IDC smartphone OS Q1 2012 IDC, the popular market intelligence firm that releases smartphone marketshare numbers every now and then, today released their figures for Q1 2012. When looking at shipped smartphones, Android, iOS and Windows Phone are gainers, while Symbian and Blackberry are losers. Android is easily the largest with their marketshare of 59.0%. 23.0% of the total marketshare goes to Apple, 6.8% to Symbian, 6.4% to Blackberry, 2.3% to Linux (!), 2.2% to Windows Phone and Windows Mobile combined, and the remaining 0.3% goes...
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According to a recent Nielsen study, Microsoft’s mobile OSs account for 10% of the smart-phone market in the United States. What they didn’t tell, is how the share is divided between Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7. Out of this 10%, HTC accounts for 7% of the devices, Motorola for 1%, Samsung for 2%, HP for 1% and other manufacturers for 1%. ...
Navigon currently gives you a 33-37% discount when buying their MobileNavigator for Android, iOS or Windows Mobile. You get a 33% discount with Android or iOS, and a 37% discount with the version for Windows Mobile. Navigon recently updated the iOS version (read changes here), and now also the Android version. Android got version 3.5.3 of MobileNavigator and it contains the following changes:Address Click – ability to select an address from any app that supports address export. By clicking on an address, NAVIGON MobileNavigator will...
HTC just released two minor updates for the HTC HD2 and the HTC Touch2. Both of these fixes a Daylight Saving Time bug on the phones. Here is the changelog from HTC: This update for HTC HD2 readjusts your clock to account for the hour gained during Daylight Savings Follow the instructions below to download and install the update on your device:Make sure you have Microsoft ActiveSync® installed on your Windows XP PC or Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista® PC. You can find Microsoft ActiveSync from this link or Windows Mobile...
Windows Phone 7 was today announced with a big event in NYC. HTC was the biggest player during the Windows Mobile era, and they tend to keep that spot now with Windows Phone 7. HTC HD7 Maybe the most waited new device is the successor for the HD2, which in Windows Phone 7 time is now called HD7. The HD7 comes with a 4.3″ WVGA touch screen, 1GHz CPU, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording, 16GB internal storage, 576MB RAM, Bluetooth, WiFi n and a weight of 162 grams. The HTC HD7 will be available via T-Mobile in the US, O2...
Microsoft and Spotify today announced that a Spotify client is now ready to download for Windows Mobile 6, and a Windows Phone 7 client will follow in the near future. Spotify features on Windows phone 6 include:Listen to millions of tracks with Spotify’s constantly updated catalogue Stream over WiFi or 2.5/3G – all your existing playlists are available Listen to tracks and albums in their entirety. Rewind, fast-forward, pause, skip and shuffle Continue to run Spotify in the background while texting, making calls, web browsing...
As we told to you yesterday, Microsoft today enabled ActiveSync for their popular Hotmail email service. Quick StepsIf your device supports only one profile of ActiveSync, delete the existing ActiveSync profile on your device if you already use it Enter the following:URL - m.hotmail.com Username – Enter full name with domain info, e.g. me@test.com Domain – Leave blank SSL – Enabled Certificate - Accept the SSL certificate when prompted Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks – All can be enabled.Supported DevicesThe...
Microsoft is tomorrow going to enable Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail accounts . Basically, this means that you will get push mail on your Exchange enabled phones including Android, iOS, Maemo, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. With Push Email, you can also sync your contacts and calendar with Hotmail’s service. To enable push Hotmail on your beloved smart phone, simply configure your Exchange client to server m.hotmail.com, and enter your credentials. Update: It’s now live and kicking. How-To posted here. ...
