2011: Global Handset Market Share: Nokia 26,9%, Samsung 21,1%, Apple 6%.

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Exhibit 1: Global Handset Vendor Shipments and Market Share in Q4 2011 ¹

¹ Numbers are rounded.

 According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global handset shipments grew 11 percent annually to reach 445 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple was the star performer, capturing a record 8 percent market share worldwide during the quarter. Full-year handset shipments reached 1.6 billion units globally in 2011, with annual growth of 14 percent.

Alex Spektor, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Despite continued macroeconomic difficulties in major markets like Western Europe, global handset shipments grew a reasonable 11 percent annually to reach 445 million units in Q4 2011. Apple was the star performer, shipping 37.0 million iPhones worldwide and capturing a highest-ever 8 percent market share. Apple’s growth was fuelled by intense demand for its refreshed iPhone 4S, as well as the availability of three generations of iPhones at a variety of price points at operators like AT&T in the United States.”

Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Nokia’s global handset shipments declined 8 percent annually to 113.5 million units in Q4 2011. Volumes were buoyed by the sales of Nokia’s low-end dual-SIM models in emerging markets like Southeast Asia, but were a little soft overall, as initial shipments of Microsoft Lumia phones could not offset declining Symbian sales. Hot on Nokia’s heels, second-ranked Samsung captured 21 percent share with shipments of 95.0 million units. Samsung’s 18 percent annual growth was fuelled by robust shipments of its broad Galaxy-branded 3G portfolio, headlined by the Galaxy S2 superphone.”

Tom Kang, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Smartphone specialist Apple shipped 93.0 million handsets worldwide in 2011, nearly doubling the previous year’s volumes. Currently in just its fifth year of participation in the handset market, Apple is on track to ship well over 100 million units during 2012. China is becoming a key market for Apple this year, and we expect Apple’s share to grow rapidly in 2012.

HP webOS TouchPad launch party June 27th.

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HP webOS TouchPad  launch party June 27th.


There is not an official invitation card leaked around the web yet, but MEDIANONERR wrote :

"We’re off to the HP TouchPad launch party on June 27, where we’ll get to snap some pictures and have a play on the final version of the webOS 3.0-powered tablet device."

 No clues where the event will take place and at what time. But if you received an HP official invitation, just e-mail us , we will thank you a million.


Are you excited ? We are wondering what surprises will bring HP about new features ,apps, new promotional videos and......at the launch party.


Source: Mediaonerr

HP webOS Pre3 and TouchPad TTS sharing a photo. ?

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From the video  of the latest HP webOS event in February 9th, 2011, below.

Notice that is the first time the Pre3 touch to share to the TouchPad  a photo and the TouchPad loads it. Well we know the Pre3 has a 5 mpxls camera and the TouchPad doesn´t have a rear camera. 


I don´t know how they do that but if you observe the video, at the moment the Pre 3 touch the Touchpad the pic swipes out and the same pic stays as card and then it goes to the touchpad.

I cannot read clearly the command lines that appears on the browser. UPDATE: Apparently is via flirck.


Watch it at 3.14/3:15 minutes .

Ah, I was forgetting : And a HP presenter said you can TTS maps. And Jon Rubinstein said TTS IM is a good idea.

And we also have seen the Pre3 and the TouchPad talking to each other, seamless connected recieving a text message: Youtube

What´s up next? I am excited. Don´t you ?

HP invites you to experience the HP webOS Veer in a May 2 event.

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This is what the invitation says:


HP invites you to experience our newest device, HP Veer. Join us for hands-on training, exciting demos and HP giveaways! It’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss! Registration and appetizers begin promptly at 6:00PM.


When: Monday, May 2, 2011 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM


Where: Hilton Anaheim, 777 Convention Way, Anaheim, CA 92802


Link: Cvent


Although the person who twitted this news said the HP Veer will launch in Germany in May 2, is not confirmed yet by O2 Germany and in the US by AT&T. 


AT&T is holding a HP webOS 3.0 event for developers.

