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iOS Still So Favorite, Developer Also Like Windows Phone

Mobile Application Developers Now Like Windows Phone too.

Developer Also Like Windows Phone iOS Still So Favorite, Developer Also Like Windows Phone

 

Mobile Application Developers is now more interested in developing applications based on the Windows Phone operating system rather than RIM operating system, the BlackBerry OS. This is the result from Appcelerator and IDC.

“Three major mobile operating system after the iOS and Android is now clear in the hands of Windows (Phone), thanks to an agreement between Microsoft / Nokia, along with the presence of Nokia Lumia 800,” said Vice President, mobile and connected consumer platforms IDC, Scott Ellisson.

2160 survey of developers around the world show, 38 percent of respondents mentioned very interested in developing applications for Windows Phone. Only 21 percent of respondents who expressed interest in the BlackBerry operating system, and only 13 percent who are interested in developing applications for the BlackBerry QNX-based playbook.

Although Windows Phone has attracted the attention of mobile application developers, but Apple’s iOS operating system remains a favorite of mobile application developers in the world. The results of the survey said that 91 percent of respondents said “very interested” in developing applications for the iPhone and 88 percent are interested in making an application for the iPad.

What about Android? This survey shows that interest in the development of Android developers declined slightly. There is a 83 per cent of respondents said “very interested” in the development of applications on Android smartphones, but less than 4 percent of the last survey. Regarding the development of applications for Android tablets, 68 percent of developers said “very interested, down 6 percent compared to the latest survey carried out.

RIM Acquired JayCut to Provide a New Services in The Playbook

RIM Acquired JayCut 300x237 RIM Acquired JayCut to Provide a New Services in The PlaybookTo meet the challenge of their rivals in the tablet market, the owner of BlackBerry, Research In Motion (RIM), acquired company video editing Sweden JayCut. The company will work the various functions of Playbook tablet.

“Working with our JayCut add editing capabilities for video on the BlackBerry platform. They can enrich the consumer media experience with BlackBerry,” wrote RIM CTO David Yach on RIM’s official blog.

Quoted by Reuters, RIM does not mention this as an acquisition. But it is clear that with this agreement, seven employees of the Stockholm-based company is licensing its online video editor for users of RIM gadget. Read more »

Tips and Guide to Help You Choose a Right Tablet PC

 Tips and Guide to Help You Choose a Right Tablet PCTo buy a tablet, which can be dizziness select a tablet to the right. When tablets Android as the Galaxy is the Android OS 2.2 operating system, the pill is not considered a competitor iPad.

With so compressed in the market today, how to choose and decide?

Always remember Tablet PC instead of a laptop replacement
Tablets made not to replace the laptop. Tablet is very convenient to use for browsing the Internet, in response to an email or perform simple tasks. But is not replacing the laptop, including a Windows-based, such as Fujitsu Stylistic Q550.

In fact, if the tablet has a USB port, the factors leading to a limited selection of peripherals are not compatible. Keyboards, flash drives, or the mouse is fine. However, the tablets may not work with HSDPA or DVD. If you are traveling, carry a laptop or netbook. Read more »

BlackBerry PlayBook – Inconsistently

 BlackBerry PlayBook   Inconsistently Apparently, an ambitious project of the tire is not running smoothly, BlackBerry PlayBook reality is not as perfect as expected. Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is withdrawn from the market or up to 1,000 tablets Playbook BlackBerry market. The withdrawal must be done, and found errors in the software component (software) after a month of its launch.

Ontario-based company in this state, the tablet of BlackBerry products, which are operating system problems that ultimately make software does not run correctly. Fortunately, most of these products still exist in the hands of dealers rather than in circulation in the hands of consumers. RIM said to replace the problematic devices with a better device.

RIM really started to aggressively sell the tablets of the product after the BlackBerry smartphone continues to slowing demand. In addition, RIM also cut its profit target this year, slowing demand for smartphones. The withdrawal of the product to be a setback for RIM in the sale of the tablets when the ambition of overtaking its main competitor is Apple iPad and tablet-based.

Microsoft Bing Used in BlackBerry PlayBook

Adobe not only become close partners appeared in the opening scene of RIM BlackBerry 2011 World in Orlando, Florida, USA. Surprisingly, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has also appeared before about 6,000 attendees accompanied the Co-CEO at Research In Motion (RIM), Mike Lazaridis.

The timing was actually used RIM to announce a strategic alliance with Microsoft. The most important announcement is Microsoft Bing will become the default search engine in tablet BlackBerry Playbook has begun to circulate in the market since April 2011. Similarly for Microsoft mapping service.

