Sony is developing a 3D camera that will give consumers the ability to create their own 3D content, the head of Sony’s digital imaging business unit said Thursday.
03/10/2010
— Filed under: Audio/Video
Tags: 3D, camera, Sony
New figures from comScore show Android made a huge leap in U.S. smartphone market share through January…mostly at the expense of Windows Mobile.
Media and market analysis firm comScore has released its numbers for the U.S. mobile phone market from October 2009 through January 2010, and the results show Android making a huge leap in the smartphone market, jumping from a 2,8 percent share of the smartphone market in October to 7,1 percent in January-that’s a net point change of 4,3 percent relative to the whole market, and a gain of over 150 percent compared to Android’s share in October. And Android’s gains seem to be coming largely at the expense of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform: over the same period, Windows Mobile lost 4 percent of the total market, dropping from 19,7 percent in October 2009 to 15,7 percent in January 2010.
Overall, comScore found the smartphone market leader remains Canada’s Research in Motion, which say the market share of its BlackBerry platform rise from 41,3 percent to 43,0 percent, a net gain of 1,7 percent. Apple came in number two, with the iPhone nudging up from a 24,8 percent share in October to a 25,1 percent share in January. Microsoft and Android took third and fourth place, respectively; Palm came in fifth with a net decline of 2,1 percent, dropping from a 7,8 share in October to a 5,7 percent share in January.
According to comScore, the U.S. smartphone market stood at about 42,7 million people on average from November to January, an 18 percent increase over the average from August to October 2009.
Declines in Windows Mobile and Palm device market share may have as much to do with product cycles as Android’s popularity: Windows Mobile 6,5 has long been due for a refresh-which Microsoft is bringing this year with the not-backward-compatible Windows Phone 7 Series-so users seeking a new device may be migrating to other platforms. Similarly, the decline in Palm’s share could be attributable to users trading up older Palm Centro and Treo devices for newer smartphones. Nonetheless, if Windows Mobile and Palm users are trading in for new devices…it’s clear they aren’t all going for new smartphones running Windows Mobile or Palm OS.
The Bulb was a really great invention which had a huge role in lighting up our lives and actually for our eyes we need lights to be suited very specific amount for specific occasions.
After three years of development and three very long years of waiting, the end is finally upon us. God of War III marks the finale to Kratos’ search for revenge and properly caps off a trilogy that ranks near the very top of the best action games ever list. Yes indeed, everything does come to a complete and decisive close by the end, and though it may not be the last that we’ve seen of the franchise, this really is the end of this tale.
Microsoft’s chief financial officer confirmed today that the company will offer a free upgrade to the upcoming Office 2010 suite starting this month.
03/5/2010
— Filed under: Software
Tags: Microsoft, Office 2010
Google’s China headquarters in Beijing, China
Google currently has around a third of the Chinese search market
The early belief that the PSN was spreading a brickitis infection to PS3s around the world has turned out to be not quite accurate.
SanDisk introduces its newest addition to its very popular memory card line.
I’m sure you have figured this out by now, but that device to the left is not a phone, but an ultrasound. Considering the last time I saw an ultrasound, it had a whole room devoted to it, but this one is the size of a Blackberry.
GE is the pioneer of this new mobile device called the Vscan. It is designed for doctors who are making house calls. Instead of bringing the patient to the hospital or doctor’s office, the device can come to the mother. I’ll bet that they have to use that really cold creamy stuff that is the bane of pregnant mothers everywhere.
GE has just unveiled this device at the Web 2,0 summit, and they estimate that its cost will be about $250,000. That is not enough for every expectant father to own one of these, but at least low enough so a hospital could have at least one handy.
Personally, I like the idea of every expectant father owning an ultrasound device. I heard Tom Cruise purchased a Sonogram machine when he was about to have baby Suri, and I think every new dad should watch with expectation the birth of their children. Perhaps the technology will improve and the ultrasound will be an iPhone app in a few years.
03/1/2010
— Filed under: Mobile
Tags: GE, ultrasound scanner
