Android phones, apps and tablets

if the symbian people don't see android and iphone os as threatening competitors then I am very surprised. which is par for the course.

You mean Nokia right... don't they own the lions share of Symbian?

And they do... hence Nokia and Apple being involved in a legal case of their own.

The real winner is probably Palm, who have a patent arsenal on the older smartphones that could probably take down any of these upstarts.

Palm also look very cheap at the moment.

You mean Nokia right... don't they own the lions share of Symbian?

And they do... hence Nokia and Apple being involved in a legal case of their own.

The real winner is probably Palm, who have a patent arsenal on the older smartphones that could probably take down any of these upstarts.

Palm also look very cheap at the moment.

No-one owns Symbian any more. It's available for free to anyone under the terms of the Eclipse Public License. The Symbian Foundation, an open source software foundation, integrates, releases and promotes the platform.

Palm are dead. I'd be surprised if they are still in business by the end of the year. Their patent portfolio, which isn't that good to be honest, is the only thing of value they have left.

Apple's iPhone OS and Google's Android open mobile platform grew the most last year, according to analyst house Gartner, with number one smartphone OS Symbian shrinking further.
Symbian lost 5.5 percentage points to end last year with 46.9 per cent market share, versus 52.4 per cent in 2008. Meanwhile Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform also lost out, shrinking by 3.1 percentage points to end 2009 in fourth place with 8.7 per cent market share.
Gartner said competitive pressure from the likes of Apple and RIM, along with "continued weakness" in Nokia's high-end devices portfolio, hit Symbian's market share.
Last week the Symbian Foundation announced its first release since going fully open source - Symbian ^3 - which could arrive on devices by Q3 this year. "Symbian had become uncompetitive in recent years but its market share, particularly on Nokia devices, is still strong," noted Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner, in a statement. "If Symbian can use this momentum, it could return to positive growth."

http://www.silicon.com/technology/mobile/2010/02/23/iphone-android-fastest-growing-in-smartphone-os-wars-39745516/

Sales of Android-based phones will grow faster than any other mobile platform over the next four years, but Nokia’s Symbian OS will retain its top position, IDC has forecast.

The research firm says that by 2013 worldwide smartphone shipments will top 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9%.

Symbian will remain no. 1 because of the strength of Nokia in markets outside the US, IDC said.

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/android-will-be-fastest-growing-mobile-os

So pretty much what I've been saying above then?

Now now Andy, no one like a smartarsefucknut.

Latest Quantcast report shows Android growing market share most, at the expense of iPhone. Rim's 3rd.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15692/android_marketshare_growing_iphone_shrinking_says_quantcast

So pretty much what I've been saying above then?

Yeah but I had to produce the report so.. you're fired.

I also caught this on the Tech Crunch twitter just now;

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/05/adobe-photoshop-android/

Nexus One UK "confirmed" for April, although they were hoping for March.
http://www.gaj-it.com/15902/google-nexus-one-uk-release-date-confirmed-as-april/

This cheapass Sony is pissing me off so much I'm not sure I can wait. Luckily I'm being kept busy enough not to order its replacement.

Nexus One UK "confirmed" for April, although they were hoping for March.
http://www.gaj-it.com/15902/google-nexus-one-uk-release-date-confirmed-as-april/

This cheapass Sony is pissing me off so much I'm not sure I can wait. Luckily I'm being kept busy enough not to order its replacement.

Are you speaking of the Sony X10. I have been considering this as my next phone, not a good idea?

Nexus One UK "confirmed" for April, although they were hoping for March.
http://www.gaj-it.com/15902/google-nexus-one-uk-release-date-confirmed-as-april/

This cheapass Sony is pissing me off so much I'm not sure I can wait. Luckily I'm being kept busy enough not to order its replacement.

baa...humbug!

got my htc hd2 yesterday. pretty nifty, htc have done an ok job of disguising windows, plus i love the big screen.

Are you speaking of the Sony X10. I have been considering this as my next phone, not a good idea?

No. I have a cheap piece of shit prepaid that Mal bought when she lost my other phone.

I do still think the X10 is a bad idea though. :)

baa...humbug!
got my htc hd2 yesterday. pretty nifty, htc have done an ok job of disguising windows, plus i love the big screen.

There is no way in steamy hell I would own one of those.. and I'm quite fond of Windows.

Maybe Win7 mobile is ok but I'm not prepared to bother with Android being so cool.

fashionista!

Err.. I'm buying a geek phone not an iPhone.. hardly fashionanything.

iphone's defo aren't geek phones, i can easily use mine :)

Has anyone tried MyTracks? Looks pretty neat

My Tracks is an application for your AndroidTM phone that enables you to record GPS tracks and view live statistics – such as time, speed, distance, and elevation – while hiking, biking, running or participating in other outdoor activities. Once recorded, you can share your tracks, upload them to Google Spreadsheets and visualize them on Google My Maps.

http://mytracks.appspot.com/

use it every now and again to see how far i ride... i am exciting.

its pretty good tho, marks you acceleration, altitude, averages etc.

What device are you using? How's the battery life?

HTC Hero. battery is ok if make sure you switch of functionality you're not using. 5 days at the most basic, i've found.

hahaa, mr tweet master

Has anyone tried MyTracks? Looks pretty neat

http://mytracks.appspot.com/

Yeah I've got it on my G1, yet to actually try it out though, I'll try it on the commute tomorrow and let you know how I get on!

I used it in Australia for some rides with the Galaxy. Surprisingly accurate.

Hippy- am I allowed to buy an HTC Desire then?