Tag: SMARTPHONES

According to Web analytics company StatCounter, BlackBerry OS has overtaken iOS in mobile internet usage in the U.S. for the first time ever last month. StatCounter is basing its claims on aggregate data that it has collected on a sample of more than 15 billion page views per month (these, however, may not include traffic generated by mobile apps). BlackBerry OS had a 'traffic share' of 34.3 ...

Android devices seem to be striking out with the ladies, at least according to one survey. Only 5% of women would consider an Android device as their next phone, says a survey of 78,835 mobile phone customers in the UK. That's compared to 11% of men, more than twice as many. ReadWriteWeb reports that the study, which claims Android is the poster child for how not to market to women, will be ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/02/15/adobe-announces-air-flash-for-smartphones/'; Adobe has announced that Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR are both coming to smartphones, starting with devices running Google's Android operating system. We've been expecting to see Flash Player 10.1 for a while, but it looks like it should be coming pretty soon. A beta version has already ...

Adobe Flash has become the standard protocol for web video over the last few years. And while Flash is capable of some pretty excellent video quality, it's not exactly light on system resources. In fact, it's kind of a CPU-hog, which is why some computers with slower processors (and most netbooks) struggle to play high quality of high definition video from YouTube, Hulu, and other online video ...

On Monday Microsoft launched Digital Advertising Solutions, a new ad network that ties all of Microsoft's networks together and pushes ads across Windows Live, Xbox, Office, Live Search, smart phones, and handheld computers. Microsoft realizes that people are spending more and more time with all of their devices connected online, and is stepping up to Google and Yahoo to try to gain a larger ...