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Android on top but dissatisfaction among developers grows

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Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. While Android has continued its steady climb up the smartphone OS pecking order, opinion is divided on the extent to which its market influence will continue to grow Most recent industry reports make encouraging reading for Google. Smart phone market data for Q1 2011 released by Canalys showed that Android led the global market for the second …

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Tablet challengers nibbling away at iPad lead

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Posted on June 2, 2011 by admin

By Paul Golden. The already highly competitive tablet market is set to become even more cut-throat over the coming months with a number of confirmed – and rumoured – launches in the pipeline. It is easy to see why so many vendors are attracted to tablet computing. Strategy Analytics estimates that global tablet sales will be close to a $50 …

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Who needs NFC when femtos can do cashless payments?

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Posted on February 15, 2011 by admin

By David Swift The press has been abuzz with news that near field communications (NFC) will be coming to mobile devices any time soon. NFC is an RFID chip which will allow mobile phones to be used to pay for low-cost items, simply by passing the phone over a card reader. Recently Orange and T-Mobile in the UK and announced …

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Winners and losers in the smartphone race

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

By Glenn Le Santo. Smartphones took a giant leap into the future when Apple released the iPhone which, when combined with all-you-can-eat unlimited data plans, revolutionised the way we use phones. With Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker recently predicting that mobile internet connections will overtake desktop internet connection by 2014, the potential market for internet enabled mobile phones is huge. While …

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