Posts tagged ‘phone’

Windows Phone will be No. 2 smartphone OS by 2015 according to Gartner, IDC

By gbrzone, 3 September, 2011, No Comment

Research firm Gartner believes Android will have a 49% market share in 2015, followed by Windows Phone at 19.5%, and Apple’s iOS growth will slow so much that it will only maintain a 17% share. IDC believes Windows Phone will have a 20.3 percent share in 2015.According to research reports from Gartner and IDC, Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system will grab about 20% of the smartphone market by 2015, enough to propel the OS past Apple’s iOS platform to take the No. 2 spot globally. During the IFA trade show in Berlin on Friday, Windows Phone marketing head Achim Berg told Bloomberg those Windows Phone growth estimates are conservative. “This is a completely new platform, it takes time,” Berg said. “It took time with Android, it took time with Apple. We have to show that we’re very capable and that we have the fastest and easiest phone.” Gartner suggests Windows Phone’s growth is expected to surge thanks to help from big-name manufacturers such as HTC. Read on for more, including a statement from HTC’s president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The analyses from IDC and Gartner aren’t the only such reports that project explosive growth for Microsoft’s emerging mobile platform.

“We’re seeing an extremely positive response [to the operating system],” HTC’s Europe, Middle East and Africa president Florian Seiche told Bloomberg. “We’re now thinking that this year is a great time to get that momentum accelerated, to reach out to a broader group of customers.” HTC revealed its latest Windows Phone Mango handsets, the Radar and Titan, on September 1st. Pyramid Research is even more bullish on the OS, having said in May that Windows Phone will surpass Android’s market share as soon as 2013.

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Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac Tastes Mango Support

By gbrzone, 31 August, 2011, No Comment

Owners of a mobile phone that runs under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system who also own a Mac computer will be happy to learn that a new version of the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac applications is now available for download.

The new release of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac brings along support f… (read more)

Source: Softpedia News – Global

Facebook on your phone: fMobi deep dive

By gbrzone, 30 August, 2011, No Comment

PORTLAND, OR, United States – In an online universe where the world is at our fingertips, our social circle is no exception. With the likes of Facebook, we love to see what our friends and family is doing at all times as well as update them on our goings on as well. This is why Facebook on mobile phones is such a beautiful thing.

However, without a good Facebook client tucked on your phone, accessing the service can be rough. fMobi is a new and notable Facebook client that warrants a deep dive. fMobi is written in Qt which means it runs incredibly fast and nimble on my Nokia N8 and it has a stunning user interface as well.

Available many Nokia phones including Symbian and Maemo models, fMobi will make a fan of many Nokia device owners. Upon loading the application a user is taken into a tiled screen that allows one to conduct all the regular Facebook functions.

Share your status or photo. Facebook is a platform that allows you to share every detail you wish and fMobi enables this behavior. From the homescreen, users can share a status in a regular text notification, upload a picture or post to a group that you already belong to. The photo upload will allow you to choose which album to upload into and then prompt you to upload a photo from your library.

Update your location or chat to your hearts’ content. Facebook allows you to check-in to a location, whether its a business or public park. fMobi unlocks this capability with full Places support. Not only can you see where your friends are, but you can check into the location as well and tag friends in the process. If it’s Facebook chat your after, fMobi supports this as well – allowing you to chat with friends who happen to be online when you’re logged into the application.

Check in on Groups and Events. Groups support is something Facebook has been working on heavily in the last few months. By creating a group surrounding an interest, hobby or professional group, Facebook members can discuss issues pertinent to the group. Also, with events, you can stay on top of meetings and get-togethers across your Facebook social graph.

Notifications and other extras. In case you want to be kept up to date on Facebook on an ongoing basis, fMobi supports audio notifications of incoming messages, “Likes” on your posts and check-ins and other events. The application has full support for Liking and commenting throughout the Facebook ecosystem.

The app is highly responsive and works well in both portrait and landscape mode. The fact that the application supports Symbian and Maemo devices should make fans throughout the Nokia universe.

If you’re looking for an updated, responsive and fresh app for Facebook, give fMobi a try.