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Articles tagged with: Operating System
Can Google's Chrome OS Challenge Windows in the Fast-Growing Netbook Market?
Google's new Chrome Operating System (OS) represents a direct challenge to Microsoft's hegemony in the burgeoning market for netbook software, according to iSuppli. Google's Chrome OS will launch in the second half of 2010 and will initially target netbook PCs. However, the OS will not only run on netbooks based on Intel's X86 architecture microprocessors, but also those using ARM-based chips, clearly showing the operating system is targeted at very low-cost netbooks. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, netbooks, chrome-os, chrome, windows, wlan, linux, bell
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, android, symbian, linux
223 Million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating Systems by 2014
The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom consultants Juniper Research. more
Related Tags: smartphone, open-source, android
Palm Pre Stands to Shake Up Smart Phone Status Quo
Palm's new Pre smart phone holds strong potential for robust sales growth, and may have a major influence on other platforms as well as the technology supply chain, according to iSuppli Corp. Palm Pre shipments could amount to 1.1 million units in 2009. However, if Palm quickly introduces a new Pre that supports the 3G GSM standard, sales could rise to 1.3 million during the year. Furthermore, if Palm opens up the licensing of its webOS operating system used in the Pre, the software could have a wider influence beyond the company's own products. more
Related Tags: palm, palm-pre, isuppli, gsm, smart, lcd, displays, widgets
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, iphone, android, symbian, 3
Viral epidemics poised to go mobile
If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, set out to explain why this is true. more
Related Tags: virus, mms, bluetooth, smart
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
Related Tags: android, apple, iphone, strategy-analytics, apple-iphone
LG Tops Traditional Phone User Satisfaction Ranking
Apple ranks highest in customer satisfaction with smartphone manufacturers, while LG ranks highest among traditional mobile phone users, according to a couple of J.D. Power and Associates reports. The studies measure customer satisfaction with traditional wireless handsets and smartphones across several key factors. In order of importance, key factors in examining traditional wireless handsets are operation (30%); physical design (30%); features (20%); and battery function (20%). Among residential smartphone owners, key factors are ease of operation (30%); operating system (22%); features (21%); physical design (18%); and battery function (9%). more
Related Tags: j.d.-power-and-associates, iphone, lg, apple, gps, smartphones, personal, sony, landline, battery, j.d.-power
Palm Pre Aims at the iPhone, Preliminary Cost Analysis Reveals
Palm is aiming high with its new Pre, a smart phone that rival's Apple's iPhone in terms of slickness - and in terms of hardware features - according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: isuppli, palm-pre, palm, apple, iphone, blackberry, cdma, cdma-evdo, sprint, memory, apple-iphone, smart, nand, flash
'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money
Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as "sleep talking." Normally PCs can be in either awake mode - where they consume power even if they are not being used, or in a low power sleep mode - where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic. The new sleep talking state provides much of the energy savings of sleep mode and some of the network-and-Internet-connected convenience of awake mode. more
Related Tags: microsoft, uc-san-diego, tim, voip, flash-memory, ovi, personal, virus, instant-messaging, memory, presence, flash