Showing posts with label Blackberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackberry. Show all posts
| 3.8 billion apps downloaded in the first half on 2010 | 0 |
The global applications market has surged by more than £1.4bn to £2.5bn in the first half of this year, according to new figures. Mobile application download numbers reached a total of 3.8 billion in only six months, compared with 3.1 billion in 2009, according to the figures from Research2guidance.
The momentum comes as more smartphone users have easy access to app stores, such as Google’s Android marketplace. Meanwhile, application stores founded in 2009 have increased the number of apps available, the company said.
Average app prices climbed to £2.32 per paid application in the first half. As of June 7 this year, Apple had more than 225,000 apps in its App Store, with over 5 billion downloads reported. However, Nokia and BlackBerry have started to use their global reach to increase the traffic on their app stores, Research2guidance said, adding that this will continue in the coming months and years.
The company said the next wave of application stores will be niche and specialise in business or mobile health applications.
| Pictures: iCarpus – Portable Device Stand Solution for all phone brands | 0 |
iCarpus is an accessory for hands-free viewing of portable devices. The ingenious compact design supports devices of ALL BRANDS, with or without third-party protective cases. Its firm grip enables horizontal and vertical positioning without adjustments. Non-slip edges provide superior protection and surface grip. Also functions as a headphone caddy.?
| New ARM Cortex A15 chip will make smartphones five times more powerful | 0 |
ARM Holdings latest chip will transform smartphones, making them five times more powerful, the manufacturer claims. Ian Drew, ARM’s marketing director, said the new Cortex A15 chip, code named Eagle, would allow smartphones to deliver ‘five times better content and five times better performance.
He said the chip would allow developers to design a new generation of applications, adding, ‘It will be like carrying a computer around in your pocket, but it will only be the size of a phone and will have the battery life to last all day. ARM has signed initial agreements with Texas Instruments, ST-Ericsson and Samsung so far.
| Preview: BlackBerry PlayBook | 0 |
Heres a preview of the new professional-grade BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry Tablet OS. Enjoy the video!
You can find tons of hands-on videos with the BlackBerry PlayBook here
[Thx Daniel]
| Hands-on with BlackBerry PlayBook (BlackPad) | 0 |
The BlackBerry PlayBook was previously rumored as the BlackBerry BlackPad and/or the SurfBook, but it was just unveiled at BlackBerry DevCon 2010. It sports a 1Ghz dual-core processor, 5MP rear-facing cam and a 3MP front-facing cam, HDMI out and can record 1080p video. The 7-inch screen has 1024x600 resolution and lays atop 1GB of RAM.
| Firefox Home coming soon to Symbian and Blackberry | 0 |
Firefox Home is a free cloud-based application that lets you access your Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and tabs on your iPhone. Want to pull up that funny video you were watching just before you left home? Open Firefox Home and your web history is right there. Forgot to print out directions to the restaurant before leaving work? Firefox Home gives you instant access to your desktop tabs.
In addition to adding new features, another big focus the Firefox team has is to bring Firefox Home to other phones where users don’t have the Firefox browser. They are working to bring Firefox Home to both Blackberry and Symbian platforms in the coming months. They want to offer people access to their Firefox data no matter where they are, and these two platforms make up around 60% of the worldwide smartphone market combined.
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