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Microsoft has traditionally enjoyed a long-standing monopoly over the operating system market.  1.5 billion desktops and laptops are thought to run on the Windows operating system, giving Microsoft a market share of 44%, according to Net Applications.

Google’s Android’s market share currently sits at 17.4%.  But according to analysts, dramatic changes are afoot.  Research firm Gartner estimates that by 2016 the number of Android driven computers, tablets and smartphones will have soared from 608 million to 2.3 billion, overtaking Microsoft, which, Gartner predicts, will be running Windows on 2.28 billion devices.

How does Gartner qualify these radical predictions?  Microsoft’s Windows software has reigned supreme over the personal computer industry for years and given the recent launch of Windows 8, surely global giant Microsoft stands a good chance of retaining its market dominance?

Technological change continues to thunder along at breakneck speed – Google’s Android operating system may have only emerged four years ago, but it is now well-established, widely available and proving to be fierce competition for rivals Windows and Apple.  For decades, the PC served as our primary device.  But then Apple created iOS and Google’s Android was born. Suddenly we started viewing our phones and then our tablets as very real rivals to our desktops and laptops.  Many activities that used to be the preserve of the PC, such as watching films, listening to music or browsing the Internet could be done on a smaller device, on the move if necessary.

Microsoft has been struggling to keep pace with the smartphone sector and currently presides over a market share of only 3%.  Increasing numbers of us are choosing a mobile device as our primary computer.  Worldwide PC shipments slumped 8% in the last three months alone and it is likely that this trend will continue – four years from now, smartphones and tablets may well have taken the place of the once ubiquitous PC.

Some analysts believe that Microsoft faces a monumental challenge luring customers away from Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.  The launch of the revolutionary iPhone in 2007 made an already powerful brand even stronger.

Android now powers around 150 devices on the market in Western Europe and is continuing to gather momentum.  Gartner believes that ‘broad-scale deployment of Windows 8’ is unlikely to happen.  Most enterprises, management vendors and consumers are thought to be unprepared for such a radical change – a new and unfamiliar operating system which features a tile-centric touch-interface. Read the rest of this entry »

Wanted to overclock your Nokia N9 or Nokia 950? If so you can do it now and enjoy 1.1Ghz. Over on My Nokia Blog you can find a easy tutorial. Enjoy!

Yet we haven’t seen the official UI for the first Meego device. However, the closer the first Meego device comes the more conecept UI we get to see. This time its a 3D User Interface executed on MeeGo. iXonos has developed an application based on Sony Crackle’s video streaming service. They wanted a flashy UI that would leverage all levels of graphic performance. Ixonos has built the platform from the interaction and information architecture up towards the user interface layer ensuring top-form functionality and stunning graphics.

What is interesting about this demo is that the application is being shown off on two different system being build using two different programs. On the Nokia N900 we see the UI being created by Rightware’s Kanzi solution which has stereoscopic 3D capabilities. On the Lenovo S10-3t we see the exact same UI being built using Qt.

Two different methods for building a 3D UI on MeeGo with identical results!

If you’re wondering when this app is going to be available well, Sony merely gave Ixonos permission to use Crackle to for use in this demonstration. So there is no word on whether or not Crackle and its growing collection of Sony’s library of TV shows and movies will be making it to a MeeGo device near you!

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Today, MeeGo 1.1 has been released for handsets.

We are pleased to present this Day 1 release of MeeGo Handset.

As part of this release, we are excited to present you with a fresh look and feel of our handset user experience. In doing so, we have included icons and visual assets on the toolbar and home scree,n as place holders for future development to make sure you have the full look and feel of MeeGo Handset. Besides look and feel assets, we are also excited to provide you with our current applications focuses. We have included a dialer, sms, photo viewer, browser, and personal connection management applications. Read the rest of this entry »

At Mobile World Congress Nokia demoed their latest applications for the Nokia N900. Firefox is already available for download. 3D Roller Coaster, however, will be available in a few weeks. With a upcoming firmware the OVi Store will be improved and thus feature even more applications like 3D Roller Coaster. Enjoy the video:

The first announcement by Nokia at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona is the introduction of MeeGo. In a significant development in the convergence of communications and computing, Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms. This will create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. Called MeeGo, the open software platform will accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for a wealth of new Internet-based applications and services and exciting user experiences. MeeGo-based devices from Nokia and other manufacturers are expected to be launched later this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally a beta version of JoikuSpot has been made available for the Nokia N900.  JoikuSpot is an application turn your phone into a mobile W-Lan HotSpot. So you can connect your laptop to internet by discovering your N900 phone via WiFi. Jump over to download it.

The current release is still in BETA as some compatibility issues related to WiFi stability against some laptop models equipped WiFi chipsets still apply. Production release will ship shortly as the compatibility issues are resolved. Please subscribe for Joiku updates to be informed when the production release is available.

What would you do with 40 Nokia Booklet 3G? I don’t know about you but WOM World Nokia have decided to play ”Guess Who” by loading their favorites  sites on them. This looks indeed epic and no doubt that setting this all a took quite a while.Take a look at the video and tell us what you’re thinking. Read the rest of this entry »

My buddy Chris has put together a great review of PrBoom on the Nokia N900. He set up the N900 using the TV-out port and walks you through all the menu options and gameplay features of this first person shooter. Of course, this review was done before the game was available to download so to get this on your device now you don’t need to go through the process he has mentioned, you can simply click on the download link on the right. Check out the gameplay demo after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

The status menu allows you fast access from almost everywhere. There come some applets right out of the box but there are a few 3rd party applets which are useful indeed. One of which is 3G/2G Mode Selection Applet that allows you to switch the three network modes (3G, 2G and Dual) from the status menu. Using this applet you can easily save the precious baterylife of the N900. 3G/2G Mode Selection Applet is available in the application manager.