[News] Android (Linux) Kicks iPhone (Apple) in the Guts
Roy Schestowitz
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Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
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| A "monstrous" jump in demand for Android-
| equipped smartphones has turned the market
| upside down, a retail pollster said today.
|
| Of the people who told ChangeWave Research
| in a mid-December survey that they planned
| to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days,
| 21% said they expected to purchase a
| handset powered by Google's Android
| operating system. That number represented
| a 250% increase over the 6% that pegged
| Android as their mobile OS of choice when
| ChangeWave last queried consumers' plans
| in September.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143027/Demand_for_Android_phones_makes_monstrous_250_jump
Survey Shows Android Gaining Smartphone Ground
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| Google's Android mobile operating system
| is finally picking up a little steam,
| according to a recent survey. ChangeWave
| Research polled over 4,000 consumers in
| mid-December and found that 4 percent of
| respondents who own a smartphone now use
| Android--that's up from a measly 1 percent
| in the previous September 2009 survey.
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Android vs. iPhone: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
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| The study, based on a survey of about
| 4,000 consumers, shows interest in Android
| nearly tripling from September to December
| of 2009. In September, about 6 percent of
| respondents said an Android phone was in
| their future. By December, that number was
| up to 21 percent.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/185830/Android_vs_iPhone_Lets_Get_Ready_to_Rumble.html?tk=rss_news
Five Predictions for Google's Nexus One
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| There has been a frenzy of rumors
| circulating about Google's foray into the
| mobile handset market since it was first
| discovered that Google might be working on
| such a device. Based on the prevailing
| rumors and speculation, here are five
| predictions for what we can expect from
| the Nexus One.
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Recent:
Mobile Game-Changers: What to Keep Your Eye on in 2010
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| Android: The New Smartphone Superstar
| Will Apple own mobile applications?
| Perhaps, but with the launch of the Android
| OS and some slick devices: Droid, HTC
| Dream, HTC Eris and the much anticipated
| Nexus One expect more developers to take
| advantage of the openness of this new
| platform. Having the ability to push apps
| live without an approval process, make
| quick updates and leverage open source,
| along with some very cool mobile features
| like the accelerometer and a larger
| developer community, will certainly put
| Android in the race for the most popular
| mobile OS.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/krishna-subramanian/mobile-game-changers-what_b_410027.html
Review: Motorola Milestone
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| If you've somehow managed to get through
| the festive period without picking up a new
| phone and you have some change in your
| pocket to use to that end, there are many
| things to love about the Motorola
| Milestone, one of the strongest new
| contenders to the iPhone's well-deserved
| crown.
|
| Engineered to incorporate the Google-backed
| Android operating system, there's some
| impressive hardware behind efforts to fully
| realize Google's vision for mobile
| computing and telephony, delivered through
| a clean and responsive 3.7-inch touchscreen
| and powered by a 550 Mhz processor which
| helps clear up the speed issues which
| troubled earlier Android handsets.
|
| [...]
|
| For the advantages over an iPhone, the list
| is a long one - a superior camera, for a
| start, as well as the ability to run apps
| in the background - so that you can, for
| example, write an email while listening to
| music (the phone incorporates a standard
| headphone jack, and filling it with your
| favourite mp3s is a breeze). But it lacks
| the polish that an Apple product delivers,
| and, at £450 for the hardware alone, is
| certainly on the pricey side - on top of
| that you're going to need an unlimited data
| plan to even scratch the surface of the
| phone's potential, as well as minutes and
| texts.
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Adaptive Digital Technologies Joins Arm Solution Center for Android
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| Adaptive Digital has been providing VoIP
| solutions to the industry for over fifteen
| years to eighty-five customers who deploy
| equipment worldwide. By participating in
| the ARM Solution Center for Android, and
| making available the anVoip voice engine
| for Android, Adaptive Digital has placed
| itself in a strategic position to provide
| its mature, field-hardened VoIP software to
| the exploding market of Android-based
| handsets, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDS)
| and Netbooks.
