Android And Texting: What’s Popular in The Mobile Phone World

The latest metrics for the mobile phone industry have hit the wires, and there are some surprises from the comScore’s findings. That being said, there are also reveals that come without any surprise, whatsoever — especially when you consider the popularity of text messaging. The latest study was conducted from January 2011 until April 2011, and one thing’s for sure, the mobile device industry does not solely belong to Apple and its iPhone.
In fact, neither Apple’s service or their ubiquitous phone are number one for any of the categories comScore studied. As far as the devices themselves go, the leading manufacturer (OEM)m is Samsung. According to comScore’s study, Samsung is responsible 24.5 percent of phones used by mobile subscribers, followed by LG (20.9), Motorola (15.6), Apple and RIM with 8.3 and 8.2 percent, respectively. On the other hand, comScore also points out that Apple had the largest growth between January and April, seeing 1.3 percentage points worth or it. Nevertheless, that’s still 16 percentage points behind Samsung, the category’s leader. The chart in question:











Granted, if Apple continues to win the “most acquired device” award, the companies ahead of Apple will be feeling the heat to maintain their leads. When it comes to the most popular smartphone in terms of usage, it’s clearly becoming an Android versus iPhone scenario (or Google versus Apple, if you will) as Microsoft, RIM and Palm all saw their marketshare dwindle in comparison to Google and Apple. In regards to Google/Android, comScore’s study reveals the company previously best known for searching the Internet now finds themselves with a sizable chunk of the mobile phone industry. Between January 2011 until April 2011, phones using the Android operating system gained 5.3 percentage points, while Apple only gained another 1.3 percent. Conversely, RIM, makers of the BlackBerry devices, saw an almost 5 percent loss of its market share.
As for Microsoft and Palm, well, there’s always other devices to concentrate on.









Finally, the most popular activity when it comes to mobile devices should come with little to no surprise, although, the overall numbers just might. As one might expect, the most popular activity in regards to mobile phones is, of course, sending text messages. Big surprise, huh? No, actually the surprise comes from just how many mobile owners text each other. The comScore report indicates more than 68 percent of mobile phone owners send texts to others, which almost doubles the second most popular way to use your mobile phone: Internet browsing. From January until April, between 37 and 39.1 percent used their phone’s browser. Perhaps the other surprise comes from the amount of gaming that goes on with these phones. Surprisingly, game-playing ranked fifth on comScore’s list, with social media site access and downloading apps being more popular than playing Angry Birds. The chart in question:









So what does all this mean? That we are a nation of Samsung phone-carrying, Android/iPhone operating system using, text messaging bunch of mobile device fiends? Yes, as a matter of fact, it does.

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Apple follows Google's lead with iCloud

APPLE has played catch up with Google's Android by ditching the iTunes umbilical chord - the USB connection that an iPhone needed to be fed its multimedia from a PC.
Android devices already have been using third-party software and offerings by phone manufacturers for wireless syncing and cloud-based storage.
Third party apps in the Android market such as doubleTwist and manufacturer's software such as Samsung's Kies Air on Galaxy phones already sync music and other media without users needing to connect their smartphone to a desktop computer.
The migration of the Android app market to the cloud also meant users could buy apps for their Android devices from any computer, and those apps would install a little later on their phones.
These Android solutions have partly come about because there has not been a universal Android equivalent to desktop-based Apple's iTunes for enabling syncing with a physical connection.

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Analysts this morning believe Apple's integrated iCloud and iTunes services offer an elegant approach that surpasses Android's more piecemeal solutions, but for the first time Apple has come from behind to push out ahead of the competition.
The notion of physically connecting an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a desktop to upload music is gone. Instead, music primarily exists in the cloud: if you pay the $US24.99 fee, your songs are "matched” with copies of the same tracks that iTunes Match has identified. There's no need to even upload them to the cloud.
Alternatively, you can upload unmatched tracks and store them within your free 5GB allowance.
Apps, uploaded music, photos, iBooks and other multimedia can be synced back to all devices wirelessly.
Gartner research director Carolina Milanesi said Apple's syncing system would save users time and effort.
"The plus for the user is one, storage, and two, the replicating of data across all the different devices that you have, including the purchases I make.
"If I'm reading a book, it is available automatically on both my iPhone and iPad.
However some users may feel uncomfortable about the idea of maintaining a music collection in the cloud.
"The cloud is where things are going, but at the end of the day, this is not going to be for everyone.”
Market analyst Ovum said Apple had held its nerve and taken its time to releases its cloud-based media service in the face of rival launches from Amazon and Google.
"Such nerve may well have stood Apple in good stead, allowing licensing deals to be inked and enabling existing iTunes collections to be streamed from the cloud to any Apple device without the need for laborious uploading,” Ovum principal analyst Mark Little said.
"This compares well with Amazon's Cloud Drive and Google's rather lazy Beta for Music, which force users to upload their music collections all over again.”
"This focus on consumer experience looks to support Apple's continued dominance of the digital music market, but much depends on the business model chosen.”
The iCloud service allows apps and electronic book purchases to be synced to devices from cloud storage, and iCloud's photostream service allows photos taken on one device to be backup up and streamed to other devices with the same Apple account.
iCloud also replaces Apple's MobileMe services. The storage of contacts, calendars, mail and device backups are now through iCloud.
Apple said iCloud storage would be managed by three data storages centres, and the corporation had spent $US500 million in its Maiden, North Carolina data centre to support the expected customer demand for free iCloud services.

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Best & Free Android Applications

 

Google is one of the best developer in every field of web apps and gadgets all over the world and we all know that what is Google and without Google what is life.Google also develop applications for Android, iphone, blackberry mobile and many other.Android and iphone have tough competition in race of Gadgets and this is happen due to applications which are installed in these mobile.

As this article is about Android ,so I decided to make a list of best Google Application for Android which is used by user's in their Androids with greater interest .Let we have little look on those below;

1.Quick Search Box

Quick Search Box is application by Google with help of which you can make Google search and your phone's apps and contacts. You just have to do is type or speak your query.

2.Google Maps

Google Maps is another application by Google with the help of which you can search for local businesses, drive with turn-by-turn GPS navigation, or get transit directions.

3.Gmail

Gmail is another cool application by Google with the help of which you can make access to gmail .Get your email the instant it arrives via push. Search for any email saved in your account.

4.YouTube

Youtube is another Application with the help of which you can easily browse videos or upload your own at DVD quality.As we all know that youtube is best website to Google videos.

5.Latitude

Latitude is another application by Google with help of which you can See your friends' locations on a map which is very cool option for users.

6.Buzz

Buzz is another great application by Google just like twitter by using which you can see buzz around you and tag posts with your location.

7.Goggles

Goggles is another cool application which have make search more easier with help of which you can search the web using pictures.

8.Google Voice

Google Voice is another good choice to listen Listen to voicemail, send free SMS, call internationally at low rates. 

9.Google Talk

Google Talk is the cool Instantly messenger with the help of which you can instantly message your friends and family. 

10.Google Calendar

Google Calender is another good application for users with help of which Your Google Calendar is automatically synced to your phone.

11.Google Contacts

Google Contacts is awesome application which is also used by me with help of which Your Google Contacts are automatically synced to your phone. 

12.Google Finance

Google Fiance is another real nad great application with help of which you Get real-time quotes and news. Your portfolio syncs with your Google Finance account.

13.Google Shopper

Google shopper is another maximum used application with help of which you can Shop smarter on your Android Phone. 

14.Google Earth

Google Earth is a best application which is liked by all user's by using that you explore the world from the palm of your hand with Google Earth for Android. 

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