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It is only half years ago, Google’s operating system for smartphones unveiled, and today Android stands at 100,000 new users a day.

New figures from research firm Gartner tells of a market share just under 10 percent of the global smartphone market, against 1.6 percent the year before.

Growth for the iPhone and Android

Thus it has been overtaken Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile has been available since 2003. Android is now on a global fourth place and can eye the next two in the box, iPhone and BlackBerry. First place is held remains of Symbian, Nokia’s operating system. Read more… »

Since Google launched its Nexus One earlier this year, Microsoft has been the only major player in the mobile arena without their own hardware.

It was made about the other day when software group launched its first mobile phone ever, in two versions, Kin One and Two.

Both are so-called slider phones, which by sliding the screen to get access to a keyboard. Kin One has the most exciting form factor, a compact and bold action by 2.6-inch screen. Read more… »

My column in today’s newspaper about the upcoming browser choice. All users of Internet Explorer (IE) are allowed to choose between varieties of other browsers.

To create a more competitive situation, since IE is pre-installed with Windows. Read more about the election process here.

But what do you choose? Know remarks, that are around 20 percent of the market, have already made their choice based on both personal as factual preferences. Read more… »

The world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones has been difficult in the fastest growing market, smartphones, where high-profile companies like Google and Apple frolicking. Nokia has even been blamed for the market does not grow faster in 2009.

But that should not be in 2010, Nokia has launched a large and costly offensive to assert itself and gain market share. Most conspicuous is the introduction of free GPS on all Nokia’s smartphones, in 74 countries and 46 languages. Read more… »

After almost three years in the making, the descendant of TiVo has finally arrived. The 300-dollar TiVo Premiere provided what is good from TiVo HD and tweak it with new hardware and software.

As you may remember, the TiVo Premiere features a Flash-based user interface and a QWERTY remote control. It also has a 320GB hard drive, good enough to record up to 45 hours of HD videos or 400 hours of standard-broadcast recordings. The TiVo Premiere is also smaller and sleeker compared to the TiVo HD.

The rub, however, is the additional costs. Not only you would have to buy the TiVo Premiere for a minimum of US$299.99, you also would have to shell out up to $399 to get “the TiVo experience” not to mention the monthly cable subscription.

While the TiVo Premiere has many impressive features, fans may have a hard time buying this product. Not only is the overall price too hefty, but the latest DVRs can also deliver good-enough service.