Nokia lunch smartphones with sybian
Why are Nokia still develop Sybian….
Not long ago, Nokia advertiser that they should work together with Microsoft, and use their mobile “Windows Mobil 7″.
But Nokia have just released two new smart phones, Nokia X7 and Nokia E6, and they will both use one updated version of Symbian. They say themselves that they have made over 50 improvements. The operating system has recently been heavily criticized for being old and inefective to the two big competitors, Android and IOS.
Nokia E6 is a “follow-up” to the success with the popular E71 and E72. With a complete physical keyboard, a screen of 2.46 inch, 256 MB of RAM, 8 GB hours of storage, 7,5h talktime, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS.
Nokia X7, has support for recording video in HD quality, an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and battery of 1200 mAh that will provide up to 4.5 hours talk time.
It might not be anything wrong with updating an outdated system, but given work with Microsoft and the fact that the Sybian is so far behind already, I think it would probably have been better to put all enargi on Windows Mobile, and bury the Sybian once and for all
Opera Mini growing strong
Norwegian Opera has reached 100 million downloads
The browser war is extremely hard and it is difficult to break into when to fight IE, Firefox and Chrome, but on the mobile side, the Norwegian Web browser Opera successful player.
In a recent study by Statcounter, Opera has more than two billion daily page views during the month of March.
This may sound a lot but you to know that Opera has more than 100 million users for its mobile phone version Opera Mini.
Opera Mini uses a special technique to compress web content and this one has managed to speed up surfing. According to Statcounter has Opera Mini more than 20 percent of total mobile users.
Nexus S, how good is it?
Google mobile Nexus S, how good is it?
Very good if you listen to the reviews and look at all tests made, Engadget even went so far as they Gave it reviewed ,” The best Android mobile ever made ”
Nexus S is a clean Android phone without any superimposed interface, and that means that you will get the latest updates first.
Nexus S is very fast, and Android 2.3 it also faster than previous versions. But Nexus S have get strong criticism that it dont have space for a micro-sd card, so for those who buy a Nexus S may simply be content with a built-in memory of 16 gigabytes .
Nokia has started cooperation with Microsoft
Nokias CEO Stephen Elop, has now confirmed…
Nokia have begun work on the first smartphone that uses Windows Phone 7 (WP7). Nokia hopes that they can present the model before the end of this year.
Symbian has long been the operating system Nokia uses in their phones, even companies, like Sony Ericsson and LG have use this system. But most have now leave this system in favor of Android.
When Microsofts Windows Mobile 6.5 came, it was harshly criticized by both users and reviewers.
And Microsoft was upgrading their mobile operating system and many think this system will be win or lose for Microsoft mobil adventure.
The question is now if Nokia decides to launch a high-quality mobile phone, or it will be a budget phone.
In a earlier post I wrote about the work between Microsoft and Nokia, read more here.
Angry Birds on Facebook
The Finnish game-manufacturer Rovio that made the famous mobile game Angry Birds …
Has said in a press statement that the Angry Birds will be released for Facebook in a month’s time.
Angry Bird are one of the most popular games ever on mobile platforms.
The game has been downloaded over 75 million times.
In an interview, “have Mikael Hed, president of Rovio said that Angry Birds on Facebook will offer new capabilities that was not possible to do on other platforms.
In order to stay updated on Angry Birds on Facebook click here.
Have Nokia chose the right path
Is this the reason why Nokia chose Microsoft?
Bloomberg published in the days one article alleging that Microsoft will pay up to a billion dollars over five years. According to Bloomberg are the money only guaranteed to Nokia if they invests in Windows Phone and refrain completely from Android. The source should be a person that was close in the negotiations between Microsoft and Nokia.
The same source also says that Nokia will pay Microsoft a license fee for each phone sold with Windows Phone, this cost will be offset from Microsoft which Nokia also conducts its own research in software and development.
Since the deal between Nokia and Microsoft became official on February 11, shares have fallen by 26 percent. It says a lot of what shareholders think about this collaboration.
On the day of Bloomberg publishes the article, it comes data from the analyst-firm Comscore with information that Microsoft has lost user in the U.S. market in January this year, despite the fact that Windows 7 Phone has been in stores since last November.
No mobile phones in 2020?
How will future communications look like?
Mobile giant AT & T’s chief technology officer John Donovan believes he has the answer and says that a revolution that will make your brand new iPad into a museum piece is not far away.
- Smart phones and surf boards will not be necessary in 2020, “he says.
Donovan, chief technology officer of the U.S. telecom giant AT & T, predicts that a new technology revolution, moments and all the necessary data will shortly be stored online and accessible from any device. According to Donovan, the consequence that today’s innovations such as surf boards and smart phones will be considered old-fashioned as early than 2020.
Instead, we will be able to use almost any wireless device at any time, perhaps a television set, to make calls, send messages or connect to social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
The user can specify a password or fingerprint, thereby reaching all of their stored information.
