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August 5th, 2012, 12:06 Posted By: wraggster
"In an interview with Fortune a few years ago, Steve Jobs explained that Apple never does market research. Rather, they simply preoccupy themselves with creating great products. On Monday, Apple's Greg Joswiak — the company's VP of Product Marketing — submitted a declaration to the Court explaining why documents relating to Apple's market research and strategy should be sealed. Every month, Apple surveys iPhone buyers and Joswiak explains what Apple is able to glean from these surveys. And as you might expect, Apple conducts similar surveys with iPad buyers. Apple wants all of these tracking studies sealed. Joswiak explains that if a competitor were to find out what drives iPhone purchases — whether it be FaceTime, battery life, or Siri — it would serve as an unfair competitive edge to rival companies. Further, competitors, as it stands today, have to guess as to which demographics are most satisfied with Apple products."A few other interesting facts have come out of the trial so far; Apple spent $647 million advertising the iPhone in the U.S. from its launch through fiscal 2011, and they spent $457.2 million advertising the iPad from its launch up to the same point.
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/0...arket-research
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August 5th, 2012, 12:02 Posted By: wraggster
An opinion piece at ZDNet makes the case that Intel is the best match for struggling handset-maker Nokia, arguing that Intel needs help breaking into the smartphone market and Nokia isn't tied as tightly to Qualcomm/ARM hardware as other vendors. From the article:"Another factor in favor of a union is Nokia and Intel's shared history — albeit not the most successful — of working together in mobile, thanks to their collaboration on the Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS. What's more, Intel has a long relationship with Microsoft, handy given the impending release of Windows Phone 8 and Nokia's new-found commitment to Microsoft's platform. The fact that Intel is currently using Android, as seen with Orange's San Diego smartphone, isn't much of a hindrance; Intel has already said it hasn't written off the idea of using Windows Phone 8 in future, and due to the x86 architecture, Android phones that use Intel's Atom processor won't even run all of the apps on Google Play, suggesting the relationship between Android and Intel isn't all it could be."
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/...ould-buy-nokia
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August 4th, 2012, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
We have no idea why, but since we featured Botiful, the Android-powered telepresence robot a few days ago, the tip line has been awash in robot/Android mashups. Here’s a few of the cool ones.
Using an Android as a remote control
[Stef] used a Samsung Galaxy S3 . The Android sends accelerometer and gyro data over Bluetooth to an Android where it powers a pair of H-bridges to turn the wheels.
Turning Android into a Robotic Operating System
ROS, or the Robot Operating System, provides a bunch of utilities for any type of robot such as point-cloud mapping to multi-joint arm control. [Lentin] sent in a guide oninstalling ROS on Android. So far, he can get accelerometer data, stills from the on-board camera, have the robot speak and use the small vibrator motor.
“Just a quick procrastination project”
Last May, [Josh] wrote in asking if a tread-based robot controlled through Skype would be a cool idea. We said ‘hell yeah’ and [Josh] scurried off to his workshop for a few months. He’s back with his tank-based robot (gallery of pics after the break). One really interesting bit is the robot responds to DTMF tones, allowing it to be controlled through Skype without any additional hardware. That’s damn clever.
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/04/andro...-extravaganza/
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August 4th, 2012, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster
The company's CEO Thorsten Heins has admitted that RIM seriously considered a switch to the Android operating system.
Heins made the admission during an interview with the Telegraph, during which he confirmed that RIM considered jumping ship to Android, before making its decision to move forward with Blackberry 10.
“We took the conscious decision not to go Android,” Heins told the Telegraph.
He continued: ”If you look at other suppliers’ ability to differentiate, there’s very little wiggle room. We looked at it seriously — but if you understand what the promise of BlackBerry is to its user base it’s all about getting stuff done. Games, media, we have to be good at it but we have to support those guys who are ahead of the game.
This was not Heins' only confession during the interview, admitting that RIM simply cannot keep up with Apple and Samsung when producing its devices.
Whilst previously refusing to allow other manufactures to produce Blackberry 10 devices, the RIM CEO stated that it may become a necessity to ensure the company's survival.
“We don’t have the economy of scale to compete against the guys who crank out 60 handsets a year,” Heins said.