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http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/62757/
OS war - Android on its way
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/03/4554903.htm
The Androidification of Everything
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| The bigger indicator of momentum for Android
| is the excitement it has generated in the
| semiconductor industry. EETimes reports
| that, in addition to chip companies ARM and
| MIPS, semiconductor design firms such as
| Aricent and Mentor Graphics have established
| special Android-focused businesses.
| Freescale Semiconductor is working on an
| Android-based netbook design, as is
| Qualcomm.
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http://gigaom.com/2009/12/30/the-androidification-of-everything/
Android Phones to Challenge iPhone Supremacy
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| Now bitter industry rival SK Telecom is
| looking to generate just as much buzz by
| getting out of the gate early on premium
| phones powered by the Google-backed Android
| operating system.
|
| SK Telecom, the country's biggest mobile
| telephony operator, currently plans to release
| its first Android phone, produced by Motorola,
| sometime around mid-January, industry sources
| said.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_58177.html
T-Mobile G1 To Get Android OS Upgrade?
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| AndroidSpin, an Android focused news site, has
| reported that the very first Android based
| smartphone, the T-Mobile G1, will be getting
| an over-the-air update.
|
| This will upgrade its software with Android
| 2.0 or possibly Android 2.1, which
| incidentally is the operating system of soon-
| to-launch Nexus One also know as the Google
| Phone.
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http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/12/29/t-mobile-g1-get-android-os-upgrade/
First android-based tablet pc for india
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| Notion Ink, a Hyderabad-based technology
| start-up, has developed the first touchscreen
| tablet which uses Google’s open source
| operating system Android, Nvidia’s yet-to-be
| launched Tegra processor chips and a power-
| saving display screen from the US-based
| fabless developer Pixel Qi.
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/first-android-based-tablet-pc-for-india/380542/
Android is big in the mobile OS game
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| ACCORDING TO STATISTICS from Comscore,
| Google's Android OS has made a quick and big
| impression on US mobile users.
|
| User statistics compiled by the firm show
| that Android has had an impact on Americans
| already and is the second most popular
| platform for accessing social media sites
| and mobile media.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1566683/android-mobile-os-game
Forrester: Google Android Smartphones to Take 10% of Market in 2010
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| 3. Mobile devices based on the Google Android
| operating systems will take 10% of the mobile
| device market in 2010. According to Forrester
| that uptake will be due to "heavy industry
| support" from Qualcomm (QCOM), Verizon (VZ),
| Motorola (MOT) and Google (GOOG), as well as
| the growing embrace of the open OS by
| developers.
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http://www.cio.com/article/511783/Forrester_Google_Android_Smartphones_to_Take_10_of_Market_in_2010?source=rss_news
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Sinister Midget III
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> Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
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>| A "monstrous" jump in demand for Android-
>| equipped smartphones has turned the market
>| upside down, a retail pollster said today.
I'm not planning on buying a new everything phone for the foreseeable
future. However, the iPhony put itself out of the running for any
consideration when I do get a round tuit by tying themselves to a
crummy AT&T service.
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Rex Ballard
> On 2010-01-05, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> claimed:
> > Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| A "monstrous" jump in demand for Android-
> >| equipped smartphones has turned the market
> >| upside down, a retail pollster said today.
> I'm not planning on buying a new everything phone for the foreseeable
> future. However, the iPhony put itself out of the running for any
> consideration when I do get a round tuit by tying themselves to a
> crummy AT&T service.
You might want to look at a smartbook.
It's like a netbook, but it uses an Acorn chip and ONLY runs Linux.
It also has a "standby" feature similar to a cell phone so that you
can use it like a cell phone. I wonder if it has bluetooth? If I can
have a smartbook that can also be my phone, and don't even have to
pull it out to answer it using my bluetooth headset, I'd be willing to
give it a shot.
I don't know if it will be Chrome or just some Linux variant.
