Android: Most accepted OS amid the Smartphone users (USA)
Android is the most popular operating systems among the Smartphone users in the US. According to the recent report released by the Nielsen Company, the number of people in U.S. who bought a new Smartphone during the past six months rely on Android and it has emerged as the most popular operating system amongst the recent acquirers, with 32% of those opting for Android.
Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS seem to be encountering hard to grab the second position with 26% and 25% share respectively.
Amid all Smartphone holders, Blackberry OS still holds the leading share with 31% of the market. But Apple iPhone OS with a share of 28% is giving it a hard competition. Android OS has a market share of 19% and is catching up with the market.
If experts are to be believed, the figures noticeably shows that Android OS is gaining acceptance with each passing day, gratitude to the growing number of Android devices and growing popularity of Android Marketplace.
With these figures it would not be very surprising if Android continues to climb as new designs are launched every now and then. Blackberry is setting up to launch its new OS for a host of phones and Apple has recently launched new versions of iOS software with some advanced features. Lets see who will attract the customers and on what would the they rely upon.
10.7m iPhone devices in April on AdMob network in the USA
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In April, the USA had 10.7 million iPhone devices as compared to 8.7 million Android devices. Unique devices that requested at least one ad from the AdMob network in April are represented by these numbers.
IPhone, iPad and iPod Touch shipments have been 18.3 million during the same period. The gap between platforms increases to two to one in the US with the inclusion of the iPod touch. The iPhone platform has considerably more exclusive devices than Android in the AdMob network at an international level.
There were 27.4 million iPhone devices compared to 11.6 million Android devices globally and the ratio between iPhone OS devices and Android devices was 3.5 to 1. In North America, there are around 75 percent of Android devices as compared to 49 percent of iPhone OS devices.
Females more into mobile downloads compared to males
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: When it comes to males and females, everyone first talk about how women are superseding men in all aspects. Here comes one more example where women throughout the world have overtaken men. According to a latest survey, females are using and buying mobile entertainment content more than males.
Women downloaded twice the amount of mobile entertainment content as men in the month of April which is 4.5 million downloads, or 67% of total content downloads, compared to 2.2 million downloads for men.
49% of females chose Blackberry compared to 43% of the males. However, males use Android devices more frequently than females, with 23% of them choosing the Android platform vs. 18% of females.
When it comes to downloads on Android and iPhones, females far surpass males again as average female using an Android device downloaded 7.6 pieces while male downloaded 6.0 items, for the month of April.
Myriad’s New J2Android Converter Fuels Android Applications Gold Rush
Myriad has launched a cross-complier, J2Adroid which the company claims can seamless convert existing MIDlets into Android applications. According to the company, the tool will be ideal for device manufacturers, operator and app stores by providing access to a huge back catalogue of apps.
As per the estimates of the company, tens of thousands of MIDlet applications are already on the market, which could provide the Android community with access to a variety of rich content and create new revenue opportunities for their owners.
In the opinion of Malcolm Dawe, CPO with the Myriad Group, the technology of the company unleashes this content’s potential enabling the industry to bring to market premium Android content from day one.
The challenge now is how quickly the industry can make apps and content available to cope with user demand, as Android devices appear in greater volumes.
Motorola brings Android to AT&T
With Motorola BACKFLIP hitting the market, AT&T breaks its record and plunges into the market with its first Android device. The highlight of the model as the name indicates is a MOTOBLUR skin with a full QWERTY keyboard.
The Motorola BACKFLIP is indeed a standard Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard on its back. Its features include 528MHz CPU, HVGA touchscreen, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM and a 5MP camera. The phone has a connectivity of 7.2Mbps HSDPA (and quad-band GSM/EDGE of course), WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.
This is just an example. AT&T is all set to get other Android devices beside the Motorola BLUR. The next to emerge is a Dell Phone, probably the Dell Mini 3iX and HTC phones(s).
The Motorola BACKFLIP is priced at 349 US dollars with no contract or 99 dollars after a 100 dollar mail-in rebate on a 2-year 30 dollar a month contract.
Motorola to bring Android devices in Q4 (USA)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Motorola is hoping that new Android devices may revise its fortunes in the Q4. The firm, which was once the leader in the industry, is struggling hard to keep up the loosing market share, also the loosing cash. The company’s total cash dipped at the end of Q1 was US$6.1bn, from US$7.4bn at the end of 2008, due largely to a US$700m restructuring programme.
According to co-CEOs Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha, aggressive cost-cutting is underway, and the company has increased its annual 2009 cost-savings target by US$200m to US$1.7bn. Motorola shipped 14.7 million handsets, giving in the revenues of US$1.8bn. Our Broadband Mobility Solutions businesses performed well in a challenging environment, by delivering value for our customers and adding to an already impressive portfolio of products,†explained Greg Brown, president and co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Broadband Mobility Solutions.
We will continue to manage our costs to ensure alignment with current market conditions. We are executing with operational and financial discipline, while we make targeted investments for our future.â€
Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Mobile Devices, said his division implemented aggressive actions to reduce costs and also gained solid traction on improving operational effectiveness.
Customer feedback on our smart phone roadmap remains very positive, and we plan to have differentiated Android-based devices in stores in time for the fourth-quarter holiday season.
We significantly reduced the operating loss in Mobile Devices compared with the fourth quarter of 2008,†Jha said.
