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Articles tagged with: Iphone and android
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
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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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Apple's iPhone Bright Light for Taiwan's Handset Manufacturers
The overall performance of the Taiwanese smart cellular device (including Smartphones and PDA phones) industry in the first quarter of 2009 was not strong, reports the Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). Shipment volume of the Taiwanese smart cellular device industry in the first quarter of 2009 reached 6.72 million units. more
Related Tags: mic, apple, oem, asus, acer, htc, apple-iphone, smart, Taiwan
Apple and Android Devices See Strongest Relative Usage of Mobile Web Sites
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob, has compared smartphone market share to mobile Web usage to determine that smartphones accounted for nearly 3 times more usage than their relative market share in its April 2009 Mobile Metrics Report. The report also compares usage of mobile Web sites to usage of HTML sites on mobile devices, finding that relative usage of both is highest on Apple and Android devices. more
Related Tags: admob, symbian, 3, operating-system
Blackberry LBS Apps 4-Times More Expensive Than iPhone, Android LBS Apps
Wi-Fi hotspot based location services provider, Skyhook Wireless has released a report on trends in location-aware apps from Apple's App Store, Google's Android Marketplace and Blackberry App World. more
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Android Smartphone Shipments to Grow Faster than Apple's iPhone
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. Healthy support from operators, vendors and developers is driving adoption. Apple iphone OS will be the next fastest-growing smartphone operating system in 2009, with a 79 percent growth rate. more
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Google CEO doesn't see problem with his Apple role
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is taking a government inquiry into his role on Apple's board in stride, expressing confidence that the probe won't find any evidence that the ties between the two companies throttle competition in mobile phones and other technology fields. more
Related Tags: apple, google, eric-schmidt, USA
China Mobile Profits Up; But ARPU Down
The Hong-Kong listed arm of China Mobile has reported that its first quarter profits rose by 5.2% compared to the year before, to reach RMB 25.21 billion (US$3.69 billion). Operating revenues reached RMB 101.3 billion, representing an increase of 9.2% compared to the same period of last year. EBITDA reached RMB 53.4 billion, representing an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period of last year. more
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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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Fewer than 10% of LBS Developers Will Port Apps to Palm & Symbian
Developers of location aware applications are not interested in creating apps for the Palm WebOS or Symbian platforms, according to a survey conducted by Skyhook Wireless, provider of the hybrid location system XPS. High quality location results are key for these developers, who are using location to enable over 20 different types of applications. more
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