Streets Ahead Interview: Stefanie LePape
This week we are pleased to feature Stefanie LePape in our “Streets Ahead” interview segment. Stefanie is also known as “Sanikdote” and “SLP” via Backspaces, Flickr and EyeEm and you can find the links to her accounts below. We first learned of Stefanie’s work over on Backspaces… and have been following her ever since. If you’re familiar with this artist, you will know that she’s the first to admit (and joke) about having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). However, in her case, we think this condition “adds” to her artistic perspectives and vision in the most remarkable (and beautiful) way. She is a photographer with a painting background. Stefanie connects to…
Android Still Leading The Way In SmartPhone Market Wars
According to the latest report from comScore Inc, out of a surey of more than 30,000 US mobile subscribers, Google Android continued to gain ground in the smartphone market, reaching a whopping 41.8% market share. Apple are second with 27% and RIM comes in for a bronze with a 21.7% share. Meanwhile Microsoft sports a lowly 5.7% and Symbian with 1.9%. OEM Market Share For the three month average period ending in July, 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.5 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 1.0 percentage points), followed by LG with 20.9 percent share and…
What Might Have Happened If Microsoft Had Bought Motorola?
Unless you’ve had your head in the sand over the past 24 hours you would have heard that Google announced they will pay $12.5 billon for Motorola. But what you might not have heard was that Microsoft were also in the running but didn’t offer nearly as much cash. We all know, money talks, and it certainly did the talking for Google who will hold onto 17,000 US patents with as many as 7,500 still pending – this was the big draw for both companies, other than the obvious Android customer base. Redmond Pie have a great sum up today, discussing the where’s and wherefore’s if Microsoft had actually stumped…
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We can’t wait to get our hands on Motorola’s 7 inch tablet, many rumors have circulated about the timing for release of the Xoom. Motorola themselves have now confirmed that the tablet during the second half of 2011 although many analysys are giving a prediction date of February 17. A Wi-Fi only Xoom is also on the cards. Motorola had demonstrated the Xoom at CES using a live version of Android 3.0 but by playing pre-recorded videos showing features rather than controlling the tablet.
Apple Is Killing The Mobile Phone Business
According to a report in Fortune today, they state that despite Apple being the most profitable mobile company, this has come about largely due at the expense of Nokia, Sony Ericcson, LG and Motorola. Asymco’s Horace Dediu who put this data together said, "Will Android change this picture?" he asks rhetorically. "As I’ve argued before, Android is most attractive to the unprofitable and the strategically constrained. Can having undifferentiated new products change this? As Nokia is unlikely to license Android, and RIM seems very unlikely and Apple is out of the picture, the only possible contenders are Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. "Motorola and Sony Ericsson have both…
It’s All To Do With The Charm – Hitting T-Mobile USA stores In 5 days time – Hot Topic
25th August 2010 is the date that T-Mobile USA will start selling the Motorola Charm – T-Mobile point out that the Charm is ‘affordable’ – good – now what does that mean? Well seems to mean $74.99 on contract. To view the complete spec of this device – click here
