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Google advertises Nexus one on its homepage and all over its AdSense network

Max — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:15:00 +0000

Google is really pushing the Nexus One hard. Check out how the homepage is looking. Yes – they advertise it right on the homepage!

Google Nexus one phone promotion on Google homepage

I have been spotting a LOT (and I mean really a L-O-T) AdSense advertisements for Nexus one on the web in random places. What does it mean – google pushing Nexus One so hard? Is it one of the deal sides with HTC that Google will push the device really hard to promote the sales and therefore revenue for HTC? Or is it more strategic decision and Google is trying to set standard for Android phone just as iPhone had set standard for smartphones already? While it is probably a combination of many factors – it would be extremely interesting to know what are the major driving factors behind this huge promotion machinery.

Who will rule the mobile market in 5 years?

Max — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:35:55 +0000

From one of the discussions titled very similar, came this (in our opinion) very insightful comment by Alex Pakka

BlackBerry will have a major chunk of the corporate market for a while. The simple fact is, no one can come close to the infrastructure and this level of relationship with each individual carrier that fast. No matter how much money one has. BlackBerry is more than just a device, it is middle tier + device + push/security/IT policies etc. It might not hold up to the latest and greatest consumer devices in flashiness, but as a corporate workhorse it will stay for the foreseeable future. No other smart phone can deliver intranet access from around the globe as effectively and securely. I would bet on RIM still holding 40% of the corporate smart phone market in North America in 5 years. Most probably RIM will also have strategic partnerships in the infrastructure/middle tier areas with IBM, Oracle and SAP.

iPhone will come up with new ultra cool devices for mac-oriented people (of which we will see more). I would not dismiss Apple’s innovative edge just yet and consumers will like it a lot. At least 30% of consumer smart phone market will be firmly in Apple’s hands.

Android will target the middle ground between biz and consumers, maybe prosumers are the target. I don’t see any possibility for Androids to escape fragmenting into loosely coupled eco-systems, around large manufacturers. The capabilities and proprietary OS extensions will be so different, that many software vendors will give up on a single piece running everywhere (which will be feasible with RIM and Apple). But Android should be the most flexible one for fancy things involving clouds, LBS and social networks.

Nokia will go with maemo, but I guess it will split the market with Android by delivering more robust, but heavier devices. And Android will do with flashy lighter ones (offloading things to the cloud too). Symbian will propbably stay, but not in the smart phone market. At least not in the the high-end. All others seem to be marginalized.

Software will shift to widgets and HTML 5.0 for sure. But the process is going to be fairly slow – in 5 years it will be an achievement of the industry if half of the mobile software is widget-style.

We agree with this almost entirely and think this is a great summary of what might happen in the future. 5 years is a long time in technology and is even more so in the rapid moving mobile technology, so many surprises are possible in the future and no one, we believe can predict now what will happen close enough.

Palm Pre – will it be an iPhone killer and why noone notices Android?

Max — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:28:47 +0000

Palm Pre debuted with more than 100.000 units sold over the last weekend and according to them they had 150.000 application downloads on the very first day it launched. Below is an interview with the main investor in the Palm Pre that claims that with this success, his dreams came true.

What I liked and at the same time disliked about this interview is that he is being realistic and at least claims that Palm is NOT trying to smash Apple’s iPhone, which many were raving about in the blogosphere. At the same time however, he continuously points out all the shortcomings of the iPhone.

Yet another interesting thing about this interview is that he mentions iPhone and RIM, but no word about Android, which probably makes much more sense to compare to than RIM. Since RIM is targeting completely different auditory.

This just again shows that many big players don’t take Android into an account. Which is quite a peculiar thing and will eventually work to Anrdoid’s advantage. Android is considered by many as yet another Linux flavor thing that will never get traction. But being backed up by a company such as Google, I think it will prove those skeptics wrong. I can only hope that the device quality improves significantly with more manufactures making headsets for Android.

New iPhone rumorred features recap

Max — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:57:21 +0000

So here’s a short recap of what the next iPhone which everybody waits for to be announced at Apple developer conference next week will have:

16 GB and 32 GB versions priced at $199 and $299 with new contract with AT&T
No more metal casing around the edge – for better reception
Better battery life despite more powerful specs
Even lighter than the current iPhone
Full gps capabilities and finally good navigation application preinstalle
An upgraded 600 MHZ processor
An upgraded 256 MB RAM
A 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
A digital compass
And finally the OLED screen!

OLED screen is one of the most exciting features in the upcoming iPhone. OLED displays are brighter and sharper than the LCD ones. Watchig video especially demonstrates the improved experience. OLED screens consume less energy = improved battery life.

There’s something to be excited about. 2009 is going to be definitely rich mobile year!

Android market share to grow 900% in 2009

Max — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:58:30 +0000

Android market share is prognosed to grow somewhat mighty 900% in 2009 compared to its debuted year — 2008. The platform is definitely still receiving a lot of interest and attention both among the consumers and developers, but with only one headset on the market it tool about 6 month to reach 1 million units sold landmark.

Analytic companies project 900% growth and this is partly conditioned on many more devices to become available in the second part of 2009. T-Mobile has recently leaked some plans on releasing at least 3 devices. The G1 will be pretty much ending its market life span somewhere around back to school time in the end of August and will be replaced by the G2, which already is confusing everyone around with all the nicknames (Sapphire, myTouch etc…). The G2 is rumored to be priced at $179 with the plan.

Even more interest however is drawn to Samsung with its rumored Houdini and HTC Hero – another Android headset, scheduled to come out of HTC labs somewhere by third quarter of 2009.

All in all — there should be many interesting headsets coming out this year that might greatly contribute to popularity of Android headset which eventually will materialize in units sold numbers.

iPhone will definitely steal some heat from Android with 3.0 OS this year and debut of the new Palm Pre phone, which already announced early access to its SDK. And RIM will probably unveil a new phone close to BlackBerry developers conference in early November.

DataViz will announce Office for iPhone and Android at MWC

Max — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:30:06 +0000

DataViz – a leading developer of Office products for mobile devices (currently WinMo, BlackBerry Palm and Symbian) will be announcing a soon to be launch of their Office products for Android and iPhone in about a week during Mobile Worlds Congress ,. DataViz started talking about Office support for the iPhone last Fall and according to AppScout we should see the official announcement of Documents To Go for the iPhone at MWC in just over a week.

They are also working on Office suit for Android and yu can sign up to receive a notification when the products will be available. They are also working on Exchange for Android. There is currently an application that brings Exchange functionality to Android platform – TouchDown, developed by NitroDesk - basically a one man operation.

Right now the TouchDown application is pretty mature and allows you to do most of the basic operations:

Compose and send Email
Reply to, Reply All and Forward your email
Delete Email messages
Move email between folders (yes, email folders are supported)
Add, Delete or Edit existing contacts when you are on the move.
The changes to your contacts will be automatically updated to your Exchange account.
View your daily calendar
Appointment notifications
Customizable alerts
Database on SD Card – saves phone memory

We’ll keep an eye on how the competition unveils. A one man ope

ration against a very well established company. Our guess – the users will gain the most out of this competition. That happens all the time when there is pretty good alternative to corporate application.

You can also sign up to receive notification about their iPhone product here