Showing posts with label smart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smart. Show all posts

Thursday, March 4, 2010

HTC has refused to recognise itself the infringer of patents Apple

HTC Legend

The Taiwan manufacturer of smart phones HTC did not break corporation Apple patents, informs AFP referring to representatives HTC.

20 Apple patents

Apple on March, 2nd has submitted on HTC the complaint to the international trading commission of the USA and district court of the State of Delaware. Corporation Apple, considers, that HTC has illegally taken advantage of 20 patents Apple. The given patents concern the user interface, architecture and a hardware stuffing iPhone.

Steve Jobs, has declared, that the corporation is not going to be reconciled with theft of their technology. In HTC in the answer have declared, that are not unique innovators in the mobile market, but very seriously concern the American and international patent right.

Touch Claims

According to IT observers and analysts, claims first of all will concern the touch smart phones HTC working under control of mobile operational system Google Android. It is one of the basic competitors of a platform iPhone OS. Besides, HTC has made phone Google under name Nexus One.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Nokia and Intel have shown new OS

Nokia and Intel

Corporations Intel and Nokia on the mobile congress in Barcelona announced platform MeeGo, which becomes a hybrid of mobile systems Moblin (Mobile Linux) and Maemo. First versions MeeGo will appear in the second quarter 2010, and devices on the basis of OS — till the end of a year.

MeeGo for smart phones

MeeGo it is intended for work on a wide spectrum of devices, including smart phones, tablets and laptops. It will allow to create applications which without adaptation will work at once on several kinds of devices. Shop of appendices for MeeGo becomes belonging Nokia Ovi Store.

New OS for Nokia N900

MeeGo will co-exist with platform Symbian which is now used for smart phones. New OS is intended for devices of class Nokia N900 which the Finnish corporation prefers to name mobile computers.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Nokia — the leader among smart phones

Nokia N97

Corporation Nokia has managed in the fourth quarter 2009 to increase the share in the market of smart phones to 40%, is spoken in the financial report of the Finnish company. Quarter before share Nokia has decreased with 41-35%. Many analysts predicted further weakening of positions Nokia, writes All Things Digital.

Trend QWERTY

Net profit Nokia for a year has grown for 65% with 576-948 million euro, and the gain has decreased for 5,3% to 12 billion euro. By the end of year the corporation owned liquid actives for the sum of 8,9 billion euro. In Nokia have declared, that positive indicators are reached thanks to start of phones with the touch screen, and also devices with the QWERTY-keyboard.

Nokia for three months has made 126,9 million pieces of mobile phones. It for 12% more than during the same period of 2008 and for 17% more than in the third quarter 2009.

Remarkable tendencies

In corporation expect, that in the first quarter 2010 the receipt of devices and services will make from 6,5 to 5 billion euro. According to forecast Nokia, in 2010 a company share in the market of mobile phones, the component of 39%, concerning 2009 will not change.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Nokia has made navigation on the smart phones

Ovi Maps

Finnish corporation Nokia has informed on January, 21st on release of the new version of cartographical service Ovi Maps with free pedestrian and automobile navigation.

Navigating service by Nokia

Service of vocal navigation works in 74 countries and is capable to give navigating instructions in 46 languages. In total Ovi Maps contain navigation charts more than 180 countries. New Ovi Maps also demand for work of transfer smaller, than before volume of data.

In Nokia notice, that are full determination by means of Ovi Maps to increase twice the navigating market. Now, according to researchers of company Canalys, navigators in the world use 27 million persons. By estimations Nokia, free Ovi Maps will increase this indicator on 20 million.

Ovi Maps for Nokia Booklet 3G

While new Ovi Maps are installed only on 10 smart phones Nokia, including Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini and Nokia E72. Representatives Nokia have declared, that plans about distribution of new conditions on laptop Nokia Booklet 3G still are not present. In the future inclusion in Ovi Maps service with the prevention of stoppers and jams is planned.

Monday, January 18, 2010

LG has refused from Windows Mobile in favour of Android

LG Eve

On January, 13th LG Electronics has informed on the mobile strategy in 2010. On it informs Electronista. The company plans to make about twenty new models of smart phones, however there is more than half from them will work under control of operational system Google Android. The remained models will be supplied Windows Mobile or Linux.

Serious blow on Microsoft

Refusal LG of use Windows Mobile is a serious blow on Microsoft, writes the edition. In 2008 of the company have concluded the union for joint working out of mobile phones. In 2009 the majority of smart phones LG has been adapted under operational system Windows Mobile. Only one phone LG Eve used platform Google.

In the company in any way have not commented on the passed decision.

In due time head Microsoft Steve Ballmer has underestimated mobile platform Google Android... In November, 2008 he considered what to speak about Android, as about the serious player for the present early. For that moment Android covered an insignificant share in the market of mobile platforms. In 2008 head Microsoft saw platforms Symbian in quality of basic competitors Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Linux Mobile.

