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October 25th, 2011  The Times launched their Android tablet version today, almost 17 months after the launch of their iPad edition. The Times website announced, “Like our iPad edition, our Android version combines the best of The Times journalism with the interactivity of your tablet, including enhanced graphics, stunning picture galleries and exclusive videos.” […] October 25th, 2011  Google’s Android has overtaken Apple’s iOS as the most popular platform for mobile app downloads, but Apple device users still download more per person, according to ABI Research. In the second quarter, Android accounted for 44% of the global mobile app downloads, compared to 31% for iOS devices. That was fueled by a 36% jump in Android […] October 17th, 2011  The iPhone 4S broke the previous sales record for an iphone, selling a total of 4 million units in its first three days of availability. This is more than double the company’s previous record of 1.7 million iPhone 4 units sold in the summer of 2010. The sale of four million iPhone 4S units at launch exceeds Wall Street expectations, for Apple to […] October 14th, 2011  Siri — the voice recognition “artificial intelligence” app that is perhaps the defining feature of the newly launched Apple iPhone 4S — was launched as a “beta”, and for those iPhone 4S users outside of the US, its becoming clear why. Siri does not come with the complete functionality that it has in the US, […] October 12th, 2011  The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5, was finally shipped today and is available as an update when syncing an Apple mobile device via iTunes. iOS 5 is a free update and is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation) and iPod touch (3rd generation). The iOS5 update contains over 200 new features, […] October 5th, 2011  Apple’s share price briefly dropped by almost 5% in response to the launch of the iPhone 4S — or more specifically the non-appearance of the iPhone 5. However, even though the iPhone 4S looks no different to the iPhone 4, according to Apple “it is entirely new from the inside”. It includes the faster A5 […] September 22nd, 2011  Mobile Marketing reports that Android remains the most popular smartphone platform in the UK, with 30% of smartphone users, up from 28% in March. 27% of smartphone users own an iPhone, compared to 26% in the first quarter of the year. RIM is in third place with 19% compared to 14% in March. The figures come from […] September 22nd, 2011  The next major update to Google’s Android mobile operating system will be released in late October, shortly after Apple releases iPhone and iOS versions 5, according to industry observers. With “Ice Cream Sandwich” as it’s version name, the general view is that it will be issued as version number “Android 4.0″ to indicate that it […] September 10th, 2011  2011 could be the first year that Google’s Android overtakes Apple’s iOS in total number of app downloads, according to research firm Ovum. Ovum expects Android users to download 35% more apps than iOS users this year. Android users are forecast to download 8.1 billion apps this year, compared to the 6 billion forecast for iOS users. […] August 15th, 2011  Google today announced a deal to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn (£7.7bn). A joint statement said the boards of both companies had unanimously approved the deal, which should be completed by the end of this year, or early 2012. Earlier this year, Motorola split into two separate companies. Motorola Mobility manufactures mobile phones. Motorola Solutions provides broader technologies […] June 3rd, 2011  Steve Jobs is due to return to the stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday June 6th to introduce Apple’s cloud-based sync service, the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system — iOS5 — and the next version of the Mac OS, Lion. iCloud is expected to feature a music streaming service which will […] May 14th, 2011  According to Intermedia, a global Microsoft Exchange host provider, whilst Android market share and popularity amongst consumers continues to climb, business professionals generally prefer the iPhone. Intermedia reviewed the type of ActiveSync*–based smartphones its customers activated across the 320,000 hosted Exchange email accounts it manages for its customers. 61% choose the iPhone, whilst only 17% prefer the […] April 27th, 2011  Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a rare interview this week to counter criticism that Apple’s iphones and 3G iPads track their user’s location and store it in a database file in the iOS operating system. Jobs said that the location data stored on iPhones running iOS 4 is used to deliver location-based information to the user and that […] April 4th, 2011  Android continued to extend its lead amongst smart phone operating systems, according to two surveys — on in the US and the other in the UK. However, according to the UK survey, Apple’s iOS users remain more engaged than their Android counterparts whilst using their mobile device. According to a report issued by research firm Comcast, Google’s […] February 11th, 2011  Nokia and Microsoft announced today that they are to form a broad strategic alliance to create what they describe as the ‘third mobile ecosystem’. As part of the deal Windows Phone will become the primary operating system for Nokia’s smartphones. The deal will also bring Bing and Xbox to Nokia devices. | |||||
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