2009년 12월 17일 목요일
2009년 12월 16일 수요일
300,000 iPhone Apps By 2010 Reckons IDC
Online marketplace already seems to be inundated with an umpteen number of apps, but if forecasts from the researchers at IDC are to be believed then we have just been exposed to a prelude of what could be referred to as "app avalanche" in the next year.
The analyst firm has come up with a list of predictions for the year 2010, out of which one portrays 2010 as the year which will see the introduction of a wide range of apps.
Announcing the predictions, the company said: “It will be a watershed year in the ascension of mobile devices as strategic platforms for commercial and enterprise developers as over one billion access the Internet, iPhone apps triple, Android apps quintuple, and Apple's "iPad" arrives.”
Furthermore, the analysts were apparently very much enthused by the exploding growth that Apple App Store has showed in the recent past, as they forecast the number of iPhone and iPod to reach a whopping 300,000 by the end of the next year. The company further predicted an incredible annual growth rate of around 900 percent.
However such a mammoth figure may create problems for the users, as they wouldn’t only need to deal with more than 300,000 apps, but would also have to spend significantly more time to find out which ones to download.
The research figures appear to be overly amplified, as in order to reach this figure Apple would have to be more than lenient in its apps approval process - something, which seems unimaginable right now.
Android App Market Reaches 20,000 Mark - App Store, Watch Out!
The number of applications currently in the Google Android Marketplace has apparently reached more than 20,000, slightly more than one year after it was launched.
The figures were collected and crunched by Android-focused website, Androlib, which hasn't said where it got its figures. It has however been tracking Android apps since its launch as Googld doesn't disclose statistical data related to Android.
Nearly a third of those applications are paid for and according to Androlib, the end of November 209 saw a spike when more than 350 applications and games were published on a single day.
The App store, in comparison, has more than 100,000 apps although that high number is starting to draw some criticisms especially as it is becoming increasingly difficult to drill down and find out which app is worthy.
The majority of Android apps have been downloaded 50 times or less with the percentage of apps having been downloaded 50,000 times or more equivalent to 4.2 percent.
Surprisingly, nearly half of all reviews of Android apps have five stars (out of five) ratings with only 17 percent carrying a one-star rating. Overall, most users - 75 percent or more - are apparently satisfied or moderately satisfied with Android applications.
Finally, the overwhelming number of applications in the market - 85 percent - are non gaming. Android Market passed the 10,000 app count back in July 2009. 2010 is going to be a pretty exciting year for the Android platform, bring on the Nexus!
Apple Approves Video Recording App For iPhone 2G, 3G
In a surprising twist, Apple has approved a video recording application called the iVideoCamera for the iPhone 2G and 3G, both models that were devoid of this feature which was, until now, one of the selling points of the new iPhone 3GS.
However, it might be a goo thing to wait for a while because of the appalling quality of the video the app currently can shoot. At 213x160 pixels and at a rate of three frames per second, it is nowhere near the shooting ability of the 3GS - 640x480 pixels at 30 fps.
On top of that, you won't be able to record more than 60 seconds per video clip. However, it is likely that Apple's move will encourage other developers to come forward with even better video recording applications.
Even better, it removes yet another reason for some iPhone users to jail break their iPhones. You will need the iPhone OS 3.1 to get it to work. You will be able to share the videos over to Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo and Youtube.
The App costs only $0.99 though and the developer, Laan Labs, has promised that the next version will offer significantly more features including higher resolution and better frame ratesRead more:
2009년 12월 14일 월요일
Google to sell Nexus One Android smartphone
After a flurry of "Google Phone" related rumors from small time sources on Twitter and elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal has stepped in to report that its own sources indicate that Google will offer an HTC-built Android smartphone directly to consumers, and that the device will be known as the Nexus One.
Earlier today Google announced on its Google Mobile Blog that it had handed out a large number of new Android devices to employees as part of its "dogfooding" internal trials program. The Wall Street Journal's sources claim that the devices that is being distributed is the new Nexus One, which is likely to go on sale in 2010.
Other sources have indicated that the phone being distributed by Google runs Android 2.1, which has so far not been seen on production hardware, and features a highly customized user interface that was designed entirely by Google.
