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Windows Phone 7 MarketPlace: New App Store Visited

Microsoft Phone Marketplace is where you can buy applications for your Windows Phone 7. This was introduced at the Mix conference 2010. Of course, Microsoft will compete with other application stores and make their own. Microsoft Phone Marketplace is in fact easy to use unlike the Apple application store. Based on some demo videos, it is very accessible and hassle free. But there is something that is alike between Apple and Microsoft. We all know that Apple is the only source that sells applica...

Gartner: Apple, Android, and RIM winners in 2009 smartphone growth

Worldwide Mobile Terminal Sales to End Users in 2009 (Thousands of Units) Company 2009 Sales 2009 Market Share (%) 2008 Sales 2008 Market Share (%) Nokia 440,881.6 36.4 472,314.9 38.6 Samsung 235,772.0 19.5 199,324.3 16.3 LG 122,055.3 10.1 102,789.1 8.4 Motorola 58,475.2 4.8 106,522.4 8.7 Sony Ericsson 54,873.4 4.5 93,106.1 7.6 Others 299,179.2 24.7 248,196.1 20.3 Total 1,211,236.6 100.0 1,222,252.9 100.0 Note* This...

Symbian S^3 Platform Unleashed During MWC

Still fresh from its announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the S^3 platform from the Symbian Foundation which recently obtained an open source license last February 4, 2010. The S^3 is described to be a ‘feature complete’ and will be out for release by the end of this year’ first quarter. But as early as now, Finnish Nokia is already angling their phone to feature the platform which entails relevant usability , advanced interface, faster network support, accelerated 2D and 3...

The Fairest Fight Samsung i8910 HD vs Google Nexus One vs Nokia N97

"In the battle of top end, large-screened smartphones, the Symbian-powered flagships have a new competitor: the Google Nexus One, selling across the world and offering the unadulterated Google Android experience. And this being the start of 2010, it's also a good moment to pitch the two open source operating systems against each other. But how mature is Android (2.1)? And how do the device and its software stand up to two of the flagships from the Symbian world, the Nokia N97 and the Sam...

Symbian S^3 released: The open source mobile OS with fliptastic finger tricks

"Symbian’s recent mobile operating system dubbed S^3, will go down in history as the companies first entirely open source  release to engage more people in creating an application environment free of restrictions.S^3’s UI is quite up to date, with the latest pinch-to-zoom features, swiping, scrolling, flicking and picking, you can perform all the fliptastic finger tricks you would expect to on a multi-touch Apple or Android device.  Customization seems to be a big focus, users can select mul...

Windows Phone 7 hands on, Symbian^3, and Samsung Wave

MWC 2010 is in full swing and our sister publication SlashGear is at the show and playing with all the new gear. SlashGear spent some time with going through a hands on demo of the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 so check it out. The new version of Symbian, Symbian^3, debuted at MWC and the OS is open source. New features include HDMI out support and much more. The Os is expected to be feature complete by the end of Q1. The Samsung Wave S8500 was reviewed today and it looks pretty darn cool. The...

Palm Claimed 6% of the US Smartphone Market in Dec

Top Smartphone Platforms3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009Total U.S. Age 13+Source: comScore MobiLens   Share (%) of Smartphone Devices Sep-09 Dec-09 Point Change Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A RIM 42.6% 41.6% -1.0 Apple 24.1% 25.3% 1.2 Microsoft 19.0% 18.0% -1.0 Palm 8.3% 6.1% -2.2 Google 2.5% 5.2% 2.7 "comScore has released their latest data from the comScore MobiLens service, which reports on key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry over the three m...

Nexus One Story: The Google Phone Story (Videos)

Right before the christening of the Nexus One, a lot of bewilderment rises from the tropics, asking how did the google phone really began? Doing some recap, it seems the first authenticated source of the N1 came from a tweet only, followed by a couple of precious unboxing vids and the rest was history. Still, users were left clueless, on how does the nexus one looks like from the start?… I mean, was it made by a human, a droid, a robot, or by nexus himself? A couple of days ago, Google started ...

Nokia C5 leaks, Symbian goes open source, Blackberry Curve 8900 axed at T-Mobile

The Nokia C5 3G handset is expected to be launched officially at MWC 2010 in Spain. If the device interests you, it has been leaked ahead of the official launch with most all of its secrets laid bare. The Symbian Foundation announced today that the Symbian OS is now open source. The OS can be downloaded and modified free of charge. Word has come in that T-mobile has axed the Blackberry Curve 8900. The handset was around for a while and fans can look forward to the 8520 taking up the slack.

Symbian Is Now an Open Source Operating System

"The largest transition of proprietary code to open source in history has just been completed: all the source code for the Symbian OS is now available for free. Many Americans aren't familiar with this operating system, but it's very widely used around the world in phones from Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and others. It has been at the heart of more than 330 million devices over the years. However, the Symbian has been facing increasing competition, and the companies who both use it a...