Meego operating system of Nokia smartphones

May 31, 2011

In the first quarter of 2010, Nokia and Intel merged their Maemo and Moblin software platforms to form a single Linux-based and fully open source platform, MeeGo, for a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. Nokia has also been working with Intel to [...]

Nokia Shifting focus to compete with iOS & Android OS

May 30, 2011

In 2011, Nokia announced it would drop its own cell phone operating system and will use Microsoft’s software. The alliance between Nokia and Microsoft is seen as an effort by the two companies to gain a foothold in the booming smartphone market. The company is still the global leader in wireless handset market share, but [...]

Specific Growing Trends in Smartphone Markets

May 30, 2011

Growth prospects remain very promising, with carriers aggressively subsidizing smartphone purchases in mature markets in an effort to increase their data service revenue, and with a large untapped growth opportunity in the emerging markets, particularly in China where smartphone adoption has yet to take off. The landscape for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is becoming more [...]

MobileNotifier Beta 5 Ecstatic Eggo Released [Cydia Tweak]

May 30, 2011

MobileNotifier is a jailbreak tweak by Peter Hajas developer which brings an amazing push notification system to your iOS devices. It is rumored that Apple has hired MobileNotifier team to redesign the push notifications in the upcoming iOS 5. But the team has released the updated MobileNotifier Beta 5 version. MobileNotifier Beta 5 (Ecstatic Eggo) [...]

Fast changing dynamics of SmartPhone Market

May 30, 2011

The smaller vendors showed the most improvement in the third quarter of 2010, year over year, reflecting growth in the use of the Android OS, which could continue if demand for its Android devices continues to grow. In particular, Samsung saw its share increase to 8.9% in the third quarter of 2010 from 3.0% in [...]

Why Nokia went for Deal with Microsoft?

May 29, 2011

Nokia’s current smartphone platform utilizes Symbian Operating System. The company is working with associations of developers & collaborators to create applications and provide services to the client. Earlier management of Nokia was of the view that company’s competitive positioning in smartphone will be improved by Symbian & MeeGo (In Development-Open Source Platform). Nokia now believes [...]

SmartPhone presents Market Dynamics

May 29, 2011

In September 2010, market research firm IDC noted that it expected a 6.9% increase in 2011 for worldwide mobile phone shipments and a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the period from 2009 to 2014. In the US, IDC expected a 1.8% increase in 2011 and a 0.3% CAGR for 2009–14. The smartphone segment, [...]

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