Android now accounts for 72% of worldwide smartphone market - latimes.com: "Nearly 3 out of 4 smartphones in the world are now running on Google's Android operating system, according to a report on third quarter sales released Wednesday. Android now accounts for 72.4% of the market for smartphone operating systems, up from 52.5% in the period a year earlier. A big chunk of that gain was attributed to Samsung, which sold 55 million smartphones. The bulk of Samsung's smartphones run on Android. Meanwhile, Apple, whose devices run on iOS operating system, sold more than 23.5 million phones during the same period, up from 17.3 million a year ago. Apple's operating system market share slipped from 15% in 2011 down to 13.9%."
The five secrets to smartphone success
CNET
But the smartphone business is a brutally competitive one, with only Apple and Samsung generating any success of note. Customers now fawn over the iPhone and Galaxy S phones, but little else. Fortunately, CNET is here and willing to unload a little...
Why Microsoft Beats Apple
Wall Street Journal
Granted, when these two have gone head-to-head in the past, Microsoft has come off worse—in tablet computers, music players and smartphone software. Apple desktops and laptops also have gained market share in the past decade, albeit from a small ...
Google Nexus 7 (32GB, Unlocked)
PC Magazine
The Nexus 7 is the best small tablet on the market, but we'd rather tether it to a 4Gsmartphone than use the built-in modem here. By Sascha Segan. The Google Nexus 7 ($299 for 32GB, unlocked), made by Asus, is the best small tablet available today. We...
Gadget-shoppers: Pick your gadget path carefully
Washington Post
Remember this as you shop for the must-have gadgets of the season: You're buying far more than a box of circuit boards when you pick up a smartphone or tablet. You're picking a set path through the digital world — and turning back could be painful.
ASUS VivoTab Tablet Announced
Benchmark Reviews
ASUS, a global leader in the new digital era, today announces VivoTab, a thin and lighttablet featuring Windows 8. With an MSRP starting from US$799, VivoTab has an 11.6" multi-touch HD display, Wacom digitizer stylus and Intel Atom dual-core ...
It's Off to the Tablet Races for Amazon's Big Kindle Fire
E-Commerce Times
When Amazon launched its 7-inch Fire tablet, Apple shrugged it off -- it was no competition for the iPad. It won't be quite as easy to dismiss the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, though, which began rolling out of Amazon distribution centers on Thursday. Amazon's...
Picking the right smartphone
Washington Post
Apple's latest smartphone is its thinnest and lightest ever but is, in some ways, playing catch-up with the rest of the industry. Apple increased the screen size on the phone to be better for Web browsing and video — following its competition, but ...
LTE iPad Mini on sale in carrier stores tomorrow
CNET (blog)
Sprint says that it will begin selling the LTE version of Apple's smaller tablet online and in stores. ... iPad Mini buyers waiting for the LTE version of the tablet will have their chance to buy a device in Sprint carrier stores beginning Friday ...
The Smartphone Winner You Don't Know About
Motley Fool
Market research firm Gartner just released its latest quarterly report on mobile phone sales. Some of the changes in the report are just obvious extensions of long-established trends -- Android crushes everybody, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) plays the clear ...
Nokia Lumia 920 has Fastest Smartphone Display on the Market
Mobile Magazine
The Nokia Lumia 920 seems to be a much-needed win for Microsoft and Nokia in the smartphone world. So far, the device appear to be in reasonably high demand and has already jumped to the top of Amazon's AT&T best seller list. While there are quite a ...
Mobile Magazine
Google's Nexus 10 tablet gets torn down, found to be Samsung ...
By Donald Melanson
We've already seen what makes the Nexus 7 tick, and the folks at PowerBook Medic have now done the teardown honors with its larger counterpart, the Nexus.
Engadget
Kobo's Arc Android Tablet Goes on Sale in the UK and Canada
By Matt Brian
Perhaps often forgotten thanks to Amazon's dominance of the e-reader market, Kobo is attempting to make its mark on the Android tablet market, today launching its Kobo Arc device in the UK and Canada. Kobo's Arc tablet — which features a ...
