Canalys Research has published some great insights on the Worldwide smartphone market. According to their research, Android based smartphone rocked 2009 and the shipments have increased by a whooping 886% year on year from Q2 2009. This is indeed a great number and shows that Android as a smart phone OS is delivering what it promised when it was launched. Guys at Google must be really happy. Samsung, Motorola and HTC are some of the smartphone companies that have embraced Android OS for some of their smart phones, which are doing really well in the market. The over all ...

In its quest to find the perfect mobile phone OS that will revamp its whole smartphone strategy, Nokia developed MeeGo. MeeGo, which is based on the Linux platform is the upcoming new OS that will be available through some of Nokia's new smart phones. MeeGo was announced at the Mobile World Congress by Nokia and Intel. Its the integration of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo. Apart from MeeGo, Nokia is also working on Symbian^3 and Symbian^4. So they have three smartphones OSs to tackle and position in the market in such a way that these OSs don't cannibalize each other. ...

India is a huge mobile market and the numbers speak for themselves. According to a latest research publication from Gartner, Indian mobile handset sales will reach 139 million units by the end of 2010. This number was 117 million units in 2009.And almost 19% is a healthy growth shown by the Indian mobile handset market.Gartner has also said that the growth will be steady with number of units reaching to 206 million in 2014. India, as a mobile market is very lucrative for mobile operators as well as mobile OEMs. Recently a lot of new companies like Micromax, Lava, Lemon, ...

Nokia has come with a new smart phone design project called "Design by Community". In today's world of user generated content, companies are focusing more on what users are looking for and not what the companies want them to see or use. Nokia, amidst growing competition from other smart phone rivals like Apple, RIM, HTC and Samsung has kick started this project where it is asking people to choose the design of the next smart phone. In a recent survey, very few people actually said that they want to buy a Nokia smartphone.Design by Community started in March and saw ...

The Nokia C6, which was supposed to go live for sale at the end of July is now available for sale on Nokia Europe website for 289 Euros. Nokia is giving the phone unlocked so you can use it with any SIM card. The C6, which looks like the 5800 is full touch screen and also has a physical QWERTY keyboard which slides out. Being a social networking focused phone, the C6 has built in messaging clients for Yahoo, Hotmail, Windows Messenger etc. Other features of the phone include, a 5 mega-pixel camera with LED flash, FM radio, MicroSD support ...

The video below shows the demo of Nokia Messaging running on the upcoming Nokia N8. Nokia N8 is the first Symbian^3 based smart phone from Nokia, which the company says can prove to be a game changer. Its also the first phone from Nokia which has a 12MP snapper and the battery is like the iPhone i.e. cannont be removed!! NOkia messaging is a nice application from Nokia for Business users and email addicts and targets people who are hooked to other email centric smart phones like the Blackberry. Nokia messaging on the N8 looks good but first we have ...

Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) today announced the launch of Broadband2Go, a 3G nationwide wireless Internet service without an annual contract, monthly subscription or activation fee. Operating on the Sprint Nationwide Network and developed in conjunction with Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL), the MC760 Broadband2Go device carries the distinction of being the world's smallest EV-DO Rev. A modem. "Forget the long-term contracts, monthly bills or desperately seeking a local coffee shop for Wi-Fi. Prepaid mobile broadband is ideal for students, families on the go, freelancers, anyone who needs wireless Internet access...and wants to pay only when they use it," said Bob ...

Consumer research firm, The Nielsen Company, released some interesting data on the iPhone this week. The study found:- As of April 2009, there are 6.4 million active iPhone users in the U.S., up from 2.1 million a year prior.- 37% watch video on their phone (6x as likely as the typical subscriber).- There are roughly as many iPhone users 55 and older as there are 13-24. (see chart)- 98% of iPhone users use the data features of their phone, services that should improve with the enhanced speed promised by the iPhone 3G S.- 88% use the Internet (4x as likely ...

Congrats to iPhone game developer Freeverse, who announced today that over the weekend they sold the millionth copy of their Flick Fishing game, making Flick Fishing the first paid application to reach the one million download milestone.Flick Fishing allows iPhone and iPod touch users to take a virtual fishing trip with the flick of a wrist.  The game uses the iPhone's accelerometer to recreate a casting motion, then a combination of bait choice and fishing skill helps players land the big fish. The iPhone OS 3.0 update issued last week for Flick Fishing allows peer-to-peer networking for players to compare ...

I was poking around the iTunes AppStore this week and took a $.99 chance on a recently launched game from FDG Entertainment called Parachute Panic. This fun casual game requires you to successfully land a host of parachutists into passing boats while trying to avoid obstacles such as helicopters, U.F.O´s, sharks and thunder clouds. The game play is reminiscent of the vintage Nintendo Game & Watch handheld parachute game that I used to love to play back in the early 80's.The game has very cool hand drawn graphics, smooth animations, catchy music and awesome sound effects. The game has ...