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Articles tagged with: Google and Smartphone
Android Smartphone Shipments to Reach 32 Million Units in 2013
Global shipment volume of Android based smartphones is expected to reach 6.5 million units in 2009, and shipment volume of these products is forecast to reach 31.8 million units in 2013, claims Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). In addition, the shipment volume CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) for Android Smartphones is expected to be significantly higher than the CAGR of overall Smartphone shipment volume. more
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Verizon Wireless Announces Support for Android Smartphones
USA based Verizon Wireless has announced that it is to support the google backed Android smartphone platform and has signed a cooperation agreement with google for other services. more
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It has not been easy for seventh-grade teacher Virginia McNally to explain to people what she learned during a two-week ``augmented reality games'' workshop at MIT this summer. more
Between Apple's iPhone 3G S, Google's G1 and the new Palm Pre, cell phones have become remarkably powerful information devices. But they also can be remarkably expensive, especially when you include service contracts. more
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Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market
Opinion by Ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst
Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014
During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party
applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and
OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus
on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications
and services to mobile phones.
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Canadians to Get Android-Powered Smartphones
Rogers Wireless has announced the exclusive Canadian launch in June 2009 of the HTC Dream and HTC Magic smartphones, the first cellphones in Canada powered by the google backed Android platform more
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T-Mobile UK - G1 Sales to Hit 100,000 as New Features Launch
T-Mobile has announced that UK sales of its Android based smartphone, the G1, are set to reach 100,000 in just six months since launch. The mobile operator also confirmed that it will launch its second Android-based device later this year. more
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Samsung Shows off its First Android Phone
Samsung Electronics has shown off its first Android-powered mobile phone, the I7500. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone. more
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Foxconn in Running for Sony Ericsson Android Phone Production
Sony Ericsson is likely to out-source the production of its initial Android based smartphones to Taiwan's Foxconn Electronics, reports DigiTimes, citing a report in the Chinese language Commercial Times newspaper. more
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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.
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