Posts Tagged ‘Smartphone’

CES: Vizio Announces Android Line-up

January 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Hardware vendor Vizio has announced it will be bringing several Android based products to the market. Amongst them are an unnamed smartphone, tablet and TV.

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MU: Publishing in the Smartphone Era

November 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to research from Mintel, only 12% of the consumers in the UK own a smartphone. One of the reasons is that 30% of British consumers are only interested in the cheapest deal and it shows the smartphone market is still a minor one.

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Nielsen: 27 Apps on Every US Smartphone

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nielsen has revealed that the average US smartphone has 27 apps installed. This average is mainly pushed up by Android and iOS where consumers have easy access to free apps and games.

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AE10: The Smartphone and the Consumer

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Ed Achterberg from TelecomPaper held a keynote about the Dutch market for smartphones. It is clear that consumers are still not understanding the difference between hard- and firmware.

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Forrester: “The Smartphone” is Dead

May 19th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Forrester Research has announced that the term Smartphone is no longer valid. All current phones are smart according to the company, though some phones seem smarter than others.

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Nova, Palm’s New OS

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

2008 seems the be the year of the OS. We've seen Symbian change hands, Symbian UIQ die, Android launch and hey, in the last second, good old Palm announces a new OS (which probably means they will ditch their old one).