When: Thursday, May 12, 10:00—11:00 AM Pacific Time

Registration is Required

Access instructions will be sent to registered attendees prior to the start of the webcast.

Who Should Attend:

From beginners to developers with intermediate knowledge of mobile development, this session will benefit anyone looking to build a new mobile application or those interested in easily porting existing mobile applications to a new platform for greater distribution.

What You Will Learn:

In this webcast you will learn about the HP WebOS 3.0. Josh Marinacci from Palm will discuss what 3.0 has to offer developers and answer all of your questions!

Presenter:

Josh Marinacci, Developer Advocate, Palm Developer Relations Josh Marinacci is a Developer Advocate for Palm webOS as well as a blogger and coauthor of Swing Hacks (O'Reilly Media). He previously worked on JavaFX, Swing, and NetBeans, and he was the client lead for the Java Store at Sun Microsystems. Josh lives in Eugene, Oregon, and is passionate about open source technology and great user interfaces. He uses a Palm Pre, MacBook Pro, and Nikon D50 SLR to spread the understanding of great design in software.

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Source: Cvent via Precentral

Related Post: HP webOS Veer

LTE: Global Commitments to March 24th, 2011. 140 operators in 56 countries.

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According to GSA these are the companies that have already commercially launched LTE systems by continent and country:

Americas:
USA: Metro PCS and Verizon.

Europe:
Austria: A1 Telekom
Denmark: Telia.
Estonia: EMT.
Findland: Elisa and Telia Sonera.
Germany: Vodafone.
Norway: Telia Sonera.
Poland: Mobiland & Centernet.
Sweden: Tele2, Telenor and Telia Sonera.
Uzbekistan: MTS and Ucell.

Asia Pacific & Oceanía.
Hong Kong SAR: CSR Limited.
Japan: NTT Docomo.

However on the picture below you can see a complete list by continent and country of the carriers who are on trials and commitments for a total to March 24, 2011 of 140 LTE network operators commitments in 56 countries.

MWC 2011: CNET weekly gadgets buzz report: Smartphones, Tablets and more.

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CNET is reporting on this summary weekly video  gadgets buzz report about the devices presented at the MWC 2011.

Smartphones:

Sony Playstation 2, Samsung Galaxy S II,  LG Optimus 3D, HTC salsa , HTC cha-cha, both with dedicated facebook buttons,  HTC updates of the Wildfire S, Desire S and the Incredible S,. and iPhone 5 rumors: 3 iphones prototypes: smaller cheaper, a 4 inch device, and one with a slide out keyboard and more.

Tablets:

HTC Flyer, LG Optimus Pad, HP TouchPad , and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Finally the supercomputer of Watson.

UK: Events: GreenTouch is hosting a news conference and webcast on Tuesday, February 1.

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Events

GreenTouch News Briefing

The GreenTouch Consortium, a global research initiative leading the charge to improve energy efficiency in information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000 within five years, is hosting a news conference and webcast on Tuesday, February 1.

At the news conference being held at 15 Hatfields, London, GreenTouch members will demonstrate a proof-of-concept from among the many technologies it has under development. The event will also highlight critical milestones already reached by GreenTouch and address announcements slated for later in 2011.

Who:	GreenTouch Consortium
What:	News Conference and Webcast
When:	Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
Where:	To register for the live event, please click here. To register for the webcast, please click here.
Speakers:	This event will also feature presentations from several green technology visionaries, including: ‒ Gee Rittenhouse, Chairman of GreenTouch and one of the Global Telecoms Business Power100 ‒ Rod Tucker, GreenTouch Executive Board Member, Laureate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne ‒ Claude Monney, Green Touch Executive Board Member, Senior Engineer, Project Leader, Environment, Swisscom ‒ Luis Neves, GeSI Chairman & Vice President Corporate Responsibility, Deutsche Telekom Source: Greentouch

Android event Feb 2nd, 2011

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Android  will hold  an event at Google HeadQuarters in Mountain View on Wednesday Feb 2, 2011, for in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystems news and hands-on demos. They will stream the event live on youtube:
youtube android