Earlier today Google announced on its Google Mobile Blog that it had handed out a large number of new Android devices to employees as part of its "dogfooding" internal trials program. The Wall Street Journal's sources claim that the devices that is being distributed is the new Nexus One, which is likely to go on sale in 2010.
Other sources have indicated that the phone being distributed by Google runs Android 2.1, which has so far not been seen on production hardware, and features a highly customized user interface that was designed entirely by Google.
‘진짜 구글폰’이 나온다. ‘검색황제’ 구글이 단말기부터 애플리케이션까지 모든 것을 직접 디자인하고 판매까지 직접 맡는다. 웹·소프트웨어 업체가 하드웨어 분야로 진출하는 또 하나의 사례다.13일 업계에 따르면, 월스트리트저널(WSJ) 등 외신들은 대만 HTC 관계자 발언을 인용해 구글이 이르면 내년부터 소비자들에게 직접 판매할 자사 브랜드 휴대폰 ‘넥서스 원’의 제작을 마쳤다고 보도했다. 구글은 이미 전세계 자사 직원들에게 제품을 나눠주고 이 휴대폰의 성능을 실험하고 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 그간 업계 안팎에 퍼졌던 구글폰 출시설이 사실로 드러나면서 전세계 스마트폰 시장의 지각변동이 예고되고 있다.넥서스 원의 하드웨어 제작은 대만계 스마트폰 업체 HTC가 맡는다. 운영체제로는 구글 안드로이드가 탑재으며 HTC의 안드로이드폰 ‘터치프로2’와 비슷한 형태로 두께가 상당히 얇으며, 후면 카메라와 퀄컴 스냅드래곤 프로세서, 2개의 전후방향 마이크, OLED 터치스크린을 채용했다. 뒷면의 마이크는 주변의 잡음을 감지하여 그 잡음의 주파수를 상쇄하는 역할을 한다.구글은 이 휴대폰을 온라인을 통해 직접 소비자들에게 판매할 계획으로 알려졌으며 이에 따라 소비자들은 이 휴대폰을 구입한 뒤 통신사업자를 별도로 선택하는 ‘언락(Unlocked)’ 방식으로 판매된다. 이같은 방식은 기존 안드로이드 스마트폰 제조사들과 갈등을 빚게 될 소지를 남겨놓은 셈이다.
그렇다면 국내 출시는 될까. 넥서스 원은 유럽에서 채택하고 있는 GSM 디지털 이동전화 방식을 채택해 국내 CDMA와는 다르기에 당장 국내에 들어오기는 힘들 것으로 보인다.
http://www.fnnews.com/view?ra=Sent0901m_View&corp=fnnews&arcid=00000921844960&cDateYear=2009&cDateMonth=12&cDateDay=14
Google is working on a new “Google Phone”
For a while now there have been rumors of Google launching their own “Google Phone”. Google confirmed in a blog post today that they are indeed working on a new phone and that they have already sent it for testing to employees across the globe. Google didn’t refer to the device as the Google Phone, but they confirmed that it runs on Android and has new features and capabilities.
Google employees and people who have seen the Google Phone have already started posting about their experience with the phone. Jason Howell, an employee at CNet posted on Tech Crunch saying the following about the Google phone:
It resembled the HTC Hero, but was a bit smaller and definitely thinner.
Looked sleeker, and was super light.
Was unlocked and using an AT&T sim card.
Running on Android 2.1.
Another person that goes by the name Great White Snark also got some hands on with the Google Phone and had this to say:
“It’s like an iPhone on beautifying steroids”
“Similar form-factor to the iPhone, but with a smooth-brushed-metal-looking shell instead of a glossy one. And perhaps a smidgen lighter.”
“Super fast, speech-to-text in EVERY app”
” Awesome “live wallpapers” in the background that respond to touch in really beautiful ways. Like water ripples that emanate out from a touch.
So far there have been positive reviews, and the Google Phone is rumored to be launching in January 2010. If you plan on buying an Android phone this month, you may want to just wait until January and see if Google really does launch a Google Phone.
Google employees and people who have seen the Google Phone have already started posting about their experience with the phone. Jason Howell, an employee at CNet posted on Tech Crunch saying the following about the Google phone:
It resembled the HTC Hero, but was a bit smaller and definitely thinner.
Looked sleeker, and was super light.