GW990 by Intel Moorestown

In the beginning of year LG expects to concentrate on release of smart phones of initial level, however by the autumn-winter promises it will be switched to more serious devices, such as, for example, GW990 on a platform of new generation Intel Moorestown. In the company hope to sell in 2010 more than 10 million new phones.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

In Ireland it's sold only 220 smart phones Palm Pre

Palm Pre

For three months in Ireland 220 smart phones Palm Pre have been sold only. About it writes edition Mobile Industry Review.

The marketing miscalculation

From the moment of start of sales on October, 16th, 2009 at the Irish division of British mobile operator O2 bought on 2 smart phones in day. Absence of demand on competing with iPhone press phone has explained marketing miscalculations of the company.

For the first time Palm Pre has been presented at an exhibition of electronics CES 2009 in January. It is the device equipped with the 3,1-inch touch screen, the put forward qwerty-keyboard, and also modules Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS. As operational system Pre platform Palm webOS has been chosen. Outwardly operational system is very similar to interface Apple iPhone.

Palm Pre in the USA

Since June, 6th, 2009 operator Sprint has started to sell Palm Pre in the USA. At purchase of phone with two-year-old contract Sprint the smart phone price made 200 dollars. According to analytical company Charter Equity Research, for the first month of sales in territory of the United States of company Palm it was possible to sell more than 300 thousand smart phones Pre.

In the meantime direct competitor Palm of company Apple for the third quarter 2009 managed to realise the 7,4 million iPhone 3GS, that has exceeded last year's indicators for 7 percent. On June, 21st the company has reported about sale million iPhone 3GS. Sales of this version of smart phone Apple have begun on June, 19th. One million smart phones iPhone first generation Apple has sold for 74 days. One million realisation iPhone 3G needed all couple of days.

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Technical support Google attack complaints

Nexus One

Forums of technical support Google have appeared are filled up by complaints of users to work of own smart phone of company Nexus One. About it writes Slashgear. As the basic occasion to discontent the defect in which result phone it has appeared has served it is impossible to switch to a 3G-mode or he was constantly switched with 3G on EDGE and back.

Feebleness Nexus One

Besides unpleasant feature of the most technical support Google which consists that technical support is limited by one electronic correspondence was found out, and users should wait the answer from employees of the company some days. Any form of direct telephone support for buyers Nexus One is not provided.

The upset buyers who have faced malfunctions in work of the smart phone have addressed in technical support of the developer of the device company HTC and the mobile operator T-Мobile extending phones Google, but there to them anything could not help.

Unsuccessful technical support

One user within one and a half hours some times switched between technical supports of both companies, however unsuccessfully. On assurance of other victim, within 5 hours of the waiting answer from most Google, whether to the client have simply advised to reboot phone and to look will solve it a problem (!).

The new smart phone is on sale directly through online shop Google. The price for the device without a binding to the cellular operator in the USA makes 529 dollars. Also in sale the version with a sim card of operator T-Mobile in cost of 179 dollars has arrived also.

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In Las Vegas have shown phones on the basis of Intel Atom

Intel

At exhibition Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the director of mobile division Intel Pankaj Kedia has shown the first samples of smart phones on the basis of Intel Atom Moorestown, in particular, device LG GW990 with the touch screen (1024 x 480 pixels). About it writes edition Ubergizmo.

Platform Moorestown

Platform Moorestown unites the processor executed on nano-technology, the memory controller, a videosystem, and also the module of coding-decoding of video on one chip.

According to company Intel, the new platform consumes ten times less electric power in comparison with first generation Atom. However representatives of the company while keep secret the information concerning working frequencies, volume of operative memory and other specifications of the shown sample.

Real Intel Atom

Nevertheless, journalist Ubergizmo has noted high speed of work of appendices on device LG, appeared capable without halts to reproduce video being the loaded set of in parallel open appendices.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Google has officially presented the competitor iPhone

Nexus One

Corporation Google on Tuesday, on January, 5th, has officially presented the first commercial device developed together with Taiwan HTC. The presentation of smart phone Nexus One, called to be the main competitor iPhone, has taken place in headquarters Google in Californian city Mountain View, informs AFP.

The smart phone by Google

According to chief executive HTC Peter Chou, Nexus One will expand public representations about smart phone possibilities. "The tremendous union of the form and functions", — makes comments on novelty Erick Tseng from Google.

To get the new smart phone it will be possible in online shop Google which, on assurances of representatives of the company, will begin work already "the next minutes". The price for the device without a binding to the cellular operator will make $529 in the USA.
In sale the version with a sim card of operator T-Mobile in cost of $179 will arrive also. In Google have noticed, that delivery of the smart phones ordered through the Internet will be carried out in the USA, the Great Britain, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Technical characteristics Nexus One

Technical characteristics of the novelty executed in the thin case and equipped with the touch screen with the virtual keyboard, correspond to the similar devices presented in the market. As it was informed earlier, Nexus One will work on platform Android 2.1. The smart phone is equipped by processor Qualcomm with frequency 1GHz.

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