Articles tagged with: android
iPhone Owners More Willing to Pay for Apps than Android Phone Owners
android and iPhone users download approximately 10 new apps per month, reports a survey by mobile advertisign agency, AdMob. However, the same survey also found that iPod touch owners download an average of 18 applications per month. more
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BlackBerry Becomes Dominant Platform on Handango Apps Store
Mobile applications retailer, Handango is reporting that for the first time ever, BlackBerry displaced Windows Mobile to become the dominant platform within the Handango content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps sold in the first half of 2009, up from its 31% share in 2008. more
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Google's Skills In Smart Phones About To Face The Market Test
The Google smart phone era will begin in earnest within months. After a modest start, the Internet search king says as many as 20 smart phones based on its Android operating system will be on the market by year-end. more
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Dell Branded Smartphone Expected Within Days
Dell's long rumoured smartphone is expected to be finally announced early this week. Unnamed sources have told the TechCrunch website that the handset would be announced within the next day or two. more
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Motorola Android Handset Specifications Leaked
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Review: New Android phone better, far from perfect
Less than a year after T-Mobile and HTC released the first smart phone using Google's Android operating system, the wireless operator and the handset maker are back with a sleeker device that takes advantage of recent software updates. more
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Dell Renews Talk of an Own-Label Smartphone
Dell has resurrected talk of a smartphone at an analysts presentation and confirmed that it is in talks with several operators to launch a range of handsets. There have previously been reports that Dell had already developed a smartphone, but been rebuffed by European and American operators who felt it was a bit clunky compared to other vendors. Chinese operators however were reported to be interested in the handsets. more
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Nokia Denies Reports it is Working on Android Based Smartphone
A report over the weekend that Nokia is working on a smartphone based on the android platform has been denied by the handset manufacturer. The UK Guardian newspaper, citing industry insiders reported that the new touchscreen device will be unveiled at the Nokia World conference in September. more
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Sony Ericsson Android Phone Might Use Qualcomm's Snapdragon Platform
Details of Sony Ericsson's first android based smartphone have been posted online - under the codename of "Rachael". The mobil.nu website says that it has seen internal Sony Ericsson documents that show the phone will be marketed under the Xperia range and will be based on the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon platform. more
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223 Million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating Systems by 2014
The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom consultants Juniper Research. more
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