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Pyramid Research has just released a paper forecasting the smartphone operating market share through to 2015 based on Q1’s numbers. With Nokia’s involvement in Windows Phone, Pyramid sees Microsoft’s relatively new mobile OS beating out iPhone, BlackBerry, and even Android by as early as 2013. This is based on their research across worldwide markets, and…
File this under “rumors” and “makes perfect sense” at the same time. We’ve no doubts Sony wants to capitalize on its brands in the mobile arena. And since that arena is steadily “getting brains,” I see no reason why they wouldn’t launch smartphones wearing the company’s famous brands. As a matter of fact, the first…
The Android@Home announcement yesterday was an incredibly ambitious plan to have the little, green robot to integrate and control nearly everything in your house. The company demonstrated this with lightbulbs from Lighting Science and we were able to get a closer look at this at the Google I/O conference. The Android@Home framework requires a new…
Today, at Google I/O 2011, the Mountain View, CA.-based Android showed off a few screens from the new Android Market app for Android phones. The aim of the revamped Android Market UI is to aid in app discovery, app promotions, and to make it easier for a user to read details about a particular app.…
It seems that just about every platform out there has been hit with location and privacy concerns. First, it was Apple and its iOS platform for the iPhone and iPad. Users were shocked to discover that the iPhone and iPad 3G took detailed location information and stored the data within the iOS devices, then transferred…
The Personal Localized Alerting Network, or PLAN, was just announced by Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Julius Genachowski, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate, and executives from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. The goal is simple: In case there’s a threat to your safety, be it terrorist attacks or the release of a new…
After some time speculating about the name and what it will bring, Google finally announced the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. Not only is this the next version of the massively popular mobile operating system, but Ice Cream Sandwich signals a new era for Android. There are plenty of goodies within the tasty…
If you’ve been kicking yourself for missing out on the Google I/O 2011 Day One Keynote, you’ll be happy to hear that Google has just posted their full-form keynote video for all you Android fans to enjoy. The keynote, which ended earlier today, focused on all things Android, and served up some interesting sneak peaks…
The Google Music service went live this morning at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco and it’s currently in a very private beta. You know how we roll though and we’ve been playing around with it for a few hours now. We’ll walk you through the setup so you know what to expect when…
With the introduction movie rentals in the Android Market, Google is positioning themselves directly against Apple. Again. However, Google’s solution is usually less than elegant when it’s released, but renting movies from the Android Market is just about as easy as it gets. If you’ve used the Android Market Webstore before, you’re already familiar with…