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Tuesday 09 November 2010

Samsung Ships 3 Million Galaxy S Handsets In U.S. [ 09-11-2010 20:14 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Unwired View Translation by: Paul Smith

Just a month after they announced that they had shipped a rather impressive 2 million Galaxy S handsets in the United States Samsung have announced that they've broken the 3 million barrier. That figure is taking shipments from all four of the largest American networks it should be noted.

Samsung U.S. are actually short on stock of the Galaxy S according to their Chief Marketing Officer, Paul Golden, who said that the main hold up was the production of Super AMOLED screens. Demand for Super AMOLED screens has been consistently high amongst various manufacturers for some time now and even with increased production many are finding it tough going to get all that they need, even Samsung who produce them themselves.

Around the rest of the world Samsung is looking at some 7 million units having shipped and they're well on course to meet the 10 million goal.

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Google Announces Search App For Windows Phone [ 09-11-2010 20:01 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Google via IntoMobile Translation by: Paul Smith

Google have unleashed their very own search app on the nascent Windows Phone 7 marketplace, or at least they will soon. Not that that is surprising in and of itself, after all Google has a presence on just about every mobile platform going, including iOS, but unlike Apple Microsoft has some interest in the search market itself with its very own offerring: Bing.

How Google and Microsoft will interact over the long term when it comes to Windows Phone 7 remains to be seen, but with both companies increasingly competing in the same sphere e.g. search, instant messaging, mail, etc it may not be rosy. There is some hope that they will live side by side though, Google having apparently raised no objections to American network Verizon replacing Google search with Bing as the deafult search engine on their Android handsets.

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Glassgate: Apple Withdraws Slider Cases From Sale [ 09-11-2010 19:47 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Cult of Mac Translation by: Paul Smith

To say that the iPhone 4 has been beset by a raft of problems and controversies would be the sort of understatement that would characterise WWII as a bit of a tiff. Ever since the handset was launched it has been plagued by various complaints and it looks like one of those complaints has reared its head once more.

'Glassgate', or the idea that certain types of case were causing the glass back of the handset to become scratched or even cracked has had its fires stoked by Apple's decision to withdraw slider cases from sale at its stores. Apparently dirt or other particles that get trapped under the case cause the scratches when the slide mechanism is employed.

Ironically the move affects manufacturers who had had their cases certified by Apple as 'Made for iPhone'. That doesn't appear to have protected them from Apple's withdrawal decision.

Whether this is a widespread problem or not it does draw attention to the fundamental issue many have raised with the iPhone 4, does it sacrafice function for form? Antennagate was the most famous example of that issue coming to the fore, but Glassgate is being described as '... a real problem" according to an unnamed source that spoke with Cult of Mac. The difference this time is that offerring a free case as a quick fix doesn't look like an option.

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Opera Mobile For Android Goes Open Beta [ 09-11-2010 19:22 ]

Author: Irina Turina Translation by: Paul Smith

Opera Mobile 10.1 has hit the Android Market as an open beta as of today and it's looking pretty damned sweet we have to say. You get the sort of functionality you'd expect from Opera, and indeed from a modern smartphone browser, e.g. pinch to zoom support, desktop bowsing sync, 'Speed Dial', which is Opera's grid of bookmarks that you can touch to access pages quickly and of course tab management.

For those without an Android handset you can take a peek at what's like in the official promo video below, otherwise pop along to the Market and give it a whirl.