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)
In cell phone news today, Garner a company well know for their smartphone market analysis has today released numbers for the Worldwide Smartphone Sales, and ranked them by Operating System. These numbers are for 2009, and show that the biggest gainers were the iPhone OS, Android, and RIM. Some operating systems weren't so lucky and actually lost sales, these were Windows Mobile and Nokia'...
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CellPhoneTrek on 23rd Feb 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)
Today in cell phone news, with this year just beginning and all the handset manufacturers fighting for the next big, awesome, popular device that will sell like hotcakes in 2010, HTC is releasing a good amount of phones, one of which is the Scorpion. This smartphone device will have the WiMAX ability, a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor, and running build FRE65C of Android 2.2, also known as Froyo. Wit...
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CellPhoneTrek on 10th Feb 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #196 1:28:55 Show Notes Final 2009 carrier numbers, Nexus One release info on Verizon and webOS 1.4 is out. iPhone/iPod Touch Application Together in Minnesota - Joey's Studio sneak peak Otterbox Reviews Joey's thoughts on the BESX News NHTSA suggests all states ban texting while driving Gartner worldwide smartphone numbers for 2009 How efficient smartphones ar...
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TheCellPhoneJunkie on 1st Mar 2010 (via thecellphonejunkie.libsyn.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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CellPhoneTrek on 8th Feb 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)
Regarding to cell phone news today, a smartphone device that made a big showing at CES this year in Las Vegas, was the Motorola Backflip with motoBLUR. As we have knows for sometime because Motorola made it official awile back, the Backflip will be available on the At&t wireless network, and on shelves for consumers March 7th (which is this Sunday). This is one of several Android OS equipped ...
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CellPhoneTrek on 4th Mar 2010 (via cellphonetrek.com)