Developing for Android
Good analysis by David Beach, the product manager for eBay Mobile on Developing for Android. The takeaways: it’s hard work but Android is here to stay. more...
Posts Tagged "Android"
Surging iPhone Hot On The Heels of Nokia as Australia's No 1 Smartphone
According to the latest results from IDC the iPhone now has a 40.3% share of the smartphone market. As a point of reference Android has 2.1%. “Apple has soared over the past 12 months, with market share quadrupling,” IDC analyst Mark Novosel said. “We are forecasting that at current growth rates, Apple could be number [...] more...
Australians Take to Mobile Internet
Lia Timson reporting on a new Nielsen report detailing the state of ‘Internet Capable’ mobile phones in Australia: Nokia still maintains a solid lead on internet phones in Australia with a 35 per cent market share, however, the iPhone has made significant gains in the past year, more than doubling from just 13 per cent [...] more...
Why Worldwide Smartphone Sales Figures Matter to You
Kevin C. Tofel asks ‘Why should you care about smartphone market share as a consumer’? There are a number of factors, but I think the main one is software…Developers are following the sales figures because the better selling platforms offer a wider audience interested in the apps being developed and sold. He uses the latest [...] more...
Symbian Operating System, Now Open Source and Free
Wired reporting that Symbian, the mobile OS that powers most Nokia phones on the planet is now Open Source and Free. Sounds like a move designed to compete directly with Android. Symbian’s move to open source has been completed four months ahead of schedule and it offers mobile developers new ways to innovate, says Williams. [...] more...
Ninja's Nexus One Unboxing
This is the greatest unboxing video you ever might see. more...
The Best Google Nexus One Review I've Seen
Great review of the Nexus One on YouTube. Conclusion is….it’s kind of OK but still no iPhone. Watch it below: Also, if you’re still interested in Nexus One, Ars have finally finished their hands on and conclude with this: The Nexus One is the best smartphone on the market at this point for general use. more...
Top Mobile Phones for 2009
According to Nielson, iPhone 3G takes number one spot with 4% of ‘embedded base of all subscribers’, with RIM chomping on its heals. Top 10 Mobile Phones in Use (U.S.) – January -October 2009 RANK Device Embedded Base ofAll Subscribers 1 Apple 3G iPhone 4.0% 4.0% 2 RIM BlackBerry 8300 Series (Curve, 8310, 8320, 8330, [...] more...
The Rise of App Marketing
Commentary from Melinda Varley in Business Spectator on the market for mobile marketing: In the UK – the most sophisticated and saturated mobile market in Europe – marketers spent almost £29 million on mobile advertising in 2008, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Mobile Marketing Association now expects total spend to reach [...] more...
Apple's Mistake
Paul Graham’s latest thoughts about the App Store, and it’s failings. How would Apple like it if when they discovered a serious bug in OS X, instead of releasing a software update immediately, they had to submit their code to an intermediary who sat on it for a month and then rejected it because it contained [...] more...
