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Researchers at Gartner now report that one in every two Smartphones sold in the world, run Android. According to their latest study, Android claims a 52.5 percent market share worldwide, in the third quarter of 2011. About a year ago, their market share was a mere 25.3 percent and by the last quarter, it touched a mark of 43.4 percent. Today, with its stunning operating system and a vast collection of devices, Google sits pretty at the top, stealing market shares from almost every other Smartphone.

Smartphone market has been a churning revolution for a while and so, it’s not surprising to see a steep 42 percent in its growth in just a year’s time. As a matter of fact, sale of Smartphones to end users reached 115 million units in the third quarter of 2011! (more…)

Are we nearing the time to bid goodbye to touch screens and slide-to-lock features? According to Pantech Co. Ltd., one of Korea’s top three mobile handset makers, the introduction of their new Vega LTE smartphones will mark the beginning of a new era, the Era of Gesticulation.

It was Pantech who introduced the world to hands-free gesture-based controls for performing actions like answering phone calls, turning a page in an e-reader, switching songs, and even swiping through pictures in a gallery. They are now all set to revolutionize the smart phone industry with their new Vega LTE.

Vega LTE is an Android-based handset integrated with the Hand Gesture Recognition Technology, a technology allows users to interact with devices using simple hand gestures, developed by eyeSight. This technology, along with advanced Motion Sensing and Motion Capture algorithms, detects and interprets user’s movements, like waves and taps, in view of its camera to carry out tasks accordingly. This device even works with low resolution cameras  that are typically found on the front of smart phones. (more…)

A few days back, Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ event was held at its head quarters in Cupertino, California. Disappointment struck gadget enthusiasts as expectations for iPhone 5 were laid to rest. Now, with the passing away of Steve Jobs, the company may continue to lose its stock value. The event, however, witnessed the unveiling of more than 200 new features for iOS 5 along with iPod updates, iCloud and iPhone 4S.The iPhone 4S will be available on October 14, 2011 in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. The smart phone comes in two colors – black and white. At first glance, although it looks exactly like the iPhone, it isn’t the same. Apple’s phone will feature the company’s new A5 dual-core processor. Apple boasts that the A5 is seven times faster than the previous processor. Reviewers say graphics are super detailed. Updates aside, there is one feature which differentiates iPhone 4S from its predecessors – the Siri. We will be analyzing this feature in detail here.

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Mobile applications have picked up in the recent past far beyond market expectations. It is time for businesses to streamline all mobile apps for efficient development and management. MEAP (Mobile Enterprise Applications Platform) or MCAP (Mobile Consumer Applications Platform) serves this purpose. Analyst firm IDC forecasts the industry-wide MEAP revenue in the Americas to increase to $929.6 million by 2014. Many big tech firms like AT&T have already entered into this domain.

What Is MEAP/MCAP?
MEAP/MCAP are terms coined by Gartner, the analyst firm. MEAP/MCAP simplifies the complexities involved in developing and managing various mobile apps for various mobile phones. While MCAP relate to public applications, MEAP relate to applications within an enterprise. In this blog post, we plan to scan through this MEAP platform to understand the need for it and its benefits. Today, mobile apps play an important role in serving many functions of an enterprise – CRM, ERP, HRM. The most widely used mobile phones in businesses are iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. (more…)

Right from the time Facebook took over the as the king of social market, drowning Myspace, there has been no real fight for the throne. It’s time we saw a good competitor for Facebook.

Google has attempted to break the Facebook wall many times before, only to bruise itself. Google Waves had to be shut down and Google Buzz doesn’t seem to be picking up. After these failed attempts Google has now come up with another weapon to breach the great wall of Facebook. This is Google Plus (+1). Let’s see what this product has in store.

1. Circles: Circles are groups that can be created for restricted communication and sharing. This is like having separate communities for your friends, family, colleagues, etc. You can create any number of circles. (more…)

mCommerce

Mobile commerce or m-Commerce is creating a lot of buzz in the web space and is poised for further growth. It has never been easy to shop online any time, anywhere from the comfort of our palm. According to a study by ABI Research, it is estimated that people around the world will spend around $119 billion shopping online. There’s a massive opportunity for not only improving the way mobile purchasing works but also for inventing new ways to sharing and promoting services and merchandises. (more…)

The latest news about Apple launching an app store for Macs is creating waves in all the tech circles. A few days back, the company unveiled the eighth version of its operating system, OS X. The OS is dubbed  ‘Lion‘. During this function, Steve Jobs also spoke about the Mac App Store. This move by Apple is supportive to developers who are ‘objective C’ nerds.

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According to eMarketer forecasts, the mobile ad market is expected to double itself, growing from $7 billion in 2009 to $14 billion in 2011. By the end of 2010, mobile multimedia ad spending alone is projected to increase by 67%. Little wonder computer giant Apple is hoping to reap benefits out of this ‘billion dollar opportunity’. The company has come up with its own mobile advertising network and says it will take nearly a 50% share of mobile ads in the second half of 2010! (more…)

Touch phones from iPhone, HTCs and other brands have been around for a while, where as Nokia had not come up with their smart phones until recently. Nokia offers most of the latest technologies, but they have had a typical vintage ‘phone’ look. During February 2010, the buzz for open sources for mobile software and OS grew stronger with the merger of moblin (mobile linux from Intel) and maemo (FOSS initiative for mobiles and other handhelds from Nokia) and which gave birth to the Meego operating system. Both maemo and moblin could be installed on mobile phones and applications on these platforms could be developed in C/C++.

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As per Google Android’s developer forum, Android 2.2 is indeed a minor platform release including user and developer features, API changes, and bug fixes. A reading on developer features and API changes can be had on Framework API section. Android 2.2 platform is available to developers as a downloadable component for the Android SDK and it includes a fully compliant Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator skins and sample applications.

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