Not only in the form of tablets Playbook application only. Steve Ballmer said Bing also be fully integrated to the operating system level using the latest BlackBerry smartphone.

This cooperation would be examined. Through cooperation with Microsoft, RIM does not need to issue a direct investment to complement the characteristics of the devices, especially in terms of Internet search engine and digital maps. RIM also ensure Playbook will soon be able to run Android applications.

However, until now one of the pillars of RIM is its full support for Adobe technologies like Flash. In the BlackBerry World 2011, Shantanu Narayen (President and CEO of Adobe Systems) and Danny Winokur (vice president of the Flash runtime Adobe Systems) was present opening statements. Apple is strong in tablet and smartphone market that want to support Flash at all, and develop other standards for multimedia content.

Samsung Dominate a Smartphone Market Sales

A recent report by research firm IDC shows that the smartphone market grew 80% worldwide during the first quarter of 2011. The number of units shipped (shipping) came to 99.6 million in the last three months, compared with 55.4 million the same quarter last year.

Nokia is still the first place with 24.3 % share of smartphone market with 24.2 million units. This achievement was above its market share in a business smartphone that only 21.5 %  from a year ago.

Secondly there was a change. Apple who was in second place beyond the Research In Motion (RIM). Apple was able to distribute 18.7 million units of smartphones that 18.7 market share, compared with 8.7 last year.

RIM is actually an increase in unit volume of smartphones which includes 13.9 million units from 10.6 million units last year. However, its market share fell from 19.1 percent the first quarter last year to 14 percent this year.

Samsung became a producer enjoyed growth of smartphones. How didistribusikannya no units from 2.4 million in the first quarter 2010 to 10.8 million in the first quarter 2011 so that you can overcome HTC. This HTC years actually also experienced a growth in the number of units released smartphones, but lost to Samsung as only 2.7 to 8.9 million. Read more »

Android and Facebook was Weak on Security

 Android and Facebook was Weak on SecurityIn the field of the gadgets, smart phones, in particular the progress Android OS has changed the competitive landscape and rummaging through a supplier that had previously existed. Nokia, Apple and RIM OS now must be willing to be superior to those made by Google’s Android. In fact, it was too far, Nokia abandon its own operating system and Microsoft join.

Internet world and the smartphone is a very rapid growth in recent times. In the world of Internet social media to absorb as a leader now more than 80 percent of Internet users. That is, now, the Internet user’s preferences have changed. Internet users spend more time on social media to interact. They are probably still in search of news or reference, but the number may have been greatly reduced because of the reference and news can also be obtained through the media.

The progress made by Facebook and Android certainly has two sides, positive and negative. Facebook members positive are now more than 600 million people. Negative, the security level even more questionable. Android Similarly, since the smartphone operating system different, Android is an operating system that seems more easily attacked and penetrated by malware, including storage application.

To ensure and assure the Android, we see a safety analysis report of AVG out recently in the first quarter of 2011. According to AVG, the campaign of evil (malicious campaigns) on Facebook has tripled in the last year. Android, AVG, said users will experience significantly increased risk associated with the nature of Android is open source and open garden approach is applied, allowing users to install software on your smartphone, so he opened the door hackers for malicious code. In addition, the fragmentation in the Android platform (as Donut, Eclair and gingerbread) also help make safer Android. Read more »

Now Angry Birds use Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology

 Now Angry Birds use Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology Angry Birds will be provided free with free on Nokia phones based on Symbian C7 which is equipped with NFC chips. C7 phones will automatically play once the upgrade to the latest Symbian platform called Anna. Nokia is updating the Symbian software products from Nokia for the type C7 could adopt this technology.

Nokia and Rovio Angry Birds develop a new version that offers better gaming experience with technical support, Near Field Communication (NFC). Transfer of short-range wireless data will not be used to carry out payment transactions, but to connect the user wildfowl angry two different phones.

“C7 is just the beginning. We want to create an open ecosystem that means that it will partner with banks, payment services, and others,” says Sixten Sandstroem, Nokia Manager is responsible for the development of this technology are as reported by Bloomberg.

C7 Nokia users can enjoy the game with the Magic angry birds free to first 5 levels. To play at a higher level, you should find another player with a mobile phone equipped with NFC technology. Stay activate the game and hold each other, five the next level will open. To open the next five levels of play, users must perform the same steps with the owners of other similar phones. Read more »