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Friday, January 8, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Demand for Android phones makes 'monstrous' 250% jump
A “monstrous” jump in demand for Android-equipped smartphones has turned the market upside down, a retail pollster said today.
Of the people who told ChangeWave Research in a mid-December survey that they planned to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days, 21% said they expected to purchase a handset powered by Google’s Android operating system. That number represented a 250% increase over the 6% that pegged Android as their mobile OS of choice when ChangeWave last queried consumers’ plans in September.
“That change rivals anything that we’ve seen in the last three years of the smartphone market,” said Paul Carton, ChangeWave’s director of research, adding that the sudden surge in consumer interest in Android had “roiled” the market.
“This is an indication that Android has finally caught consumer interest,” added Carton, who cited the recent advertising campaign by Motorola for its Droid smartphone as the reason why interest in the operating system has skyrocketed.
In September, the Android OS was tied for last place in consumers’ preference among the major mobile operating systems. Since then, it “has surged into second place ahead of all competitors except the iPhone OS,” said Carton.
The iPhone remained the No. 1 desired smartphone, according to ChangeWave’s latest survey, with 28% of those who plan on buying in the next three months saying that they would choose an Apple device. However, that figure was down four percentage points from September, when 32% said that they would acquire an iPhone.
The drop in the iPhone’s planned purchasing percentage wasn’t unexpected. “The first two quarters after the introduction of the iPhone 3G [in mid-2008], you saw this huge pop in buying plans, and then a downtick,” Carton said. “Same for the 3GS … actually, the drop-off for the iPhone after the 3GS was far less than the 3G.”
Android’s leap translated into good news for Motorola and HTC, the most prominent makers of Google-powered handsets, with the former reaping most of the benefit. Motorola’s share of smartphone purchases in the next 90 days shot up from 1% in September to 13% in December. Carton tagged the company’s Droid as the reason.
“[It's] the first increase for Motorola we’ve seen in three years,” said Carton.
All smartphone makers and mobile operating system developers are benefiting from the industry-wide upswing in sales, Carton contended. Approximately 42% of the 4,000-plus American consumers surveyed in December said they owned a smartphone, a three-point increase over September and 10 points higher than a year ago. “If a rising tide lifts all boats, then just by itself, the increase [in sales] means that it gets dicey to bet against anybody, or to bet on just one company,” Carton said. “But Android phones are clearly going to benefit the most from this tick up.”
The only mobile OS makers that Carton would peg as being in real trouble from Android’s new popularity were Palm and Microsoft. “This puts a lot of pressure on the Palm Pre,” he said, noting that the Pre didn’t have enough time to solidify its place in the smartphone market before Android handsets became the newest and latest rage. “And Windows Mobile … those are the [operating systems] that have to worry about Android’s numbers, they’re the ones that have to strike back somehow, not Apple or RIM. It’s hard to bet against those two.”
Consumers who own an Android-powered smartphone are almost as satisfied with their purchases as are iPhone owners, who have been historically extremely happy with their hardware. Of the people who told ChangeWave they had an Android handset, 72% said they were “very satisfied;” 77% of those who reported they own an iPhone answered the same way.
By comparison, only 41% of the people who own a BlackBerry said they were very satisfied, and just 25% of Windows Mobile-equipped smartphone owners rated their satisfaction using that phrase.
While he acknowledged the buzz around the expected announcement on Tuesday of a Google-branded smartphone, Carton argued that it was unlikely that the Nexus One would kill sales of other Android smartphones. He cited Motorola’s Droid as especially immune, in large part because of its link to Verizon.
“Unless Google’s phone is magnitudes better, I can’t see people walking out of Verizon and heading to T-Mobile,” he said. Reports have pegged T-Mobile as the likely carrier partner for Google’s own smartphone. “Look at Google’s move not in the short term,” Carton said. “But for three or four years from now.”
