Monday, February 8, 2010

Some of my favorite 2010 Super Bowl commercials

Here is a few of my favorite Super Bowl ads

Doritos – crashes the Super Bowl – The strategy have the most commercial at the Super Bowl.

Budweiser

Audi

Bridgestone

Hyundai

Gatorade

And the most discussed ads

Megan fox for Motorola

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Friday, February 5, 2010

Smartphone Shipments Hit Record in 2009

Jim Dalrymple, CNET

Market research firm IDC on Thursday reported a record level of smartphone shipments for the fourth quarter of 2009, when vendors shipped 54.4 million devices. That’s up 39 percent from the same quarter a year ago, the company said.

The handset company with the largest growth in 2009 was Apple. Apple’s unit shipments for the year were 25.1 million, up from 13.8 million units in 2008. The company’s market share rose from 9.1 percent in 2008 to 14.4 percent in 2009, an 81.9 percent year-over-year increase.

(Credit: IDC)

That represents the largest year-over-year increase of any mobile manufacturer, according to IDC.

Fourth quarter 2009 shipments and market share were even better for Apple. The company shipped 8.7 million iPhones in the quarter, up from 4.4 million units during the same quarter of 2008. Its market share rose from 11.2 percent in 2008 to 16 percent in 2009, representing a 97.7 percent growth increase.

(Credit: IDC)

Apple finished in the third spot for the fourth quarter and yearly market share. Nokia took the top spot finishing the year with 67.7 million shipments, an 11.9 percent increase over 2008. Its market share was 38.9 percent.

Research In Motion finished in second place with 34.5 million shipments for 2009, an increase of 46.2 percent over 2008, and a 19.8 percent market share.

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Acer F900 vs Motorola Milestone

Acer F900

Acer F900 is designed especially for style conscious users and for those who know mobile technology better. It has all the major MO applications which are necessary in any gadget. The handset is packed with beautiful design and large display screen. It covers all the four networks so that users can enjoy best network coverage. Milestone is the first of its kind which runs on Android operating system. Motorola Milestone acquires all the major features and functions that are necessary for any handset. It is a slider handset so when one is opening the slider, it reveals the beautiful QWERTY keypad which looks amazing while holding in hand.

Design and Display

Acer F900 acquires amazing and sleek design with very smooth edges on both sides. The dimension of the gadget measure between 117.5 x 63.5 x 12.9 mm and it weighs just 150 g. It has a large TFT touch screen display and there are 4 buttons placed below the display screen, Call, Menu, back and End keys. The stylus is placed at the top left of the device from where it is very easily accessible. Camera shutter key, memory card slot and volume rocker button are placed on its right side while the power button and USB port is located on the top of the device.

Motorola Milestone

In the case of Motorola Milestone, it acquires a huge TFT display screen which looks amazing on its first sight. It has dimensions which measure 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm and it weighs 165 g. It has a large 3.7 inches TFT touch screen display which supports the resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The capacitive touch screen of this gadget supports 16 million colors which offer an amazing experience to the users. Motorola is packed with accelerometer sensor, proximity sensor and QWERTY keypad for 5 way navigation. On the other hand, The Acer is loaded with Widget based user interface and Handwriting Recognition features. This feature enables the users to lock the device and no one can unlock by any means.

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