“We have to differentiate and have a focused platform. To deliver BB10 we may need to look at licensing it to someone who can do this at a way better cost proposition than I can do it. There’s different options we could do that we’re currently investigating.”
Whilst this may sound like a simple solution, it may prove more difficult for RIM than it initially anticipates.
Allowing other companies to produce and license Blackberry 10 products would mean they would have to pay for it.
In the same market where manufacturer's already pay Microsoft to produce devices under the Windows Phone flagship, and use Google's Android OS for fee, it's a plan that sounds easier said than done.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...-switch/028854
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August 4th, 2012, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster
iOS tablet accounts for 17m units of the overall market.
IDC has released its Q2 estimates for the tablet market, and says that shipments crossed the 25 million mark, rising from 18.7m in Q1.
That's a 33.6 per cent increase quarter-on-quarter, or more impressively still, a 66.2 per cent rise year-on-year, up from 15m in Q2 2011.
The data points to the iPad for the stimulation, as the Apple sold more than 17m units of the iOS device during the quarter, up from 11.8m in Q1.
Tom Mainelli, research director, mobile connected devices, IDC, said: "Apple built upon its strong March iPad launch and ended the quarter with its best-ever shipment total for the iPad, outrunning even the impressive shipment record it set in the fourth quarter of last year.
"The vast majority of consumers continue to favour the iPad over competitors, and Apple is seeing increasingly strong interest in the device from vertical markets—especially education. While iPad shipment totals are beginning to slow a bit in mature markets where the device saw early traction, growth in other regions is clearly more than making up the difference."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...ast-25m/018884
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August 4th, 2012, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster
Mobile analytics firm adeven has launched Apptrace, a free portal that allows publishers and developers to examine the iOS app space to determine when they should enter their apps into the market.
adeven claims a common problem with the App Store is a lack of visibility. Apptrace found that two-thirds of apps are off the list when users search for them on the iPhone and iPad, rendering them 'App Zombies'.
Apptrace has been built to read more than 300 million data points across 155 countries that have access to the App Store.
Other stats show 47 per cent of the top 1000 US games apps are free, while 17,317 of the 26,646 new apps launched in June 2012 were free.
Christian Henschel, co-founder and CEO of adeven, said: "Having worked in the industry for a number years my co-founders and I became frustrated with what we saw as broken offerings.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...p-store/018885
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August 4th, 2012, 23:33 Posted By: wraggster
Recent speculation suggested that the second Galaxy Note smartphone would arrive in October – or alternatively August 15th.
Wrong on both counts.
A Samsung spokesperson has officially said: "We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29th."
Naturally, no news was shed on the device's specs, but it's thought the 'phablet' will come with a flexible 5.5-inch display.
Interestingly, the date is exactly two weeks before Apple is expected to reveal the iPhone 5, while two Twitter trends suggested the next-gen iOS phone will be priced at $800 just yesterday.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...st-29th/018889
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August 4th, 2012, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster
Mobile security firm warns operators and consumers of bank account hacks.
AdaptiveMobile says there's been a spike in the number of apps designed to save batteries, that are in actuality riddled with fraud and malware designed to scam users via premium text messages and updates.
The security specialist cautions operators to educate consumers about the risks, avoiding churn, distrust and disagreements when the charges come through to their customers' phone bills.
The shady apps tend to be promoted outside of mainstream stores, so potential downloaders should be weary of apps promoted with banner ads that redirect them to unknown quantities.
Gareth Maclachlan, COO and founder, AdaptiveMobile, said: "Most of these applications fail to improve battery life and are designed to be misleading and trick people in to signing up to recurring premium SMS charges.
"We have recently seen a spike in the number of these rogue apps, which is a violation of trust for users and carries a high risk of churn for operators.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-phones/018892
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:44 Posted By: wraggster
Super Robot Taisen – known as Super Robot Wars on this side of the pond – is coming to iOS and Android devices in the form of a card battling game. (That's battling via cards ... not two giant, thin paper sheets scrapping it out for world domination.)
Siliconera reports that Super Robot Taisen: Card Chronicle will launch this fall as a free download with in-game items available for purchase, according to an article in Famitsu.
