2012年11月2日星期五
Third quarter global smartphone sales Android exclusive 75%
2012年9月12日星期三
Comment on: compared with android and WP mobile phone iPhone 5 really strong?
Compared with their predecessors, the new iPhone the most significant change is with a larger display. 4 inches Retina display display and experience is unmatched by previous iPhone models. However, compared with the price of several of the latest models of Andrews and WP iPhone5 screen size and resolution really be called "great"? This also data have the final say. Let's take a look at just launched several mobile phone, whether Galaxy S 3 or HTC One X-to the upcoming Lumia 920, have a clear resolution and bright display. Apple said at the press conference in the family iPhone5 is by far the most thin and light mobile phones, it seems true, at least in size, few models currently on the market can match his the. Apple wins in the size of the competition.
Enhanced camera always Apple iPhone series of evolutionary history, we must first consider. Behind the new iPhone sapphire lens, one with 8 Fast pixels, the f/2.4 aperture backlit sensor. Apple claimed that this new camera designed to provide faster camera and better low-light imaging results. But it was able to beat the the Nokia PureView camera technology it? We do not know. Worthy of recognition is the the iPhone5 camera function indeed than iPhone4S greatly improved.
In terms of processing power, iPhone5 will be equipped with the latest Apple A6 processor. This processor is said than A5 2 times faster image display. Android phone processing power in support of Nvidia and Qualcomm also basically iPhone5 go hand in hand. However, if the game is when you use the opportunity to occupy most of the time, select Apple phone may be a wise choice, because Apple's App Store has more games to choose from.
Last but not least is the price, which is around the consumer the most important factor. In view of the price of the new models, the new 16GB version iPhone5 contract price may be as high as $ 199. Samsung, Motorola, HTC, and Nokia's latest mobile phone just a few contract price can buy. This can be said to be the iPhone series have always been a big disadvantage, but Apple is not always done a good job this.
2012年8月14日星期二
Windows Phone 8 hardware to compete with Android's best. Maybe.
Microsoft has already disclosed quite a few details regarding Windows Phone 8. The biggest news was that Windows Phone 8 would use the NT Kernel, but Microsoft also disclosed that its upcoming mobile OS will support multi-core processors, higher resolutions, NFC, customizable home screen tiles, and sport seamless SkyDrive integration, among a number of other details. The first device shown publicly running Windows Phone 8, however, was clearly a prototype design vehicle that would never hit retail. It was thick and bulky, with sharp edges and a relatively large bezel.
Some details of a reported Nokia-built device have recently emerged, though, that shed more light on the direction Windows Phone 8-based hardware is headed.
RELATED: Microsoft's Windows Phone 8: First step to a consistent Windows across all platforms
Leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK brings app surprises
The leaked pictures of Nokia’s supposed first Windows Phone 8 device seems to show a smartphone with a 4.5-inch to 4.65-inch screen. It’s difficult to say for sure, but holding a sampling of smartphones in my own hand, with my fingers in the exact same position as the person in the leaked image, lead me to believe the phone is similar in size to the HTC One X, which has a 4.7-inch screen. The amount of overhang over the pinky is the clearest indicator of the phone’s size.
Based on my highly scientific hand-modeling method, I estimate that the Nokia device in the picture appears to be much bigger than either the HTC Touch Pro 2 (3.6-inch screen) or HTC Inspire 4G (4.3-inch screen), and somewhat larger than a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (4.6-inch screen). Unless the person in the photo has tiny hands, the phone in the image is likely much larger than the Lumia 800 (3.5-inch screen), which the upcoming Windows Phone 8 device is obviously modeled after. The resolution of the screen hasn’t been reported, but in light of competing offerings with similar screen sizes, a 720P resolution is a possibility.
Other leaked details suggest the phone will have a Qualcomm dual-core SoC, an external MicrsoSD card slot, and support for NFC and LTE. Based on those details, the phone is most likely powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, which also happens to be used in the two most powerful Android-based devices currently on the market in the U.S.: the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X. Clock speeds and memory capacity weren’t reported either, but I suspect Microsoft and its partners are going to make the spec sheets for the initial batch of Windows Phone 8-based devices comparable to anything the competition has to offer. Speeds of 1.5GHz+ and at least 1GB of memory are safe bets.
Although Windows Phone 7 didn’t need (or even support) multi-core processors and performed very well with only 512MB of RAM, I had suggested in this very blog that Microsoft’s hardware partners would want to bolster the specifications of their next-gen devices to make them appear more competitive, at least on paper. If these initial indicators hold true, it seems Microsoft partners - or at least Nokia - are going to do just that. We’ll all know for sure in a few more weeks.
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Some details of a reported Nokia-built device have recently emerged, though, that shed more light on the direction Windows Phone 8-based hardware is headed.
