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Great iPad Applications

The main difference between iPad apps and iPhone apps is in the screen real estate. The iPad screen - at 9.7-inches - is much bigger than the smartphone display, about the same size as a netbook. However, netbooks do not provide the same intimacy. This is where Apple technology really excels. You pass right through the technology and feel as though you are in the web, in the game or whatever particular application you're using. These apps range from free to quite pricey and you'll find...

iPad Try To Keep Tablet Market

The market research group predicts that the iPad will represent 74.1pc of global tablet shipments in 2010, with the remainder accounting for a mixture of older PC-type tablets and slates. While a number of competitors will emerge in 2011, Apple will keep a 70.4pc share of the market. iSuppli predicts that the iPad will still have the majority share of the market in 2012, at 61.7pc. The rate it drops at will be due to the developing competition between newer tablets. "Although the...

Android being skyrocket, then Windows Mobile will do

I mentioned a few bits of Android news today and we now see Gartner’s latest smartphone data that shows the meteoric rise of Android over the last year from 1.8% to a whopping 17.2% with no end in sight. Symbian is down 10%, RIM is down 1%, Apple iOS is up 1%, and WM is down 4.3%. The overall smartphone market has grown significantly over the past year from 41 million to 61.6 million so there was significant growth in the market. This latest data shows me that there is real potential here for...

Google Maps for Android V4.4

At few days ago, Google announced the introduction of version 4.4 of Google Maps for Android. This release placed on the Official Google Mobile Blog. The company has been updated the Google Maps app for Android at least once a month for the past six months. Just last month, the application was updated version 4.3 to include public transit schedules, restaurant ratings, and a better way to add friends on Latitude. Well, today, the new update introduces a new “Places” icon to help users...

Will The Android be The Windows of Smartphones?

In the 18 months since Android first launched, the mobile OS has gradually gained a sense of inevitability. It has reached the point where it is often talked about in the technology industry as if it is manifest destiny that Android will be the dominant platform in mobile computing. However, today’s mobile market is vastly different than the PC market of the 1980s and 90s. Let’s take a look at Android’s and how likely it is that Android will emerge as the platform of choice. During...