iPhone & Android Now Total 75% of US Smartphone Web Traffic
tuaw.com — It's a rather stunning number from AdMob in an October report. The firm reports on web requests from thousands of sites world wide. In the latest report, Apple has 55% of the domestic Smartphone traffic share, and Android has 20%. Interestingly, the Blackberry share dropped 2% to a 12 percent share, and Palm's webOS dropped from a 10% share to 5%. (Submitted by Surferess) More...
Dell Goes Official With Android-Based Mini 3i Smartphone
hothardware.com — The day has finally come, folks. Dell is getting into the smartphone business. It's kind of tough to believe, actually. Dell has been a staple in the PC industry for years. But what it hasn't done is, well, anything other than that. Until today. (Submitted by AmyVernon) More...
Source: Android will take off in early '10, challenge iPhone
dailyfinance.com — An onslaught of slick smartphones running Google (GOOG) Android will goose adoption and send Android marketshare soaring in early 2010, said a source close to the Android team with knowledge of customer trends and sentiment for the Google-powered handsets. (Submitted by louiebaur) More...
Symbian Foundation opens smartphone kernel source code
arstechnica.com — The Symbian Foundation has opened the source code of Symbian's EKA2 kernel and is making it available under the Eclipse Public License. It's a key milestone in the foundation's open source roadmap, but Symbian still faces a tough battle against Android and the iPhone. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More...
Flash 10 Beta Coming to Most Smartphones in Oct - Not iPhone
news.cnet.com — In a Q2 audio press release, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen confirmed that Adobe will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for a number of smartphone browsers, including Windows Mobile, Google Android, Palm WebOS, and Symbian devices, in October. (Submitted by LeechesOfKarma) More...
Can the Droid save Motorola?
news.cnet.com — Could Motorola's new smartphone, the Droid, be the company's next Razr a la 2010? Judging from the hype surrounding the new smartphone, which is the first device to use the Google Android 2.0 operating system, there is a good chance the (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More...
Competition For The App Store, Coming Soon
hothardware.com — Right now the only real "competition" to Apple's App Store is the Android Market. Presently, anyone using an Android-based phone can download applications from the Android Market, which first started offering free applications in October. In the coming months we're also going to see more app stores come online for additional smartphone platforms. (Submitted by sungoddess808) More...
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