Tuesday 21 September 2010

Apple Sells 1 Million iPhone In South Korea, Samsung A Million Waves In Europe    [ 21-09-2010 18:43 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: Unwired View     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Apple has managed to notch up a rather impressive 1 million iPhone sales in South Korea since launching there in mid-August. Most of those sales are obviously 3GS handsets, the iPhone 4 only having gone on sale this month. The reason the numbers are so impressive is because of the tight grip homeboys Samsung and LG have on the South Korean market, but despite that South Korea is expected to have some 1.2 million iPhone users this year. That would be around 25% of a total of 4.8 million smartphone users.

Samsung haven't been doing too badly either, but in Europe this time. There they have managed to shift a million Samsung Waves, their first Bada powered smartphone. It will be a boost for the OS, which many expected to be something of a failure given the already crowded OS space, but Samsung seems to be making it work.

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Outgoing Nokia CEO: using Android Would Be Like Pissing Your Pants    [ 21-09-2010 18:22 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: IntoMobile     Translation by: Paul Smith     

One of today's biggest talking points has been comments concerning Android  made by outgoing Nokia CEO Anssi Vanjoki. The actual comment he made was that if Nokia were to use Android it would be like pissing your pants to stay warm. In other words what he was saying is that despite the short term relief peeing your pants provides in the long run it's not the best idea.

Ok fair enough we understand the point behind his comments and it's reasonable point to make ... if it were true. The problem of course is that Nokia are betting their money (and likely their company) on Symbian and MeeGo. In a nutshell Symbian is a dinosaur and no amount of glitter and corporate buzz is going to stop that asteroid from hitting. MeeGo is at least engaging with users better, but it's very much a niche player at the moment in a market where size really does count, especially when it comes to apps and dev support. More than that though MeeGo doesn't have the same sort of mindshare that Android or iOS, or hell even Blackberry OS, has.

Perhaps this is why Mr Vanjoki is exiting his post? After all his tenure at the helm hasn't seen the good ship Nokia through the storm to the safety of port now has it? Rather than a matter of practicality it's more likely a matter of pride. Nokia is the biggest mobile manufacturer in the world and surely the biggest manufacturer shouldn't have to stoop to using someone else's OS? It's a shame really because Android has done wonders for companies like HTC and Motorola and Nokia could be leading the pack (and sales) with some Android handsets of their own.

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Apple Introducing Facial Recognition?    [ 21-09-2010 17:46 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Pocket-lint     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Apple has made what could turn out to be an interesting little purchase, namely a company specialising in face recognition software. The company, Polar Rose, developed something called 'FaceCloud', which, in layman's terms, could automatically identify and name everyone in a picture or an album. Using this and other Polar Rose software, Apple could conceivably introduce some very swish new features to its iPhone range as well as its computers and other devices that use cameras or webcams.

One example, and perhaps the most obvious, would be to tag a picture when it is taken so that the people in it are immediately identified. Another might be something a bit flashier (pardon the pun) such as unlocking your device just by looking at it. At any rate it's pretty much a given that we'll see some sort of enhanced facial recognition service coming to Apple devices and most likely the iPhone.

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Video: HTC Mozart    [ 21-09-2010 17:23 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: http://www.berryreview.com     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Here we have the HTC Mozart in all its glory on video and once again we see the, quite frankly, lightning fast response times of Windows Phone 7. That's one aspect of this new platform that really looks to be spot on, there is geneuinly no lag present here. Fair enough we only see a very brief glimpse of the handset here and of course things may slow with use. However, the point is still valid, this thing is quick.

In terms of specifications there's no real surprises here given that Microsoft have set minimum standards for Win Phone 7 handsets. There's the standard 1 GHz Snapdragon, 576 MB of RAM, 1,300 mAh battery, 3.7" WVGA SLCD screen and an 8 MP camera with Xenon Flash.

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