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143027/Demand_for_Android_phones_makes_monstrous_250_jump?taxonomyId=1&pageNumber=2
Перфектната буря
YouTube дори не съществува за повече от половината от десетилетие, а перфектната буря за увеличаване на честотната лента, напредъка в Flash, както и повишаването на социалните мрежи (където YouTube съдържание могат да ипотпал бъдат вградени) направиха 2005 г. е идеалният момент за сайт, за да направи своите дебют. Ръстът е метеорен, и в рамките на 18 месеца, млрд. на сайта се превръща в един от най-голям трафик в мрежата и компанията бяха продадени на Google за $ 1.6. Съ-основатели Чад Хърли и Стив Чен chronicled момента в този паметен клипче.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Brief Motorola Cliq review
So, I’ve decided to do a brief review on the Motorola Cliq, the Android phone I am currently using. I’ve got an hour and a half until 2010 here, so there’s time.
A lot of people have been slagging the Cliq for being a “fun” phone or for being a “kid’s” phone. Why is it a “kid’s” phone? Is it because it is geared more towards people who use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter? I know plenty of adults in there 30’s and 40’s who use Facebook and Twitter. Nonsense, I say.
The Cliq is a very solid feeling phone. It’s got a little more weight to it than say a myTouch 3G, but I personally like that. Some people do, some don’t.
The display is a tiny bit smaller than a myTouch or G1 (3.1″ for the Cliq, 3.2″ for the myTouch & G1), and it is noticable. I didn’t think it would be, but it is. It is a 3G capable phone, which is a benefit for some people where T-Mobile has their 3G service, but it won’t make a difference to everyone else. It has a 5mp camera, but with no flash. The Cliq is running Android 1.5, whereas the myTouch and G1 are both running 1.6, and the G1 is rumored to be jumping to 2.0 or 2.0.1 in the near future. There are rumors of the Cliq getting upgraded to 2.0 or 2.1, and with the upcoming Motorola Devour on Verizon running Android 2.1 with MotoBlur, I think there’s a very good chance of the Cliq getting that update, once T-Mobile tweaks it a bit. Also on the front of the phone underneath the screen are three buttons. A menu button, home button, and previous window button.
The sliding mechanism for the keyboard feels sold and sounds solid. It’s a very nice click, almost like a little thud, when the keyboard opens and closes. I like it.
The keyboard itself is ok. I don’t like how tiny the spacebar is. Having the D-Pad on the left doesn’t really bother me. I can see it being used mostly by gamers, but I don’t really play games on my Cliq. It’s a 3 row Qwerty keyboard, with each key having an alternative symbol in the upper right corner. To access these, you need to push the Alt key (duh). What’s neat is that when the Alt key is pressed, the numbers and symbols light up to bring them more to you attention. The bottom row of keys, underneath the 3 row Qwerty, consists of the alt key, a search key, spacebar, symbol key, and a previous window key.
On the back of the screen when the keyboard is open is a lit up Motorola “M”. It’s actually pretty nice. Very subtle.
Call quality is very good. No complaints on either end.
Haven’t tried bluetooth so I can’t comment on that.
Overall, I like the Cliq. It does what it’s supposed to do. It gives the Android experience, even though it’s a little bit of a dated experience (1.5). It’s a good, fun phone.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Социални мрежи
Не е тайна, че социалните медии е във възход. Twitter се разпространява по-бързо от новини за свине грип. Facebook е нараснал два пъти размера на MySpace, и няма намерение да спре. Вместо да пишете друг 1226 дума статия за това какво да правим и къде да отида, ето списък на малки, лесни за смилане пунктове с конкретни съвети за това как да генерирате води посредством социални медии
Видео стриим
Кой кой е пристрастен към интернет връзка, дори ако той живее в Замбия и Уганда, знае какво е YouTube. Видео споделяне мрежи са фантастично място за генериране на данни за потенциални клиенти.
Видео текста могат лесно да бъдат вградени във вашия уеб ипотпал, споделени от Twitter, Facebook и други социални мрежи и имат много по-висока стойност след писмено възприема.
Много експерти казват, че Интернет маркетинг поточно видео е бъдещето и аз казвам ипотпал, че техните предчувствие е прав. Видео Позволява ви да се свържете с вашите клиенти, дори преди те да се запознаем, вие имейл или говорим с вас по телефона.
След като гледа само един клип с участието на ти-неотложен те се чувстват съпричастност към вас, който се мултиплицира шансовете си за приключване на сделката по гръб.
Monday, December 28, 2009
New Things at BillStaceyConstruction.com
Happy Holidays!
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