- Software will converge, devices will disappear and we will have fewer units that belong to us.
- I do not see the need to carry around a separate unit when I visit you in your house. I borrow the one you have and authenticates me on, “says Donovan
Android 2.4 or not?
There have been many smart phones in the first quarter of 2011 with Android 2.3.
But the operating system will get an update to 2.4. Already in April, Google is expected to finalize the next version, which claimed to have only one major function, namely to provide support for applications that are customized for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and dual-core processors.
The fact that all the information around the Android 2.4 does not come directly from Google has caused many to distrust the data. The Website DownloadSquad say they believe more that Android 2.4 will instead be 2.3.3 or 2.3.4.
Still, are not all smartphones on the market today received the Android 2.2 or 2.3. Several manufacturers of smartphones are still optimizes 2.2 for their models and some have chosen not to update at all. Sony Ericsson for example, has said that the Xperia series, will not get Android 2.2 it will jump straight to 2.3 or 2.4 with the upcoming Sony Ericsson Arc and Neo.
A problem that already exists today is that consumers do not know which models will be updated and need to chance when purchase. Generally, the more expensive models are maintained better, while the budget variations are more uncertain. The manufacturers can not guarantee future updates, but users are in great hope for the best.
A serious security hole has been found in Android
The security company Scio Security has discovered a serious security hole in Android that makes it possible to download apps in the background, without user knowledge or consent.
To prove the concept, they created an app that claimed to be the new game courses to the popular game Angry Bird. When this app was downloaded, was also an additional three apps installed.
Apps were not harmful, Scio Security would only prove how easy it is to perform and that it is perfectly possible to use the same method to install malicious apps on Android.
Google has acted quickly to the news and remove Scio Security app from the Android Market, stock, and Google released an update to Android that close the current security hole.
The only problem is. with Android is that most operating system updates have to be updated by mobile phone manufacturer. This means that it can sometimes take several months before a bugfix reach end users.
Iphone clone stopped by Apple
Since 2007, Meizu made a cell phone called M8 similar to the iPhone and certainly also infringe some patents.
After several warnings and threats of court from Apple, have the company now decided to stop production of the model. But Apple also want the M8 phones that already are on the market, should be withdrawn. but this will not Meizu do, they will continue to struggle to sell off the remaining copies.
Will Microsoft succeed this time
Microsoft will soon launch Windows 7 Mobile.
This can be crucial for Microsoft to continue to break into the mobile market.
Today dominates the market for mobile operating systems of the IOS, Android and Symbian.
However, Microsoft is now widely supported by various mobile manufacturers for the launch and a lot of interesting models appear to be available once the system is launched. According to the site Pocket-lint data suggest now that the official launch date for the system will be on 11 October. It will be interesting to see how it will go for Microsoft this time.
Iphone still bigger than Android
According to a new study leads Iphone operating system is still over Android.
The study is conducted by Chitika ad network based on figures from over 80 000 sites, mainly from the United States. The study was conducted during the first two weeks in July recorded about 9 million handsets in Ios, compared with about 7.7 million phones running Android.
Android growth is impressive given that the iPhone and Ios has been around for almost two years before Android was released. Android has the advantage that it’s on handsets from a variety of manufacturers so that it had a rapid growth.
According Chitika so run now almost exactly half of all iPhone Ios 4, Apple’s latest mobile operating system, released last month.
Among Androidtelefoner majority Android uses a 2.1 with a share of 55 percent. Android 2.2 (Froyo), released a few weeks ago running as yet only 3.3 percent of all Androidtelefoner. As 40 percent of Android-users still running on Android version 1.5 or 1.6.
150 millons mobile FaceBook user
The number of Facebook users of mobile phones has increased 50 percent since April this year.
From April, til end of June the number of Facebook users has grown from 100 million to 150 million.
The mobile phone is thus the fastest growing access tool for Facebook, says Eric Tseng, director of mobile products on Facebook
- We see it as a key platform for the future, he said, during a speech he delivered at the conference Mobile Beat 2010 in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Facebook had 500 million at year-end users and inoficiella assessments to track the border exploded 600 million at the end of the year. This means that more than one in four users of Facebook Mobile.
Motorola Droid X vs. Iphone
Today, Thursday, July 15 Motorola released their new smart phone Droid X.
First up in the U.S. to begin selling Droid X is in the U.S. operator Verizon Wireless
The Android-based handset has received good reviews after a series of previews.
With a 4.3-inch screen, good multimedia features and a relatively long battery life compared to many competitors. Although it is unlikely to be so Droid X comes up in sales levels for the iPhone, but it have been showing signs of a great interest in Motorola’s new mobile. Zeus Kerravala, who is an analyst at Yankee Group, says that the earier release of Droid X that is to use all the bad publicity Iphone 4.
