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Articles tagged with: Apple and Open Source
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: android, google, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, ipod, smartphones, wind, ovum, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, operating-system, windows, freescale, linux, laptop, os
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: android, google, nokia, iphone, smartphone, ict, edge, smartphones, gps, abi-research, blackberry, personal, apple-iphone, smart, chipsets, navigation
Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of T-Mobile's Google Phone
The T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google's Android mobile operating system, carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: m1, android, google, wi-fi, t-mobile, microsoft, iphone, isuppli, edge, htc, blackberry, touch-screen, 3, sun, hsdpa, linux, modem, display, wired, radio-frequency, os, music, qwerty, touch-screen
Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of T-Mobile's Google Phone
The T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google's Android mobile operating system, carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: m1, android, google, wi-fi, t-mobile, microsoft, iphone, isuppli, edge, htc, blackberry, touch-screen, 3, sun, hsdpa, linux, modem, display, wired, radio-frequency, os, music, qwerty, touch-screen
CTIA Wireless Show to Focus on Open Network Opportunities
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. more
Related Tags: android, google, sim-card, t-mobile, iphone, social-networking, t-mobile-usa, cisco, steve-jobs, smartphones, sprint-nextel, quattro-wireless, verizon-wireless, usa-today, verizon, walled-garden, personal, mobile-games, sony, sprint, nextel, operating-system, mobile-video, ctia, san-francisco, flash, motricity, connect, vantrix, vantrix,
UK Advertising Regulator Upholds Complaint Against Apple's iPhone
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority, an industry body has upheld a complaint against O2/apple regarding the company's joint advertising campaign for the ubiquitous iPhone. The key part was the tag line in the series of television adverts which claimed that "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone" more
Related Tags: o2, java, apple-iphone, asa, wap, flash, web-browser, safari, UK
Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, microsoft, samsung, smartphones, driving, open-handset-alliance, docomo, verizon-wireless, verizon, gartner, compete, symbian, sk-telecom, operating-system, linux, andrew, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, os
UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation
Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, microsoft, texas-instruments, samsung, smartphones, driving, docomo, texas, motorola, lg, blackberry, panasonic, sony, symbian, samsung-electronics, siemens, operating-system, license-fees, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, nokia,, os
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