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Published by Steve Litchfield at 8:31 UTC, April 26th 2012

I’ve commented before on the size of Symbian’s installed base of active users, pointing out that it’s larger than most industry commentators would have conceived. However, with Symbian smartphone sales on something of a decline in recent months and with Android device sales still rising, it was clear that at some point the active installed base of the two smartphone OS would switch positions. According to my calculations this happened recently – Android has overtaken Symbian and is now the most used mobile OS on the planet – see the helpful chart below.

A few notes first:

1. The size of the ‘active installed base’ for a smartphone platform is important as it reflects how many users might be interested in a particular app, service or download. Or indeed, interested in a particular web site (cough: All About Symbian?)
    
2. Actually defining ‘active installed base’ is somewhat problematic. Rafe has used ‘sales from the last two years’ in some previous statistics, but I think this understates the true figures slightly. I mean, there are still plenty of people using N95 variants, from 2007, still plenty of people using N82s and E71s, and so forth, all from 2008. But clearly, on the other hand, there are also plenty of 2009/2010 era Symbian smartphones which are now either being used as a dumb phone by a relative or child, or which are simply sitting in a drawer doing nothing. 
    
   So, for my definition, I went for ‘sales in the last three years’, rolling in the extra current quarter (Q1, 2012) since we now have stats for this, making a total period of 13 quarters if you want to count them up. In Symbian terms, this means everything from the Nokia 5800 onwards, with some now unused S60 5th Edition phones being cancelled out by some pre-2009 devices being still in happy use. In Android terms, this effectively means every device, since three years is around the life of that platform(!)
    
3. As you’ll see, I was interested in how the installed base of each platform has changed over time, so I went back to the start of 2006, to integrate the three year rolling calculation across the chart.
    
4. There are some approximations in my figures, due to oddities like Japanese Symbian non-smartphone sales not being counted, like Samsung bada sales in recent years complicating Samsung’s figures, which in terms makes a slight difference to the Android count, but I’m happy that the data points are all within a couple of percent. 

Of note for Symbian fans is that the platform’s not going away in a great hurry, the size of the ecosystem and general active Symbian community has remained at just over the quarter million mark for the last 18 months and, taking into account the same 3 year ‘rolling sales’ method of calculation, I’d estimate that it won’t be significantly under 250,000 even at the end of this year, 2012.

Android’s installed base is rising fast, of course, I’d estimate this at hitting 400,000 or so by the end of the year. Plus, judging from current sales trends, iOS will also overtake Symbian’s installed base by the end of the year.

And so effectively, Symbian, Android and iOS are by far the biggest existing smartphone ecosystems on the planet. Yes, I know we also run the All About Windows Phone web site, but the installed base for Windows Phone is still ‘in the noise’ in terms of the numbers being quoted on this chart – it’s still very early days for this new smartphone platform.

Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian, 26 April 2012

Tech blogging site The Verge points out that Google had forecast that by the end of 2010, it would have activated 40 million Android-based smartphones that would pull in $278.1 million in revenue. Of the projected revenue, $158.9 million would have come from ads while $3.8 million would have come from app sales. Google expected the gap between ad revenue and app sales revenue to widen by 2012, projecting $840.2 million to be made from Android mobile ads and $35.9 million to be made from app sales.

Projections may have changed, however, after the launch of Google Play, which replaced the old Android Market. The slides indicate that Google had recognized it was “behind on music, video and books,” which is something the new Google Play store is supposed to address. Google projected it would generate $738 million in music sales revenue in 2011 and $1.5 million in 2012, which seems to be a grand expectation for a service that’s still secondary to other music streaming and MP3 purchasing software.

In a note to The Verge, Google was sure to indicate that the numbers in the slides were outdated. Here’s what they had to say:

The discussions in the documents date from 2010 or earlier, so don’t represent current thinking about our business operations. Our industry continues to evolve incredibly fast and so do our aspirations for our various products and services. 

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Well it looks like it is confirmed. There was a rumor that the Samsung Galaxy Note just might be coming to T-Mobile, which probably made some of you Tmo users excited. Now it is time to jump for joy. Seems that the Note was spotted posing for pictures sporting the T-Mobile brand on its head. Not only is there the brand, but a lot of T-Mobile apps appear in the app drawer as well. T-Mobile TV, T-Mobile Name ID, T-Mobile Mall, and My T-Mobile, appear in the pictures below so if that does not confirm it I do not know what will.

So my T-Mobile friends; which of you are going to plan on getting the Note?