RELATED: Microsoft's Windows Phone 8: First step to a consistent Windows across all platforms
Leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK brings app surprises
The leaked pictures of Nokia’s supposed first Windows Phone 8 device seems to show a smartphone with a 4.5-inch to 4.65-inch screen. It’s difficult to say for sure, but holding a sampling of smartphones in my own hand, with my fingers in the exact same position as the person in the leaked image, lead me to believe the phone is similar in size to the HTC One X, which has a 4.7-inch screen. The amount of overhang over the pinky is the clearest indicator of the phone’s size.
Based on my highly scientific hand-modeling method, I estimate that the Nokia device in the picture appears to be much bigger than either the HTC Touch Pro 2 (3.6-inch screen) or HTC Inspire 4G (4.3-inch screen), and somewhat larger than a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (4.6-inch screen). Unless the person in the photo has tiny hands, the phone in the image is likely much larger than the Lumia 800 (3.5-inch screen), which the upcoming Windows Phone 8 device is obviously modeled after. The resolution of the screen hasn’t been reported, but in light of competing offerings with similar screen sizes, a 720P resolution is a possibility.
Although Windows Phone 7 didn’t need (or even support) multi-core processors and performed very well with only 512MB of RAM, I had suggested in this very blog that Microsoft’s hardware partners would want to bolster the specifications of their next-gen devices to make them appear more competitive, at least on paper. If these initial indicators hold true, it seems Microsoft partners - or at least Nokia - are going to do just that. We’ll all know for sure in a few more weeks.
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2012年8月8日星期三
Android App Combines Social Networking, Phone Calls, Analytics
Current Caller ID, a new, free app that launched Wednesday for Android phones, applies social media and analytics to traditional phone calls.
For example, if a person or business calls you and they aren't in your address book, Current will check the Web for a matching phone number and display the name on your phone's screen. Sometimes the data didn't display before I picked up the call, but the app updated it afterward -- the search for a match must have taken longer than it did for me to pick up the phone.
When you link your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn accounts to the app, it will display callers' latest status updatse or Twitter messages when they ring you. I found that feature worked pretty consistently.
If you're interested in analyzing your calling and texting habits with friends, click on the "stats" tab in the app and it will tell you how you communicate, displaying a pie chart of incoming and outgoing calls and texts. You can access the statistics for any of your recent calls.
The stats will also tell you when it's best to text or call your contact based on your interaction. I found it interesting to see which friends I text and call more and vice versa, but this information won't be essential for most users.
I did run into one problem that I found distracting. When I returned back to my smartphone after being away, Current Caller ID would alert me that I missed 26 -- or some other large number -- of calls. It wasn't an error, because I had missed a number of calls over a period of time, but not that many since I had last checked my phone. The app should only have told me how many calls I missed since I last used my phone, rather than all of the calls I had missed in a few weeks time.
Current Caller ID won't replace your smartphone's default telephone application or address book. You still need to use your phone's default app to dial out, but Current will override it for incoming calls. Tighter integration into the smartphone's default telephone application would make Current Caller ID more valuable, but overall it was a welcome addition to my phone and one that I won't delete.
Source from：Android App Combines Social Networking, Phone Calls, Analytics
For example, if a person or business calls you and they aren't in your address book, Current will check the Web for a matching phone number and display the name on your phone's screen. Sometimes the data didn't display before I picked up the call, but the app updated it afterward -- the search for a match must have taken longer than it did for me to pick up the phone.
When you link your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn accounts to the app, it will display callers' latest status updatse or Twitter messages when they ring you. I found that feature worked pretty consistently.
If you're interested in analyzing your calling and texting habits with friends, click on the "stats" tab in the app and it will tell you how you communicate, displaying a pie chart of incoming and outgoing calls and texts. You can access the statistics for any of your recent calls.
The stats will also tell you when it's best to text or call your contact based on your interaction. I found it interesting to see which friends I text and call more and vice versa, but this information won't be essential for most users.
I did run into one problem that I found distracting. When I returned back to my smartphone after being away, Current Caller ID would alert me that I missed 26 -- or some other large number -- of calls. It wasn't an error, because I had missed a number of calls over a period of time, but not that many since I had last checked my phone. The app should only have told me how many calls I missed since I last used my phone, rather than all of the calls I had missed in a few weeks time.
Current Caller ID won't replace your smartphone's default telephone application or address book. You still need to use your phone's default app to dial out, but Current will override it for incoming calls. Tighter integration into the smartphone's default telephone application would make Current Caller ID more valuable, but overall it was a welcome addition to my phone and one that I won't delete.
Source from：Android App Combines Social Networking, Phone Calls, Analytics
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