Most smartphones now have touchscreens; Android shipments grew 1074% YoY
Almost 30 million touchscreen smartphones were sold in the fourth quarter of 2009 worldwide (up to 138% year-on-year), meaning that 55% of the smartphones sold in said quarter were touchscreen-enabled.
This is the first time ever when touchscreen smartphones account for more than half of the total smartphone sales in a quarter.
According to Canalys, more than [...]
ZoomIt Enables SD Card Reader in iPhones
When Apple announced OS 3.0 last summer, one of the highly anticipated features was the ability to integrate Apple-certified third-party accessories into accompanying apps, thus giving the user a lot more possible functionality. Surprisingly, however, only a handful of devs have truly taken advantage of this opportunity. One company called ZoomMediaPlus is now showing off [...]
New iPhone (4G) – taller than the older iPhones?
We still don’t know the final name of Apple’s fourth generation iPhone (expected to be released in June or July), so until something official comes up, we’ll call it iPhone 4G.
Well, the iPhone 4G might be a bit different than the older iPhone models (including the 3G and 3GS), which all look about the same.
The [...]
OverMyMinutes iPhone App Monitors Your Usage and Gives Alerts
This is one of the better ideas I’ve seen for an iPhone app in 2010 so far. OverMyMinutes.com has recently announced the release of an iPhone app that monitors your minute and text usage, and will alert you when you’re getting close to your limit.
OverMyMinutes Alerter will send out daily emails showing how many minutes [...]
Mobile Devs Bring Multiplayer Cross-Platform Games to iPhone and Android
So you have an iPhone and want to play your favorite game against some of your friends. Sadly, however, all the other kiddies on the block have a Motorola DROID. You’re out of luck — actually, not so much anymore.
The frustration caused by lack of cross-platform multiplayer gaming may not be experienced for much longer, [...]
Google launches Popular Images for Android and iPhone
Only few hours after announcing that it has integrated click to call phone numbers into mobile ads, Google has also launched Popular Images – a new feature for Android and iPhone.
Accessible via Google’s homepage (from Google Image Search), Popular Images gives Android and iPhone users quick access to popular and interesting images on the Web.
There [...]
Google integrates click to call phone numbers in mobile ads
Google has just made it simpler for users and advertisers to find each other via mobile ads, as it launched a new feature that includes clickable phone numbers in ads seen on Android, iPhone, WebOS and other phones with full internet browsers.
Advertisers can now integrate a click to call local phone number into their mobile [...]
Fujitsu may sue Apple over the iPad name; a Windows-based iPad dates from 2002
Fujitsu, one of Japan’s largest computer hardware and IT services providers, could sue Apple over the iPad name.
Back in 2002, the Japanese company launched a Windows CE.NET 5.0 “handheld computing device for wireless networking in a retail environment” in the US, and decided to name it iPad.
In 2003, Fujitsu applied for trademarking the iPad name [...]
WAPI-capable iPhone in the making for China Unicom
China Unicom officially launched Apple’s iPhone in October 2009, but without Wi-Fi, as some government regulations don’t allow this feature to be included into the handset.
A solution would be for the iPhone to have WAPI (China’s own Wi-Fi technology), and it looks like WAPI-capable iPhones are currently being developed by Foxconn – which manufactures many [...]
GORequest iPhone app lets you quickly report issues to the City Hall
The same day when Apple unveiled its “revolutionary” iPad tablet, Government Outreach announced a new iPhone application that should help citizens in dozens of US cities and counties report various issues to their City Hall (issues like “potholes that need filling, barking dogs that need quieting, and graffiti that needs removing”).
The new iPhone app is [...]