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Analyst believes tablet market would become controlled by Android

Published on: 16th October, 2010

Piper Jaffray’s analyst Gene Munster suggests that despite the current success of the iPad, Android will control the largest part of the tablet market. He told Business Insider that Apple would not have the majority of the tablet market share and probably Android would have it. Piper Jaffray’s analyst was also skeptical about sources claiming [...]

Long-awaited Skype for Android has been released

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Skype has recently announced the release of the long-awaited Skype for Android. It is possible now for phones running Android 2.1 to download the free application which makes available free Skype-to-Skype calls through Wi-Fi for users in the United States only. European users as well as those from other continents will be able to make [...]

Microsoft requires patent payments for all Android phone makers

Published on: 8th October, 2010

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief, said in an interview that every Android phone producer should pay Microsoft. Asked about how Microsoft would compete with its Windows Phone 7 while Android is license-free, Ballmer said that it was not free and Microsoft should receive royalty payouts for Android use. He also indicated the HTC deal as pro [...]

Google to replace phone store with Android gallery

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Google has recently replaced the defunct Nexus One store with the new Google Phone Gallery as a possible blow to some of its partners. The site spotlights Android phones, but ostentatiously those strictly using Google services such as YouTube and Google search. The mix is dependent on the country, as for example Motorola’s Droid 2, [...]

Boost Mobile to pair new smartphones and unlimited plans for data

Published on: 30th September, 2010

Until recently, many prepaid carriers did not have either smartphone options or appropriate plans intended for massive data usage. One of the first carriers to accommodate prepaid customers willing to upgrade their phones and take advantage of a similar level of service usually connected to yearly contracts is Boost Mobile. When looking more attentively at [...]

Supplier orders for Apple extended to early 2011

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Apple has so heavy device orders that it is asking its suppliers for orders to be shipped in early 2011, according to sources from assemblers and chipset producers. The main products of the company, the iPad, MacBook, iPhone and iPod still have a strong demand, so that Apple is scheduling orders into 2011. The sources [...]

Motorola’s Flipout for AT&T may be cancelled at last minute

Published on: 25th September, 2010

According to a certain source, Motorola’s Flipout, which was scheduled to arrive at AT&T on September 25-26, 2010, could be cancelled. The contact declared for Engadget that corporate-owned AT&T retail stores were even told to destroy any product literature associated with the new handset. While this could only be a key spec that has changed [...]

Sony Ericsson aims to be top producer of Android smartphones

Published on: 6th September, 2010

Sony Ericsson has announced its intention of becoming the world’s top maker of Android-based smartphones, as a report from BusinessWeek reveals. CEO Bert Nordberg says that the company has already a 17 percent share in the market of Android devices, the current leader having a 23 percent share. Nordberg declined to name the current leader [...]

Motorola Milestone 2 confirmed by accident through promotional video

Published on: 2nd September, 2010

Essentially a GSM version of the Droid 2, the Motorola Milestone 2 phone has appeared accidentally in a promotional video material which has been posted on YouTube, but since then has been made private. The Milestone 2 handset will reach the German market, as well as other markets, but there is no information regarding the [...]

iPad could control tablet market two more years

Published on: 27th August, 2010

The iPad is believed to keep its strong position on the tablet market for two more years at least, as iSuppli estimates. Apple’s tablet is supposed to get 74.1 percent of the respective market this year and is predicted to still keep a dominating 61.7 percent of this market by 2012. This dominant position would [...]

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