Joystiq has asked Namco Bandai if the mobile title will appear stateside, but the publisher has yet to respond at the time of publishing. We're going to gas up our mechs, just to be safe.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/01/su...s-and-android/
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:26 Posted By: wraggster
Cliffhanger's new title will be coming to Ouya and Linux
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Cliffhanger Productions's Shadowrun Online will be coming to Ouya and Linux platforms assuming the project hits its funding limit. The game was previously slated for PC, Mac, Android, and iOS.
"Adding these platforms will make Shadowrun an even better cross- platform experience! We are very happy to be able to add Linux, which has a dedicated following amongst gamers, and connect all our players into one base," said Cliffhanger co-founder Michael Paeck.
"You can now easily play the game on your tablet, switch to your desktop PC and then later enjoy it on your Ouya-connected TV - without ever having to switch your account or character or suffer from restrictions based on your device! One of the advantages of our fluent turn-based system is the ability to engage in a multiplayer session with or against others without the usual frustrations when different players have different connection or input speeds!"
Shadowrun Online currently sits at $216,887 out of a goal of $500,000, with eleven days left in the funding drive.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...adowrun-online
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:23 Posted By: wraggster
Two major updates later (three if you count the tablet-exclusive Honeycomb), and Gingerbread is finally starting to falter. According to Google's latest two week survey of devices accessing the Play store, Ice Cream Sandwich is on the rise, filling out 15.9-percent of the Android user base. That's a full five points ahead of Android 4.0's July score, and it's eating into the OS' other flavors: Gingerbread (Android 2.3) dropped by 3.4-percent, Froyo (Android 2.2) by 1.8 and Eclair (Android 2.1) by a meager half a percent. Google's latest confectionery update, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), made an appearance as well, eking out a shy 0.8-percent of the market. Check out Google's collection of charts for yourself at the source link below or let us know where your devices falls in the comments.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/i...droid-devices/
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:21 Posted By: wraggster
IDC's cabal of statisticians, nerds and people who just love spreadsheets have handed down their latest document about the state of the tablet market. Of the 25 million slates shipped in the second quarter, 17 million of them were iPads -- giving Apple 68.2 percent of the market. Samsung came second with 2.4 million devices and Amazon third, although since the Kindle Fire maker doesn't reveal numbers, there's probably some guesswork involved there. Rounding out the top five are ASUS and Acer, although the former should expect to move up a place (or two), depending on the success of the Nexus 7 when Q3's results are released in a few months time.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/i...ments-q2-2012/
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:16 Posted By: wraggster
In an effort to end today's dismal earnings report on a high, Sharp's president Takashi Okuda has purposefully let slip that his company is among those contracted to manufacture displays for a new iPhone. We already have numerous reasons to suspect the iPhone 5 will be announced around September 12th, and Okuda has now corroborated that by saying that "shipments will start in August." If earlier rumors and component leaks are to be trusted, the screen will be significantly larger (likely around 4-inches) and slightly less rotund than that on the iPhone 4S.http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/sharp-new-iphone/
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August 3rd, 2012, 01:14 Posted By: wraggster
Parents who've already purchased Archos' 7-inch Child Pad may be feeling somewhat miffed, as its screen's been upgraded from resistive to capacitive just two months after launch. There's no such thing as free multi-touch, so you'll have to fork out another ten bucks on top of the original asking price for the new version of the ICS slate, bringing the total to a cent under $140. Other internals are identical, so customers can still expect a 1GHz ARM processor, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of expandable storage, with some exclusive chipmunk-based content to boot. Just remember to let the kids have a go once in a while.http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/c...citive-screen/
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August 2nd, 2012, 22:41 Posted By: wraggster
Here is a telepresence robot that uses an Android device and LEGO NXT parts. [Wolfgang] had an extra phone on hand and decided to put it to good use. The Mindstorm parts make it really easy to produce a small robot, and adding the phone really ups the computing and connectivity options available to him.
The Android device is able to control the NXT bot via Bluetooth. [Wolfgang] didn’t go into detail on that part, but you can get some pointers on the topic from this other Android controlled Mindstorm project. [Wolfgang] wanted the ability to check in at home when he’s travelling. He uses nanohttpd on the Android device to serve up a simple web interface. It uses HTML5 to push a snapshot from the phone’s camera as user feedback, and provides a set of directional arrows which let him drive the bot around.