Was unlocked and using an AT&T sim card.
Running on Android 2.1.
Another person that goes by the name Great White Snark also got some hands on with the Google Phone and had this to say:
“It’s like an iPhone on beautifying steroids”
“Similar form-factor to the iPhone, but with a smooth-brushed-metal-looking shell instead of a glossy one. And perhaps a smidgen lighter.”
“Super fast, speech-to-text in EVERY app”
” Awesome “live wallpapers” in the background that respond to touch in really beautiful ways. Like water ripples that emanate out from a touch.
So far there have been positive reviews, and the Google Phone is rumored to be launching in January 2010. If you plan on buying an Android phone this month, you may want to just wait until January and see if Google really does launch a Google Phone.
2009년 12월 11일 금요일
iPhone browsing marketshare closes in on .1%
Net Applications came out with its quarterly browser marketshare report this weekend. More surprising than the solid market share gains that the Mac platform made, was iPhone's phenomenal showing.
Edit: A second survey by Canalys is also showing huge market share for iPhone.
.09 percent may seem like an extremely small marketshare but when you consider that the iPhone has only been selling for 5 months and for most of that time was in one – albeit large – market (the U.S.), that share is amazing.
Edit: A second survey by Canalys is also showing huge market share for iPhone.
.09 percent may seem like an extremely small marketshare but when you consider that the iPhone has only been selling for 5 months and for most of that time was in one – albeit large – market (the U.S.), that share is amazing.
Add another .01% for the iPod touch and Apple mobile platform is one out of every thousand pageviews across the Internet. The WindowsCE platform - all of the Windows mobile platform devices put together - only managed 66% of iPhones market share. How many WinCE devices are out there? According to Gartner, MS and its partners shipped over three million Windows Mobile devices in Q1 2007. They've been selling WindowsCE devices since 1996 - over 10 years.
In under two quarters, Apple's handheld platform has passed Microsoft's over a decade-old mobile platform in terms of browser use.
Obviously this doesn't translate to handset marketshare. We know there are much more than 20 million Windows Mobile devices out there. The reason that Apple's browser marketshare is higher while its unit sales are much lower is explained easily by the oft-touted Mobile Safari browser and unlimited AT&T data plan. No guilt, pleasurable, full-browser surfing.
It's not just just Windows Mobile that is getting killed by iPhone. PSP, Playstation and WebTV combined don't even come close. The Sidekick, also, only has 1/5 of the browser marketshare. Symbian? About 1/10th.
And it doesn't stop there. Desktop platforms are starting to come into the iPhone's blast radius. Windows 95 has less than a quarter of the marketshare of the iPhone. And all of the Linux variants combined, just over five times (.57%) the market. Broken out over Red Hat, Novel, Ubuntu, etc, someone is losing to the iPhone right now. At this rate, the iPhone/iPod platform should be the third largest computing platform by the end of next year. Remember, the iPod touch is only three months old. Oh, and it is Christmas.Not a bad first five months for Apple's new handheld OSX devices.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/iphone_browsing_marketshare_closes_in_on_1
In under two quarters, Apple's handheld platform has passed Microsoft's over a decade-old mobile platform in terms of browser use.
Obviously this doesn't translate to handset marketshare. We know there are much more than 20 million Windows Mobile devices out there. The reason that Apple's browser marketshare is higher while its unit sales are much lower is explained easily by the oft-touted Mobile Safari browser and unlimited AT&T data plan. No guilt, pleasurable, full-browser surfing.
It's not just just Windows Mobile that is getting killed by iPhone. PSP, Playstation and WebTV combined don't even come close. The Sidekick, also, only has 1/5 of the browser marketshare. Symbian? About 1/10th.
And it doesn't stop there. Desktop platforms are starting to come into the iPhone's blast radius. Windows 95 has less than a quarter of the marketshare of the iPhone. And all of the Linux variants combined, just over five times (.57%) the market. Broken out over Red Hat, Novel, Ubuntu, etc, someone is losing to the iPhone right now. At this rate, the iPhone/iPod platform should be the third largest computing platform by the end of next year. Remember, the iPod touch is only three months old. Oh, and it is Christmas.Not a bad first five months for Apple's new handheld OSX devices.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/iphone_browsing_marketshare_closes_in_on_1
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