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Articles tagged with: android and Navigation
Google Upgrades Android Maps Application - Adds Offline Caching of Data
Google has announced an upgrade of its Maps application for android smartphones to include new features as well as improve the service when used in areas with weak mobile phone coverage. more
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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, linux, smartphones, operating-system, os, webos
Sony Ericsson Shows Off Android Based Smartphone
Sony Ericsson has shown off the final variant of a phone it is now calling the XPERIA X10, its first android based smartphone. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, display, maps
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
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GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn
Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. more
Related Tags: google, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, ict, edge, smartphones, gps, abi-research, blackberry, personal, open-source, apple-iphone, smart, chipsets
T-Mobile Shows off its "Google Phone"
T-Mobile today announced the international launch of the world's first android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. The handset will be available from next month not just in the USA, but also in Europe. more
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TomTom's Tele Atlas Gets 5-Year Google Map Deal
AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones Newswires)--Dutch digital map maker TeleAtlas Monday signed a five-year deal with Google that will see its maps included on new Google services, including cellphones based on its android operating system. more
Related Tags: google, gps, apple, compete, symbian, tele-atlas, tomtom, tomtom, maps
Smart Mobile Device Shipments Jump 53% to 118 Million in 2007
The latest market data from analyst firm Canalys shows how much the converged device market (all smart phones and wireless handhelds) has grown over the past year. These, typically high-end, devices represented around 10% of the global mobile phone market by units in 2007, with annual growth of 60% making them one of the fastest growing segments of the technology industry. Year-on-year growth climbed every quarter throughout 2007, to reach a peak of 72% in Q4. more
Related Tags: google, asia-pacific, windows-mobile, microsoft, mobile-data, samsung, palm, htc, rim, sharp, symbian, sprint, mobile-linux, linux, nokia,, motorola,, global-mobile
Can Google's Foray into Mobile Phones Succeed?
The promise: ubiquitous, mobile Internet access for millions of users worldwide. The stakes: a market of 324 million units and advertising revenue of $3.8 billion by 2011. The risk: embarking on an ambitious effort to establish a consortium to promote a new platform for mobile computing/communications, an endeavor that others have tried before - and have achieved only high-profile failure. more
Related Tags: microsoft, isuppli, open-handset-alliance, lbs, smartphones, palm, mobile-advertising, symbian, operating-system, mobile-video, nokia,, global-mobile
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