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Google Inc.'s Android software has become the world's second-largest smartphone operating system (OS) thanks to the broad availability of high-end products from HTC, Samsung and Motorola, according to a recent statement by information technology research company Gartner Inc.
Sales of high-end smartphones, including HTC's Desire range, Samsung's Galaxy S and Motorola's Droid series, pushed the Android OS to the No. 2 spot in the fourth quarter and for the whole of 2010, nearly nine times higher at 67.22 million units last year compared with the 6.8 million units sold in 2009, the statement said.
This helped the Android OS to clinch a 22.7 percent market share last year compared with 3.9 percent in 2009, while Research In Motion (RIM) fell to third place with a 16 percent share in 2010 from 19.9 percent in 2009, according to the statement.
Nokia's Symbian OS still topped the list with a 37.6 percent market share, with Apple's iOS moving down to fourth with a 15.7 percent share and Microsoft's Windows dropping to fifth with 4.2 percent.
The smartphone market remained concentrated in advanced markets such as Western Europe and North America, where buyers have more disposable income and where networks are fast enough to support the full range of smartphone features, according to Gartner.
"With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 taking place next week, we can expect smartphones and tablets to be at center stage at the show, " said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, in the statement.
She said a number of new application announcements such as 3D technology and improved user interfaces around touch, as well as faster networks based on wireless Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, are expected to be available on the new smartphones.
According to media reports, HTC, the world's fifth-biggest smartphone maker, is set to unveil its Desire 2 smartphone with a middle-range price of between US$300 (NT$8,790) and US$400 during the Feb. 14-17 MWC in Spain, and the Taiwan-based company also plans to feature its first tablet computer, Flyer, at the same time.
Meanwhile, HTC's strong rival Samsung is expected to launch its Android-based Galaxy S2 smartphone and the Galaxy Tab 2 tablet at the fair, which will be equipped with the company's own dual-core processors.
Sales of high-end smartphones, including HTC's Desire range, Samsung's Galaxy S and Motorola's Droid series, pushed the Android OS to the No. 2 spot in the fourth quarter and for the whole of 2010, nearly nine times higher at 67.22 million units last year compared with the 6.8 million units sold in 2009, the statement said.
This helped the Android OS to clinch a 22.7 percent market share last year compared with 3.9 percent in 2009, while Research In Motion (RIM) fell to third place with a 16 percent share in 2010 from 19.9 percent in 2009, according to the statement.
Nokia's Symbian OS still topped the list with a 37.6 percent market share, with Apple's iOS moving down to fourth with a 15.7 percent share and Microsoft's Windows dropping to fifth with 4.2 percent.
The smartphone market remained concentrated in advanced markets such as Western Europe and North America, where buyers have more disposable income and where networks are fast enough to support the full range of smartphone features, according to Gartner.
"With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 taking place next week, we can expect smartphones and tablets to be at center stage at the show, " said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, in the statement.
She said a number of new application announcements such as 3D technology and improved user interfaces around touch, as well as faster networks based on wireless Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, are expected to be available on the new smartphones.
According to media reports, HTC, the world's fifth-biggest smartphone maker, is set to unveil its Desire 2 smartphone with a middle-range price of between US$300 (NT$8,790) and US$400 during the Feb. 14-17 MWC in Spain, and the Taiwan-based company also plans to feature its first tablet computer, Flyer, at the same time.
Meanwhile, HTC's strong rival Samsung is expected to launch its Android-based Galaxy S2 smartphone and the Galaxy Tab 2 tablet at the fair, which will be equipped with the company's own dual-core processors.
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Jules Vernes' birthday marks the first interactive Google doodle (an artistic twist to Google's corporate logo) of this year. Visible on the search engine's home page, the Jules Verne birthday Google doodle commemorates the science fiction writer's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea novel -- the Google doodle gives a view of the sea through a submarine's potholes.
The current Jules Verne Google doodle is also an interactive Google doodle -- like past Buckyball doodle, Pac-man doodle and HTML5 balls doodle. There's a lever on the side of the Google logo which can be swung left, right, top, and bottom to direct the submarine and explore the depths of the sea. Make sure you check out the Jules Verne doodle on Google's home page.
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Google has launched the latest version of the Google Goggles which is version 1.3.Google said this version is faster and smarter even before.
Google Goggles 1.3 now capable to instantly scan barcodes.But the most interesting part is the latest version able to solve any Sudoku puzzles.
Another improvement is Goggles ability to recognise print advertisements.The users will be able to photograph from a magazine with the help of Google Goggles.The app will recognizing the product and display the searching results of the product.
According to Google,Goggles will be working with only those ads that have managed to appear in the major US magazines since 2010 August.
Just add these features to all of the awesome capabilities of Goggles and you have yourself one powerful app in your hands.Google Goggles 1.3 is available for FREEdownload at here for Android and iPhone.
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