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From: John Navas on 9 May 2010 10:55 Apple's iPhone is the Nick Clegg of smartphones: attractive, media-savvy, and firmly in third place when matched up against its more-experienced rivals. The top worldwide smartphone manufacturer - by a hefty margin - remains neither Apple nor Research in Motion but Nokia, according to the IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. Well, to be completely accurate, the report surveyed what IDC insists on calling "converged mobile devices," but what every other sentient being on the planet calls smartphones. In a nutshell, the report places Nokia's worldwide smartphone market share at 39.3 per cent, RIM's at 19.4, and Apple's at 16.1, all for the first calendar quarter of 2010. These numbers differ somewhat from those announced last week by Strategy Analytics, but not enough to cause cheering in Cupertino or weeping in Espoo, Finland. MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/07/idc_smartphone_numbers/>
From: Larry on 10 May 2010 00:18 John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in news:02jdu51ep5hpqgjnkt4a4qmrnovlu284nc(a)navasgroup.com: > Apple's iPhone is the Nick Clegg of smartphones: attractive, > media-savvy, and firmly in third place when matched up against its > more-experienced rivals. > > The top worldwide smartphone manufacturer - by a hefty margin - remains > neither Apple nor Research in Motion but Nokia, according to the IDC's > latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. > > Well, to be completely accurate, the report surveyed what IDC insists on > calling "converged mobile devices," but what every other sentient being > on the planet calls smartphones. > > In a nutshell, the report places Nokia's worldwide smartphone market > share at 39.3 per cent, RIM's at 19.4, and Apple's at 16.1, all for the > first calendar quarter of 2010. These numbers differ somewhat from those > announced last week by Strategy Analytics, but not enough to cause > cheering in Cupertino or weeping in Espoo, Finland. > > MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/07/idc_smartphone_numbers/> > John, have you taken a look at the Nokia N8 coming out? http://events.nokia.com/NokiaN8/ http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n8 12 users who enter the winning app IDEAs will be flown to a big Nokia event in London. Some celebs are judging the contest.... 12 MP camera with a real xenon flash and HD 720p video....in a phone?! Love the cool way the camera zooms in and out....by moving it towards and away from the subject.... There's also a webcam on the screen side for online video cam. 48GB with a 32GB microSDHC card in it. None of that Crapple hobbling.... Free mapping for 70 countries. Symbian 3 OS...first one. No wonder they're number ONE. -- Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics. Larry
From: John Navas on 10 May 2010 12:18 On Mon, 10 May 2010 04:18:20 +0000, Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote in <Xns9D7431BFE70Fnoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>: >John, have you taken a look at the Nokia N8 coming out? >http://events.nokia.com/NokiaN8/ >http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n8 I have. My take: * Still vaporware * Great potential design and hardware * Hobbled by Symbian OS * Would love to see an Android version >12 users who enter the winning app IDEAs will be flown to a big Nokia >event in London. Some celebs are judging the contest.... > >12 MP camera with a real xenon flash and HD 720p video....in a phone?! > >Love the cool way the camera zooms in and out....by moving it towards >and away from the subject.... > >There's also a webcam on the screen side for online video cam. > >48GB with a 32GB microSDHC card in it. None of that Crapple >hobbling.... Free mapping for 70 countries. >Symbian 3 OS...first one. > >No wonder they're number ONE. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: Larry on 17 May 2010 17:52 Harry <naled24511(a)mypacks.net> wrote in news:85d6scFlpgU1 @mid.individual.net: > Tunes? My iPOD does better, and for three times the amount of time on a > battery charge. Plus, if I listen via my iPod, my cell phone still has > its battery life for...phone calls. > No it doesn't. I load up a microSDHC with new tunes using the ultra- complex Windows Explorer before I venture out and plug it into the appropriate slot on my Motorola ROKR Z6m sellphone. The phone will play until I can't stand it or get bored with it all day and still make phone calls long after I get home before bedtime recharging on my nightstand. What's better is the phone and player at interconnected. If I push the phone button on the Motorola S9HD bluetooth stereo headset, the music player stops as I talk to the phone to let it know who I want to call or what number if it's not in the list. Once the call ends, the music simply resumes from where it left off with no input from me, at all. The 2GB SD cards, and I have several for different moods, hot swap in a heartbeat giving the little phone unlimited storage. Nothing Apple makes can compare to this simple phone and great sounding BT headset. Try it sometimes, before drinking the reality distortion koolaid. The phone would do email, but I'm always within easy reach of my netbook on a Cricket aircard. I'm a stock daytrader so need market access more than any phone could offer. It's gambling, I know, but we win more than we lose. I hardly carry an MP3 player much any more. Mine are old and don't have BT unless I plug in the Sony BT stereo transmitter (BT-10) but that's too much trouble.... -- Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics. Larry
From: John Navas on 18 May 2010 13:23
On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:52:41 +0000, Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote in <Xns9D7BB5DE3F7C6noonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>: >Harry <naled24511(a)mypacks.net> wrote in news:85d6scFlpgU1 >@mid.individual.net: > >> Tunes? My iPOD does better, and for three times the amount of time on a >> battery charge. Plus, if I listen via my iPod, my cell phone still has >> its battery life for...phone calls. > >No it doesn't. I load up a microSDHC with new tunes using the ultra- >complex Windows Explorer before I venture out and plug it into the >appropriate slot on my Motorola ROKR Z6m sellphone. The phone will play >until I can't stand it or get bored with it all day and still make phone >calls long after I get home before bedtime recharging on my nightstand. > >What's better is the phone and player at interconnected. If I push the >phone button on the Motorola S9HD bluetooth stereo headset, the music >player stops as I talk to the phone to let it know who I want to call or >what number if it's not in the list. Once the call ends, the music simply >resumes from where it left off with no input from me, at all. Likewise with my Android mobile (T-Mobile myTouch 3G 3.5mm Jack, aka HTC Magic), and likewise when streaming Pandora, Internet radio, or Google Listen (podcasts), which I do at least as often as my recorded music. >The 2GB SD cards, and I have several for different moods, hot swap in a >heartbeat giving the little phone unlimited storage. The 16GB microSDHC hard in my Android mobile is more than big enough to hold music for all my moods, with room to spare for video (including full length movies). >Nothing Apple makes >can compare to this simple phone and great sounding BT headset. Try it >sometimes, before drinking the reality distortion koolaid. Amen. >The phone would do email, but I'm always within easy reach of my netbook on >a Cricket aircard. Tight integration with Gmail makes email on my Android mobile usually better for me than using a portable computer. >I hardly carry an MP3 player much any more. Mine are old and don't have BT >unless I plug in the Sony BT stereo transmitter (BT-10) but that's too much >trouble.... I haven't used an MP3 player in years, see no point in carrying another device, especially one that's unnecessary. -- Best regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it? |