All Entries Tagged With: "smartphone"
HTC One V – Launch April 23
The HTC One V, the baby sibling of HTC’s well-received ‘One’ line of Android smartphones, is up for pre-order in the UK and will launch April 23. Some networks in the UK are offering the HTC One V for $20 on contract per month. Yet for all that it’s a decent handset – it overlays [...]
Samsung Galaxy S3 To Ditch Pentile Panel
Reports are showing up for the spec list of the eagerly-awaited Samsung Galaxy S3, with Korean press reports hinting at a 4.65-inch 720p display, with a deviation from the poorly-received pentile panel technology found on the Galaxy Nexus, which also features a 4.65-inch 720p panel. DDaily claims the new Galaxy S3 will run a Super [...]
Samsung and Apple took 95% of smartphone profits in Q4 2011
Canaccord Genuity releases market share of smartphones for last quarter of 2011. In Q4 out of all smartphones sold, Apple has sold 80% of it, Samsung sold 15%. Together these two giants sold 95% of the smartphone sector. iPhone 4S continues to be the most popular smartphone around. In United States iPhone oversells all other [...]
iPhone 5 rumours
Apple has traditionally released its newest iPhones in fall. Rumour is iPhone 5 will be available in June. What will the new generation iPhone 5 feature? New docking interface is expected, quad-core processor will be nice. With 5 million Samsung Galaxy Note units sold and other phablets popping up, rumours suggest that perhaps even iPhone [...]
HTC One S vs One X
HTC petered out a little in late 2011, but the recent launch of the HTC One S and HTC One X have been very well-received, and especially impressive is the spec list for the mid-range HTC One S, which isn’t so very far from that of the flagship One X. The HTC One S lacks [...]
Galaxy Note – 5 Million In 5 Months
Samsung’s roomy Galaxy Note phablet is hitting the right note with consumers – Samsung has shipped 5 million of the 5.3-inch smartphones in the five months since its launch. Yet the ICS update still hasn’t arrived so what is it that’s convincing all those smartphone buyers to plump for Samsung’s current star handset? The S-pen [...]
Nokia To Release Two MeeGo Phones
According to reports, Nokia is planning to release another two MeeGo smartphones, a couple of budget handsets, as part of Nokia’s ‘Next Billion’ strategy for winning business in emerging markets. The MeeGo platform has been shoved aside somewhat as the company has directed its focus to the Windows Phone platform. But while the company was [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 at AT&T
Nokia is spending $25 million to equip every employee of AT&T with their newest Nokia Lumia 900, to create an impression that Nokia Lumia 900 is the phone of choice for every professional. AT&T will start selling Lumia 900 Windows Phone on April 8th nationwide. Lumia 900 is first 4G Windows Phone and AT&T will [...]
US Smartphone Ownership Rockets
The Pew Research Center reports in a new study that almost half of Americans now own a smartphone. 46% of US citizens now own smartphones, and the results also show that the trend is accelerating faster amongst women, whose ownership climbed from 31% in May 2011 to 44% in the latest figures, while smartphone ownership [...]
Mobile GPU Shipments Stats
The Jon Peddle Research Agency has published statistics for mobile GPU shipments to be used in SoC (system-on-chip) platforms. The data translates to an annual growth rate in 2011 of 18% for phones and tablets. Just confirmation that tablets and smartphones are moving from the realm of luxury good to mainstream consumer product, which we [...]
