likely to do that better than others. But the firm that eliminates the following features will be most likely to see success with smartphone or tablet designs. Read on to find out which shortcomings in tablet or smartphone designs must be banished in 2011. – …
As the year comes to a close and it becomes time to evaluate exactly what happened in 2010, the mobility market stands out as the tech industry sector that got the most attention from consumers and business users. Rapid advances in mobile operating systems and smartphone features have given consumers a huge array of models and options to choose from. That space has been led by major tech players, Google and Apple. Both companies have proven over the past few years that they know what features they need to deliver to catch customers attention. With each year, they deliver something fresh and exciting that consumers and even enterprise customers are willing to get behind. However, smartphone makers cant rest on their laurels. In 2011 they must continue to innovate. Its clearer now than ever that consumers expect certain features from hardware vendors and software developers. And if they dont get what theyre seeking, they will go elsewhere for their mobile needs. Considering where the smartphone market stands now, here is a look at what every smartphone should offer in 2011. – …