Verizon has not been slow to exploit antenna problems of Iphone 4, as a consumer magazine Consumer Reports recently warned. In the ads, the company produced exclusively to Droid X “dual antennas” which allows the user to “hold the phone how you want” and use it from anywhere to call.
Given that the iPhone sold four of 1.7 million copies the first three days, it is clear that it is the product of focus when it comes to competitors. U.S. retailer Best Buy have stopped all advance orders, and Verizon Wireless expects that the mobile phone runs out of stocks.
Droid X are using the operating system Android 2.1, an one update to Flash 2.2 and 1.10 later this year.
Samsung try to compeate with Iphone
Wave is the name of a new mobile phone from Samsung that is worth attention for several reasons.
The phone is the first to be based on Samsung’s own operating system Bada. In the same time that phone is launces, they also launche their own application business Samsung Apps where you can download games, ebooks, and various utility functions to the phone.
Wave is equipped with a 3.3 inch super large AMOLED display at 800 x 400 pixels, 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, USB, WiFi, 2GB of internal memory and a processor at 1 Ghz.
Apple ♥ Opera
It took 20 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes for Apple to approve Opera Mini for iPhone and iPod tuch.
I have previously written about this, see here.
We should not take to much notice, that it took 20 days, it register lots of apps every day.
So now it is to download it to your device and see if it is as good as Opera says, for if it would be so, then I can not see one that will work with
safari in the future, one thing is for sure, Opera for PC is very good.
Apple Vs. Google
Some time ago Apple sent a subpoena requests in 20 potential patent states that have been done by HTC. Patent infringement is alleged to have been made in the iPhone hardware and software. Apple writes, for example, the finger used to unlock phones with the operating system Android is stolen from the Iphone. Phones that would infringe the patent Appels include Nexus One and HTC Hero.
HTC has not commented on this before. But during an interview with CEO Jason Mackenzie, Jason says the following:
“HTC strongly disagrees with Apple’s allegations. We will use all legal tools we have to both defend ourselves and to correct any misunderstandings. We feel confident in our innovation and our ability to defend ourselves in this case. ”
Exactly how the company intends to defend itself will Jason do’t says anything about, but Jason, have mentions that a written formal statement will show up sometime in the next few weeks. Furthermore, said Jason Mackenzie, that it took some time depending on the HTC was taken by surprise by the allegations, business representatives found out of whats happened when the press called.
Analysts have speculated about a posteriori that this, really is an indirect attack from Apple to Google underlying operating system in most of the phones in question.
Google was when it came to light, quick to say that the company stands behind HTC and Android.
Is Sony Ericsson really that stupid???
Sony Ericsson’s new Swedish CEO Bert Nordberg has in a interviuv, made some strange statements. It seems that he has not understood anything about today’s mobile market.
That he condemns the Iphone is fully in line with what Sony Ericsson had done since Apple started making mobiles.
“Shall some fuckers to newcomers come here and think they can make better phones than us,” was Sony Ericsson’s statement
But the fact is that lots of buyers choose Iphone infront of Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones, the answer to this, according to SonyEricsson is, that they have younger buyers, this is a weird comment, today we see iPhone-users in virtually all ages.
Further says Bert Nordberg that he does not believe in Apple’s business model. Sales figures should tell their distinctive language on this point. Apple has only made money on their mobile phones since they started, 2007th, Sony Ericsson has not earned any money but instead has made large losses and kick people, since 2007.
Looking forward to another apple product, iTunes, which has sold 7 billion songs, well, same thing can be said here. Sales figures should tell their distinctive language on this point.
But Bert Nordgren says one thing that I think many may agree with, iPhone is technically not as good than many other mobiles. But not all agree with this. I do, and im using iPhone, and as I feel now, I will never change to another mobile operative system.
If the rest of the lead in the Sony Ericsson thinks that Bert Nordberg, and believe that customers think it is so important to be able to change the battery when the phone is old, than they will choose Sony Ericsson instead of Apple. But the last years mobile-market has says different. Then Sony Ericsson can probably count on even more losses, and fired more people.
Puma = Mobilphone, Its this a joke?
The company Puma, which normally focuses on sportswear and related footwear will introduced its own mobil phone.
With the logical name Puma Phone. The phone has integrated GPS and pedometer, and includes several features designed for those who exercise a lot. Among other things, Puma Phone counting steps and keep track of your speed when you’re jogging.
The specification sheet shows that it also includes a built-in solar charger and a 3 megapixel camera that can shoot at VGA resolution. Sometime during the months of Mars-April, the phone will reach the market.
Mobile-Expo in Barcelona
The Mobile-Expo has now started in Barcelona. And although the iPhone has not taken part in recent years, much of the talk revolved around them anyway. So even this year.
Nokia and Intel just announced a new collaboration in which they combine their open operating system for handheld devices, Maemo and Moblin to Meego.
An operating system that will be used to create competitors to Apple’s iPad, among other things.