Obviously this thing is going to run out of juice if he’s away for too long. To combat that problem he included a battery which powers both the NXT parts and the phone. Now he just needs to build an inductive charging station and he’ll really be set.
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/02/nxt-a...resence-robot/
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August 2nd, 2012, 22:33 Posted By: wraggster
Apple intends to file an emergency motion to sanction Samsung for releasing documents that were not allowed as evidence in the companies’ patent trial.
Apple is positively livid about the leaked evidence, accusing Samsung of ‘polluting the jury’.
The US tech giant has sent a letter to Judge Lucy Koh stating: "Samsung's multiple references to the jury in its statement make plain its intent that the jurors in our case learn of arguments the court has excluded through the press. This deliberate attempt to influence the trial with inadmissible evidence is both improper and unethical."
Samsung’s lead lawyer has defended the press release, saying that the evidence was previously in the public record.
Samsung had hoped to present the court with evidence that showed it had designed the F700 phone, which Apple alleges is a copy of the iPhone, in 2006 – before the iPhone was even announced.
After Judge Koh said that the details should not be shown to the jury because it had been presented too late in the legal process, Samsung went ahead and released a statement at the request of members of the media, which contained the evidence.
"This deliberate attempt to influence the trial with inadmissible evidence is both improper and unethical," said William Lee, Apple's legal counsel.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...e-press/028842
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August 2nd, 2012, 22:28 Posted By: wraggster
Only two per cent between the two smartphone platforms.
New stats from Berlin-based ad network madvertise show just how narrow the gap is between Android and iOS across the major European territories.
The firm evaluated its network of six billion monthly page impressions to estimate smartphone OS shares across five of the biggest countries in Europe - UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and France.
It says iOS had a 30 per cent market share at the end of 2011, and has extended this to 32.79 per cent in Q2 2012.
But Android, which was six per cent behind in December, is now two per cent behind with a 31.43 per cent market share.
The latest edition of the UK ‘madreport’ can be downloaded here.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-europe/018867
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August 2nd, 2012, 22:26 Posted By: wraggster
Hashtag trends on Twitter with an extravagant price tag.
The iPhone 5 still hasn't been announced by Apple, but chatter continues to heat up ahead of its expected September 12th launch.
Now it's materialised in two Twitter trends: '#800dollarsforaniPhone' and 'iPhone 5 $800'.
There's little substance to the hashtags, but naturally users of the mini-blog have voiced their outrage, with some expecting the eye-watering price to ensure the phone is waterproof, fireproof, crackproof, dirtproof, bulletproof, while transforming into a lifesaving autobot on demand.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...ost-800/018877
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August 1st, 2012, 23:16 Posted By: wraggster
 If you haven't picked up an Ouya (pre-order) yet, perhaps the news of a new Kickstarter-exclusive edition will entice you. Available right now through the end of the campaign (next Wednesday), the $140-or-more console comes in an exclusive darker color scheme, with a matching controller. Those controllers, by the way, now have "O" "U" "Y" and "A" button labels, never allowing you to forget what this thing is called.
A Kickstarter update also revealed that the Ouya will have a Vevo music video player, with a selection of over 50,000 music videos.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/01/ou...kickstarter-d/
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August 1st, 2012, 23:05 Posted By: wraggster
Let's chalk this one up to something being lost in corporate translation. After a UK company rep issued a statement just days ago confirming the lack of an Android 4.1 upgrade path for certain 2011 Xperia handsets, Sony's delicately backtracking and claiming that public info was made "in error." While this official retraction may soothe previously irate owners' concerns, it's still not an outright commitment toJelly Bean, as the company's only now pledging to "actively [investigate]... upgrades for all devices" -- a carefully worded PR promise par excellence. To the Japanese electronics giant's credit, it has been pretty transparent and diligent about delivering ICS updates to its elder smartphone progeny, so we have plenty of reason to remain cautiously optimistic Google's newest OS will make the transition, too.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/s...is-now-active/
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