Posts Tagged ‘smart phones’
LG Optimus 2X – First Dual-Core Smartphone
January 9th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
LG Optimus 2s ix First dual-core smartphone based on Nividia’s Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz. It is expected to be launched in 1st quarter 2011. It is capable of capturing 1080p HD video with its 8 megapixel primary cam and output 1080p HD video via HDMI port. It has a secondary front facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling.
It will be launched with Android 2.2 Froyo with an upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread later. It has 4inch WVGA display with 480 x 800 resolution, 8 GB internal memory and expandable with upto 32GB external microSD. With only 1.5Ah battery it will be interesting to see for how long it will last before you’ve to charge it again.
YouTube Remote – Lean Back and Watch
November 14th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Recently we did a blog post about Google Tv. Now Google has launched a new Android App YouTube Remote to remote control YouTube videos on your PC or Google TV right from your Android Handset over internet.
YouTube Remote looks better than Stock YouTube App present in Android but is currently in beta. You can browse for YouTube videos and play them within the app, if connected to remote device you can control playback on remote device.
Huawei IDEOS – Review
November 2nd, 2010 / 13 Comments » / by Faizan
Zong recently launched Huawei IDEOS Android handset in Pakistan, it is most affordable (cheapest) Android phone that comes preloaded with Android 2.2 Froyo. It costs 15850 Rs and comes with great specs. If you are not brand conscious and don’t care about resale value, this is best android phone you can buy in this price range. When compared to its HTC’s counterpart HTC Tattoo it offers better specs for half the price.
Smartphone Wars Continues – infographic
October 1st, 2010 / 4 Comments » / by Faizan
No matter how popular is iPhone but still its looser in worldwide Smartphone Market share. Recently Nokia introduced their new smartphones C6, C7, E7 and HTC introduced their Desire HD and Desire Z as smartphone war is heats up.
This infographic shows some interesting facts about smartphones and their users, some of them are:
1. 89% of current iPhone users will buy iPhone as their next phone.
2. 71% of current Android users will buy an Android device.
3. 42% of Blackberry owners will buy blackberry.
4. only 17% of world’s mobile phone are smartphone.
5. Nokia still leads world wide mobile phone market share with 40% and Apple has only 2%.
6. only 25% of American phones are smartphones.
Meet your DESIRE | HTC Desire Reviewed
May 27th, 2010 / 15 Comments » / by Faizan
Three days back I received my HTC Desire. This is my upgrade to Nokia 6120c after 2.5 Years. I forgot to take pics at time of unboxing so I’ve to box it again and take pics after two days.
It runs Android 2.1 with HTC Sense UI on 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 576 MB of Ram and a vivid 3.7-inch AMOLED touch-screen. Android 2.2 Froyo is rumored to be released in June for this phone and will make it even more faster as demonstrated in Google IO 2010.
The New Nokia N8
April 27th, 2010 / 6 Comments » / by Faizan
This is it, the world’s first Symbian^3 device is around the corner, expected to be released in Q3 2010.
Key Features
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 2100 /1900
Symbian ^3 OS on ARM 11 680 MHz processor
3D Graphics HW accelerator
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology
12 MP Cam, 4000×3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash 28mm wide angle lens
360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Multi-touch input method / Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Internal 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
External microSD, up to 32GB
GPS & Digital compass
Mobile OS wars: Symbian leads globally
March 17th, 2009 / 13 Comments » / by Faizan
Research firm Gartner has released the 2008 “Worldwide: Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System” stats. It shows that the reigning mobile OS champ, Symbian, remains the dominant mobile OS in the world with 52.4% market share. However the trend is not good for Symbian – its share is down by 11% from 2007. Symbian still maintains a healthy 35.8% lead over its nearest competitor, Research In Motion.
The statistics are a very relevant followup to my post on Wednesday trying to sort out what platforms developers will ultimately pick. After all, each of these platforms will have marketplaces and there are only so many developers. And all of these platforms will be vying for share in what is expected to be a down market. IDC said Thursday that it expects global mobile phone shipments to fall 8.3 percent in 2009. So-called converged device shipments are expected to increase 3.4 percent globally.
What’s notable is that our unscientific poll revealed that few people saw Symbian as an operating system worth betting on.
Based on market share it appears that developers should be focused on creating applications for Symbian, Research in Motion, Windows Mobile, and the iPhone and iPod Touch as a turbo charge for growth. Palm remains too much of a wild card.
However, that decision isn’t all that easy to make. Excluding Symbian, the mobile operating systems are bunched together in market share. For 2008, Mac OS X had growth of 245.7 percent, according to Gartner. The BlackBerry platform had the second best growth at 96.7 percent. Clearly, growth dictates focusing efforts on those two platforms.
Other notable points from Gartner’s tally:
*Fourth quarter global smartphone units were 38.1 million, up 3.7 percent from a year ago. For 2008, 139.3 million smartphones were sold, up 13.9 percent from a year ago.
*Nokia had market share of 40.8 percent in the smartphone market at the end of the fourth quarter with RIM second at 19.5 percent. Apple had 10.7 percent.
* In the fourth quarter, Linux-based smartphone sales were up 19 percent from a year ago due to Android-based T-Mobile phones.
From: cnet
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