It's a pretty gutsy move for Lenovo, but it could pay of some huge
dividends.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ygtylnv
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143080/Lenovo_pushes_new_smartbook_as_netbook_alternative
Ezekiel
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> Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
Oh look - it's yet another iPhone killer. Sales jumped 250% from zero to
their current level.
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ Rex Ballard on Tuesday 05 Jan 2010 23:39 : \____
Google is said to be preparing a Chrome OS tablet.
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Sinister Midget III
> On Jan 5, 6:26 pm, Sinister Midget III <a...@myeeemobile.com> wrote:
>> I'm not planning on buying a new everything phone for the foreseeable
>> future. However, the iPhony put itself out of the running for any
>> consideration when I do get a round tuit by tying themselves to a
>> crummy AT&T service.
>
> You might want to look at a smartbook.
> It's like a netbook, but it uses an Acorn chip and ONLY runs Linux.
> It also has a "standby" feature similar to a cell phone so that you
> can use it like a cell phone. I wonder if it has bluetooth? If I can
> have a smartbook that can also be my phone, and don't even have to
> pull it out to answer it using my bluetooth headset, I'd be willing to
> give it a shot.
>
> I don't know if it will be Chrome or just some Linux variant.
>
> It's a pretty gutsy move for Lenovo, but it could pay of some huge
> dividends.
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/ygtylnv
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143080/Lenovo_pushes_new_smartbook_as_netbook_alternative
I can find a few mentions, but good luck finding anyone who actually
sells one. At least, I can't seem to locate anyone that has any on the
market.
In my case I'm also picky about who they'll work with. But for the 3G
part it will be a huge advantage if they're using Gobi cards as those
work with Sprint, AT&T and others. Hopefully I could get service with
someone I don't deem objectionable. The Gobi can handle it, so all
they'd need is a working SIM.
Then the only problem would be the size. But if it's a suitable
replacement for the netbook I have that problem would solve itself.
With the claimed battery life that would more than solve itself in my
book.
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Chris Ahlstrom
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsg...@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
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>> Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
>
> Oh look - it's yet another iPhone killer. Sales jumped 250% from zero to
> their current level.
That would be an INF% jump, Zeke.
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chrisv
> trolling fsckwit wrote:
>>
>> Oh look - it's yet another iPhone killer. Sales jumped 250% from zero to
>> their current level.
>
>That would be an INF% jump, Zeke.
Some of these Wintrolling assholes have the Micro$oft "killer" thing
on their brains. Products don't have to "kill" the other products on
the market to be successful. It's normal, healthy, and good for the
consumer to have multiple competing products, with different feature
sets and price points, to fit differing needs and wants.
Chris Ahlstrom
I'd certainly be interested in a Droid phone and a service provider besides
the "new/old" AT&T-cum-Cingular.
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Ezekiel
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>>> Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
>>
>> Oh look - it's yet another iPhone killer. Sales jumped 250% from zero to
>> their current level.
>
> That would be an INF% jump, Zeke.
I think that's obvious. The point is that while the new Google phones seem
to be pretty good devices, looking at "growth stats" at this point is very
misleading simply because the sales numbers are starting from such a low
baseline. This "monstrous 250% jump" needs to be qualified with some
meaningful absolute numbers.
Chris Ahlstrom
> "Chris Ahlstrom" <ahls...@launchmodem.com> wrote in message
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>> Ezekiel pulled this Usenet boner:
>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsg...@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1369652.a...@schestowitz.com...
>>>>
>>>> Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
>>>
>>> Oh look - it's yet another iPhone killer. Sales jumped 250% from zero to
>>> their current level.
>>
>> That would be an INF% jump, Zeke.
>
> I think that's obvious. The point is that while the new Google phones seem
> to be pretty good devices, looking at "growth stats" at this point is very
> misleading simply because the sales numbers are starting from such a low
> baseline. This "monstrous 250% jump" needs to be qualified with some
> meaningful absolute numbers.
Of course!
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