The Next Web
Toshiba Announces Tegra 3-Powered AT300SE Tablet
... version of the AT300.The tablet comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a 10.1-inch LCD touchscreen, with the AT300 offering a 10.1-inch LED screen. The. ... for the sending request. Smartphone Sales Up by 47 Percent; Android Dominates ...
News Tom's Hardware
Video of Iron Dome Intercepting Rockets ... - Tablet Magazine
By Adam Chandler
Video of Iron Dome Intercepting Rockets: Extremely surreal footage over Be'er Sheva.
Tablet Magazine
TK-FBP049E, A Portable & Collapsible Smartphone Keyboard by ...
By EDW Lynch
By EDW Lynch on November 16, 2012. Elecom collapsible bluetooth keyboard forsmartphone. The TK-FBP049E collapsible Bluetooth keyboard serves as an external keyboard for a smartphone. When in use, the keyboard is 11 inches wide.
Laughing Squid
How a $20 tablet from India could blindside PC makers, educate ...
... Pranab Mukherjee, will have unveiled the seven-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer Tuli's... ... In the US, smartphone adoption has only just crossed the 50 % mark.
As Apple's Battle With HTC Ends, Smartphone Patent Fights Continue
Late Saturday, Apple and HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, announced they had agreed to dismiss a series of lawsuits ... Game Controller Marries Tablet ...
Google's Nexus 4 Smartphone Sells Out In U.K. Within Hours Of ...
Google's latest Nexus-branded hardware went on sale in Europe today. The Nexus 4smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet both went on sale today on Google's..
8 Reasons Gamers Should Own A Tablet - IGN
Soon there will be a host of apps that will connect you to a larger game wherever you are, using a tablet or smartphone. Instead of flinging birds at pigs with ...
How to find a lost or stolen smartphone
Recently added features in smartphones are making it easier for users to find their lost phones.
LTE iPad Mini Reaches Stores
InformationWeek
The Apple iPad Mini with LTE 4G is available from the top three U.S. wireless network operators and Apple Friday. This version of the iPad Mini adds both 3G and 4G cellular-based mobile broadbandto Apple's tablet. The Wi-Fi version of the iPad Mini ...
AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule
Computerworld
Computerworld - AT&T said Friday it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 U.S. cities. ... Fourth-largest carrier T-Mobile USA is planning to kick off LTEexpansion in 2013, but already offers fast 4G HSPA+ service.
LTE iPad Minis Start Going On Sale At AT&T Locations Too
Cult of Mac
With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best ...
Wi-Fi 'traffic cop' software boosts hotspot performance by 'up to 700pc'
ZDNet
Summary: A team of researchers from North Carolina State University say they may have cracked the problem of Wi-Fi hotspots buckling under the pressure of too many concurrent users, through a tool they have developed called WiFox. David Meyer ...
5G mobile broadband on the horizon as Ofcom prepares to free up 700MHz ...
ZDNet
In the US and Asia, it is already used for 4G services — the iPhone 5 famously supports 700MHz rather than the 800MHz spectrum coming up for auction in the UK — and a decision was taken at the World Radio Conference in February to free it up for ...
Internet not a good place to conduct an affair
News Chief
Will we learn that there is no such thing as privacy on the Internet? Apparently not. But the relationship between Jill Kelley, 37, a Tampa socialite who seems to have socialized largely on borrowed money that the lenders now want back, and Marine Gen.
4G coming to Ireland after O2, Vodafone, 3 get LTE spectrum in €855m auction
ZDNet
"The acquisition by Vodafone of new and additional spectrum allows the company to increase its capacity to provide data in urban areas and enable Vodafone to deliver the widest mobile broadbandcoverage in rural areas from 2013," the company said in a ...
The Breakfast Meeting: Targeted Ads Reshape Online Media, and Gaza Conflict ...
New York Times (blog)
Online advertising is shifting toward “programmatic buying,” a system that allows advertisers to follow individual consumers online, Tanzina Vega writes. It is a different method for reaching an online audience, one that gives less value to the context ...
Drones, Balloons May Help In Next Hurricane, Beaming Wi-Fi From The Sky
Huffington Post
Knoblach said his company is testing whether its balloons could provide broadband Internet to public safety officers after disasters. After a hurricane like Sandy, Knoblach said his company's wireless service would likely have been overloaded if ...
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