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Articles tagged with: android and Linux
Android Will Still Lag Symbian in Mobile OS Market in 2013
Shipments of smartphones will reach nearly 400 million units by 2013, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9%, reports IDC. Underpinning the converged mobile device market is the constantly shifting mobile operating system (OS) landscape. In a market that was once dominated by a handful of pioneers, such as BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, newcomers touting open standards (android) and intuitive design and navigation (Mac OS X and webOS) have garnered strong end-user and handset vendor interest. more
Related Tags: symbian, smartphones, operating-system, navigation, os, webos
Android "Competence Center" Opened in Sweden
Software house, Enea says that it is establishing an android OS competence center in Sweden to serve the mobile device community. The Enea android Competence Center will offer professional software development services, as well as a variety of training programs for developers. more
Related Tags: enea, os, Sweden
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
Related Tags: nokia, symbian, operating-system, os, nokia-world
Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director
Upwards view: Linux is losing ground
The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It
leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly
complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost
netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been
overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms
of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still
outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.
more
Related Tags: google, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, apple, ipod, smartphones, wind, ovum, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, open-source, operating-system, windows, freescale, laptop, os
Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
Related Tags: google, t-mobile, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, apple, smartphones, wind, gartner, htc, rim, touchscreen, sharp, omnia, operating-system, windows, danger, nseries, os, africa
InterDigital Unveils SlimChip Embedded HSPA Modules for NetBook Markets
InterDigital has unveiled its SlimChip Half-Mini PCIe module and the SlimChip MID module. These compact wireless modules, which use InterDigital's SlimChip HSPA baseband IC, are optimized to be embedded in a growing category of mobile broadband devices, such as Smartphones, Mobile Internet Devices or MIDs, and consumer electronics. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, texas-instruments, analytics, smartphone, ict, smartphones, wind, abi-research, strategy-analytics, hspa, texas, mobile-internet, windows
D2 Tech Shows Off WiMAX Mobile Phone Reference Design
VoIP applications developer, D2 Technologies says that it is offering private demonstrations of a complete reference design for the creation of WiMAX mobile phones. Built around the company's mCUE converged communications client, the reference design provides manufacturers with a turnkey software solution for developing and delivering WiMAX handsets and similar portable devices to market. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, texas-instruments, wimax, voip, wind, texas, windows, google-android, dual-mode, d2-technologies
Qualcomm Aiming at Intel's Market
Qualcomm is aiming to move into the territory dominated by the likes of Intel with its Snapdragon chipset platform which is aimed at the mini-laptops more commonly known as netbooks. However, Intel itself is also increasingly moving into the mobile device market, so Qualcomm faces both an opportunity and a risk. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, intel, smartphone, qualcomm, wind, netbooks, snapdragon, asus, smart, windows, chipset
Nokia and Motorola Dominate Chinese Smartphone Market
A report from China's CCID Consulting has found that the sales volume of China's smart phone market in 2008Q3 reached 7.474 million units, up 0.6% over Q2 '08; the sales revenue in Q3 reached 18.17 billion Yuan, up 4.5% over 2008Q2. Smart phones' sales volume in 2008Q3 accounted for 19.3% of the total mobile phone sales volume, up 0.7% over 2008Q2. more
Related Tags: google, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, nokia, motorola, china-mobile, ericsson, sony, oss, symbian, smart, ccid-consulting, os, China
AT&T Looking to Reduce Smartphone OS Support
US operator, AT&T is looking to reduce the number of phone operating systems supported by its own-brand phones to just one or two platforms. Speaking at the Symbian Partner Conference, Roger Smith, director of next-generation services at AT&T, warned that Java based handsets had been problematic, mainly due to in-house management issues - and hinted that Symbian would become its preferred platform. more
Related Tags: iphone, smartphone, customer-care, symbian, java,
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