In the on-going battle for global dominance in the cell phone world, it seems that Googles Android will be emerging as a big challenger over the next few years. Currently running on less than 2% of all smartphones, Gartner Inc. predicts it will surge to 14% of the global smartphone market by 2012 ahead of
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PPCGeeks on 8th Oct 2009 (via ppcgeeks.com)
Nokia refuted reports that later this year it is planning to unveil a phone running Google's Android operating system. The company's action appears to reaffirm the relationship between the world's largest cell phone maker and the newly opened Symbian platform. According to an article published today in The Guardian, Nokia is set to release a touchscreen Android phone at its Nok...
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FierceWireless on 6th Jul 2009 (via fiercewireless.com)
In today's cell phone news, here is a photo of the upcoming HTC Supersonic, which has been rumored to be joining Sprint's line up of smartphones. This HTC device will be equipped with Google's popular operating system Android, and have WiMAX capabilities. The design of the Supersonic has similarities to the HD2, which is another smartphone device created by HTC. Some features that w...
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CellPhoneTrek on 26th Jan 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)
Today in cell phone news, Broadcom made an announcement that they will be launching a new HSPA chipset that allows manufacturers to create lower cost Android and WinMobile smartphone devices. These new chipsets will feature a ARM11 processor and will support speeds up to 7.2 Mbps download, and 5.8Mbps for uploads. They will also feature their own graphics and come equipped with a 8 megapixel camer...
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Nokia will release only one smartphone based on the Maemo software platform, according to a Reuters report citing an unnamed source. This report appears to dash recent speculation that the world's largest cell phone maker plans to transition from Symbian to Maemo for its high-end smartphones. Nokia began selling its first Maemo phone, the N900, earlier this month. Shortly after the relea...
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FierceWireless on 30th Nov 2009 (via fiercewireless.com)
In the second quarter of 2009 (April – June), worldwide phone sales reached 286.1 million units, 6.1% less than in the second quarter of 2008, reports Gartner. However, smartphone sales grew 27%, as no less than 40.9 million such devices were shipped during Q2 2009 – compared to 32 million units sold in the second quarter
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UnwiredView on 13th Aug 2009 (via feedproxy.google.com)
According to a leaked HTC roadmap 2010, we can prepare ourselves for a new series of HTC cell phones. One of the expected smartphones is the HTC Bravo, an Android smartphone from HTC’s Performance segment. Earlier there were already rumors about this phone model, but then Passion and Dragon were named as possible model names. The leaked HTC roadmap makes it clear that the name will actually ...
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LetsGoMobile on 10th Dec 2009 (via letsgomobile.org)
In the world of cell phone news, Apps are continuing to be all the rage for your smartphone mobile devices. Researched by a company called Gartner, indicates that for 2009 only 16 million app sales were executed on a device that was not an Apple product. Apple has released statements of they App store reach milestone when they sold their three billionth App. This shows you that Apple has a choke h...
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CellPhoneTrek on 19th Jan 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)
It’s been much more than a New York minute since the last time Verizon Android-related information has surfaced for cell phone news viewers to take a bite into. But now, seeing as we’re finally reaching the DROID’s popularity day’s fleeting era, presumably, it’s time to move to the next not-so-big, but mentionable Android set, the Motorola Calgary. The Calgary is kick...
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CellPhoneTrek on 3rd Dec 2009 (via cellphonetrek.com)