Category Archives: devices
How the Nexus One was created
Google has launched a series of videos on its official Nexus One YouTube channel, documenting various details on how one of the world’s best Android phones was created.
Apples iPhone is losing market share
Apples iPhone Is Now Losing Market Share.
Apple’s iPhone only captured a 16.6% share of global smartphone sales in Q4, down from 18.1% in Q3, says ABI Research (via WSJ).
Put differently, the world smartphone market grew 26% and Apple only grew 18%.
What too it so long?
Windows Mobile 7 megarumor
The Apollo is a 3G worldphone (EV-DO and HSDPA) that runs a 1.3GHz Qualcomm QSD8650 processor and a 3.8-inch AMOLED 1280 x 720 WXGA display. The phone also is purported to have a 10 megapixel camera capable of 720p video recording.
Meanwhile, HTC’s HSDPA-limited Obsession runs a mere 1GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 proc, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera and 720p video recording. The Apollo is due in August or September of this year, with the Obsession following in October. Now, some of these specs are admittedly suspect, like the WXGA resolution on the Apollo and that seemingly 10 megapixel sensor, but we want to believe.
Hey, Apple, wake Up – Its happening again
Hey, Apple, Wake Up — Its Happening Again.
In the 1980s, Apple took the world by storm, rolling out the Macintosh and changing personal computing forever.
Once again, Apple is insisting on selling a tightly controlled, fully integrated hardware and soltware device while its major competitor–Google–is spraying low-cost (free) software across dozens of hardware manufacturers, driving for platform ubiquity.
New Verizon Droid ad
New Verizon Droid Ad Is Homophobic, Misogynist, And Moronic.
Is the New Droid Ad Anti-Women and Anti-Gay or Just Plain Idiotic? Actually, All Three!
It aggressively calls the Apple (AAPL) iPhone a dumb blonde and then a prissy dude in need of a beatdown.
Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo
Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?.
According to The Really Mobile Project, Nokia will drop S60 from all of its flagship N-series consumer devices in favor of Maemo. Apparently, Nokia has been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response to the N900 OS even though the enthusiast package is not quite ready for mass-market appeal. Mind you, the transition won’t be instantaneous as anyone with an N900 (and a clear mind) can attest.
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iPhone operating profit beats Nokia
Apples iPhone Operating Profit Beats Nokia For The First Time NOK, AAPL.
No wonder, let’s ask carriers in the land of Donts.
iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Good luck with that one!
