Kaspersky: Android to dominate mobile

"Barcelona - Computer security expert Eugene Kaspersky predicted on Tuesday that Google's Android smartphone operating system will come to dominate the market, reducing Apple and BlackBerry to niche players.

Kaspersky, who founded the leading anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, said there is only "one company, one operating system which follows Microsoft's strategy of the 1990s" when its Windows computer operating system became dominant on personal computers.

"I believe that if Apple, BlackBerry, Microsoft... don't change their strategy very soon we will soon have the same mobile operating system landscape as we have with computers," he told journalists on the sidelines of the mobile phone industry's annual get-together in Barcelona.

Kaspersky predicted Android would eventually end up with 80% of the smartphone market, with Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry sharing the rest with 10% each.

Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the top smartphone operating system in the final quarter of 2010 by units shipped, according to market research company Canalys, with its market share leaping from 8.7% in 2009 to 32.5% last year.

Kaspersky's forecast comes amid a major shake-up in the smartphone market.

Nokia, which had difficulties mounting a response to the rise of Android and Apple's iPhone, announced last week it was phasing out Symbian and switching to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system.

Kaspersky said Microsoft was not repeating for mobiles the strategy of working closely with developers that ensured the success of Windows for personal computers but was instead keeping tight control over Windows Phone 7 like Apple does with its iOS.

"They are going the Apple way... I don't really believe they will have success," he said. "Maybe Nokia will force them to be open."

Both Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer and Nokia's Stephen Elop have emphasised here at the Mobile World Congress they intend to work closely with developers to ensure that outside developers create lots of applications for Windows Phone7 to ensure its popularity with consumers."

from news24.com

Samsung galaxy tabs fight's the iPad...

Samsung galaxy Tab is trying to win more consumers at buying there's instead of the Apple iPad...

The platform it uses is Google Android, version honeycomb. Honeycomb is expected to be build into many touch screen tablets, in a booming market currently "owned" by the Apple iPad.

Samsung tablet weighs 599g and is just 10.9mm thick.  dual surround-sound speakers, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

1GHz dual core application processor.

Apple is already producing a new version of the iPad.....

the new version will have a front facing cam, for app's like Face time. Also more memory.

As you can see Apple is really trying to produce a much thiner and powerful device.

As for Samsung, they really made the Galaxy tab, what the iPad should have been...  

"In 2011, we will take Samsung's leadership in speed, screen and content to a whole new level," Samsung's mobile communications business chief, JK Shin, said.

Windows to make full web acceptable on Smartphone...

Microsoft - Windows, is making full web interrogation in the Windows Phone 7, possible later this year....

An update to the platform will enable users to view full web pages, on IE (internet explorer) 9

"We need to give people the full web, the full internet on their phone, like they've come to expect with the PC," Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said at the mobile industry's annual get-together in Barcelona.

"Later this year we are going to release a version of Internet Explorer9 [web browser] complete with hardware and graphics and other hardware acceleration for the Windows Phone," he added.

"The web in some senses was designed for the PC first - we need to make it a first class citizen on the phone," he added.

The update hopes for a more beautiful web....

 

The Sony Ericsson "PlayStation" Phone

The new Sony PlayStation phone......
It will bring you glory.....

The phone is the Sony Ericsson's Android software-based Xperia smartphones,but with an added controller that slides out from the left hand side. It has a 10.2 cm touch screen, including a 5.0 mega pixel camera.

"I am delighted to see Xperia Play as the first PlayStation certified device," said Kazuuo Hirai, president of Sony's networked products and services group.

The phone runs the newest Android platform, which is  Gingerbread.....
and has games in the android market for this special Phone.

"Sony Ericsson said it had got together with major gaming publishers to deliver titles via the Android Marketplace, including Need for Speed, Sims 3 and the first multiplayer version of the FIFA game for mobile."                                                             Said News24.com

It has a 3d flow view of your game library.

"The new phone puts Sony's PlayStation gaming repertoire in the mobile arena to compete directly with Microsoft, which already makes Xbox games available on its Windows 7 mobile software."Said news24.com

Windows is already launching games from Xbox, to it's own mobile platform, The windows Phone 7.
Windows has gotten a major lead when Nokia announced it was switching from there own mobile platform to The windows Phone 7 platform from Microsoft.

Who will win?
who will lead to the next big thing?

the iPhone app that make online dating Safer!!

The new iPhone app to make online dating easier and safer...

"over 20 million people visit online dating sites, each month in the U.S" says new24.com 

well safer is just becoming more accessible, every day you might be scammed online in dating sites and who is there to stop them? no one!!!

"People are internet dating now and you don't know the character of these people," said Linda Smith, of Chicago-based Date Tracker Alert LLC, which developed the app.

"The person with the app can maintain their dating privacy," Smith explained in an interview. "But when you need help, when you don't check in, they (your emergency contact) have the information that will help them find you." 

very good app!! great coding work inserted into the app! 
will really make online dating safer and easier....

Does Ubuntu look awesome?

Look at the new Ubuntu desktop from my Ubuntu posts...

Click to enlarge 

What do you think?

The weather Bug window!

To view weather in a more modern way with live cameras and detailed information.
Try the weather Bug windows on the Google Chrome web browser...

This is a cool application for your browser that shows the weather with live cameras that shows images every 20 min, so you know the weather.

Now it also shows Google maps with added features, like show U.S radar or Satellite etc.

try it now yourself....
Weather Bug app from Google web store (link)

welcome Ubuntu

Welcome to Ubuntu station.

so I booted in to Ubuntu and was greeted by the loading screen then the user screen and finally, the desktop.
I was ready for some working!
so I joined the ubuntu Facebook fan page, as I knew if I would get errors, I could just ask there.
 Now the real fun can begin, Ubuntu 10.10.

I was already connected to the Internet. I visited the ubuntu software center for some of my windows programs
to be made in to Ubuntu applications. first was opera 11 (my default browser), then came pidgin chat, also a music player called rhythmbox (note I never used this on windows).

now I was ready to do basic stuff, like web search, and listen to music.
also went and downloaded a dock, I can't live without a dock on a computer....
then came the customization of the dock, the dock had to be beautiful, I saw a config on the ubuntu Facebook fan page, the dock was AWN with Lucido theme. You can customize it to look like a panel, so I did.
 now it stared to look like something and I had some of my applications.

so let's WORK! :)

I will keep you updated of what i will do next.....

JOIN Facebook page > http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-am-just-like-Ubuntu-OS/123925471013294?       ref=ts 

From time to time....

As you might know I like from time to time, to write in a series of  blog posts...
As from today forward I will port myself to write and use Linux, the main distro I will be using is the well known
Ubuntu. I will test and run this Operating system, and report back news, reviews and tips

If you want to take the challenge with me, download the free OS at >  www.ubuntu.com 

we will be looking at:
 1) usability compared to windows and mac
 2) customizing the OS (look and feel)
 3) and the the fun at giving tips and tricks
 4) applications we use.... we all love our programs on windows and our applications on mac, but we must                                             find good alternatives.

So here we go...

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