Amazon’s Kindle free on Blackberry
Kindle, Amazon’s reader for Blackberry comes for free. Check out this Zdnet article here..
Category: BlackBerry
Web browser test: Motorola Droid, iPhone 3GS, Nokia N900, HTC HD2, Nokia N97 mini, BB Storm and Palm Pre
A pretty basic browser speed test between the Motorola Droid, iPhone 3GS, Nokia N900, HTC HD2, Nokia N97 mini, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm. The iPhone 3GS is still the fastest, while the HTC HD2 comes in at second place. The only one I’m missing from the test is Google’s Nexus One.
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AdMob’s smartphone ad request report of October 2009 – iPhone accounts for 50%
AdMob released their smartphone ad request report of October 2009. Worldwide, the iPhone OS accounted for 50% of ad requests! Symbian came in second with a share of 25%, and Android came in third with 11% share.
In the United States the stats are little bit different. The iPhone OS accounted for 55% of all smartphone ad requests, Android came in second with a share of 20%. So the iPhone and Android accounts for 75% of the market, while all the others share 25% of the market. This is mainly because of the lack of Nokia smartphones on the US market.
Read the full report here.
Mobile-formatted Google News released
Google today announced and released their mobile-formatted Google News. It is accessible via http://news.google.com. It supports Apple’s iPhone, the whole Android platform, and Palm’s Pre. In the future we should also see a Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 and Blackberry version.
RIM's Blackberry Watch confirmed
It has long been rumored that RIM will manufacture a handy watch. Today, an image has leaked of this rumored watch. It will be an accessory to your BlackBerry smartphone, so it will differ from the LG’s version which is a phone itself.
The watch will have a big OLED screen. It will result in a clear screen with a long battery life. The accessory will most probably be called inPulse when it gets officially released.
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Apple scores highest in both consumer and business smartphone satisfaction survey
In a survey conducted by JD Power, Apple has scored highest in smartphone satisfaction rates. It got the highest score in all categories, except battery function.
- Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones used primarily for personal reasons, with a score of 811, and performs particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features and physical design. LG (776) and RIM BlackBerry (759) follow Apple in the rankings.
- Among customers who use their smartphones primarily for business purposes, Apple ranks highest with a score of 803, followed by RIM BlackBerry (724).
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Blackberry Desktop for Mac now available
The software which has for long been in beta stage, is now finally released. So those who own a BlackBerry and a Mac, head over to this site to download the application.
AdMob: iPhone OS grabs 40% of smartphone ad request share
AdMob today released a report over ad requests on their ad network. 6 months ago Symbian OS came in at first with a share of 43%, and the iPhone OS came in 2nd with a share of 33%. Today, the first place is occupied by iPhone OS with a share of 40%, when Symbian’s share is 34%.
Another noteworthy contestant is Android. 6 months ago it was trailing RIM OS with 8%, and today that gap is only 1%. My guess is that next time this report gets released, Android OS will be third most popular smartphone OS.
Check out the comparison table after the break.
Huge leak: Motorola Sholes, BlackBerry Curve 2, Nokia Twist 7705 and more
A roadmap has leaked from Verizon Wireless, containing MANY unreleased and upcoming phones. The leaked document shows the following phones:
- Motorola Sholes: Android-based phone
- Nokia Twist 7705: Female centric phone
- HTC Razzle/Blitz 2: Low cost qwerty-phone with two names..?
- LG Chocolate Touch: Estimated price-tag at $230
- BlackBerry Storm 2: Successor to the original Storm
- Samsung Intensity: Estimated cost $160
More images after the break!