Source: TmoNews

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Samsung announced today which of its models released in the U.S. will receive an Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade in the coming months. This is good news for ATT and Sprint users, but the situation is less rosey for Verizon and T-Mobile subscribers.

The company officially announced upgrades for a selection of ATT phones: the Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, the Galaxy Note, the Captivate Glide, and the Nexus S. ATT will also introduce the HTC One X with the latest version of this operating system soon.

Sprint has already introduced an OS upgrade for the Nexus S 4G, and this will be joined by the Epic 4G Touch at some point. This joins the Galaxy Nexus, which sports ICS.

Bad News

Samsung did not specifically mention any Verizon phones that will be getting an Android 4.0 upgrade, strongly implying that models like the Samsung Stratosphere and Droid Charge have already reached the end of the line. Still, it should be noted that this carrier already offers the Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich.

In addition, not a single T-Mobile device was described as definitely getting an upgrade, but Samsung did say “We are in close communication with T-Mobile to ensure that eligible devices are upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming months and will provide updates as we have additional details to share.” Leaving open the fate of devices like this carrier’s version of the Galaxy S II. In the meantime, it is prepping the HTC One S with the new operating system version.

Specific release dates have yet to be announced by Samsung, but owners of the listed devices will be notified as soon as it is made available.

Source: Samsung

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An IDC Canada analysis of the local mobile market indicates that the Android mobile operating system will lead all other mobile operating systems.

In its latest Canadian Mobile Phone Forecast, the analyst firm also noted that 2011 was a milestone year in the country as it marked the first year that smartphones outnumbered feature phones in shipments and installed base.

“The fact that there are now more smartphones shipped and installed in the Canadian market than feature phones, speaks volumes about where the industry is headed,” said Krista Napier, senior analyst and tracker team lead for mobility at IDC Canada.

“As feature phones gear down, smartphones are ramping up, which is forcing change among OEMs, vendors, carriers, and end users, and is changing the mix of leading vendors in the game,” Napier said.

The IDC report said:

• Android OS. Will lead the installed base forecast, driven by its ability to straddle both the high and the low price points in the market.
• iOS. Apple’s strong ecosystem of apps, developer, and customer loyalty as well as product performance and brand image will help the company maintain and grow its position in the market, and almost double its install base in the next five years.
• BlackBerry OS. Market adoption will remain fairly flat over the forecast period, increasing just slightly, as the company faces stiff competition.
• Windows Phone OS.The installed base will grow significantly (albeit from a small base) and while it is not expected to reach or surpass the other leaders in the next five years, it will become an increasingly significant platform in the market.

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The new Asus Transformer Pad sells for $120 less than the Transfomer Prime (stacked on top). Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired

The Asus Transformer Prime is one of the best Android tablets around. We gave it a lofty 8-out-of-10 verdict in our official review, and for good reason: It features almost everything you’d want from a modern, Android-powered tablet.

Besides running Google’s most advanced Android OS version, the Transformer Prime packs in a crisp display, solid camera, and speed a-plenty thanks to a quad-core CPU and 1GB of RAM. It even pairs up with a clever keyboard docking system that delivers notebook-like data input, and extra battery life.

But high-end tablets also demand high-end prices: The Transformer Prime starts at an iPad-matching $500. And that’s still a bit more than many want to pay for a device that functions somewhere between a smartphone and a notebook.

So, with a thriftier buyer in mind, Asus is rolling out the new Transformer Pad, which will sell for $380 with 16GB of storage, or $400 with 32GB, when it hits retailers this week.

There are only a few obvious differences between the Transformer Pad and Transformer Prime, but one of them is key, and may be enough to compel serious gadget enthusiasts to spend an extra $120 on the fancier tablet.

First, the Transformer Pad’s materials aren’t as refined. Where the Transformer Prime features a brushed aluminum chassis, the Pad goes down-market with a hard plastic back panel. The plastic looks good and feels durable, but doesn’t do much to save any weight. Indeed, the new tablet is both heavier and thicker than its predessecor, coming in at 0.38-inches thick and 1.39 pounds versus the Prime’s 0.32-inch thickness and 1.29-pound weight.

The Asus Transformer Prime (stacked on top), with an aluminum back, and the Transformer Pad, with a plastic back. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired

I prefer the overall tactile feel of the Prime over the Pad, but the cheaper tablet wasn’t uncomfortable to use during my brief testing, by any means.

The Transformer Pad, like the Transformer Prime, has an 8-megapixel rear camera, but forgoes the Prime’s rear LED flash. Both tablets run on Nvidia’s 1.4GHz, quad-core Tegra 3 processor and 1GB of RAM, a combination that smoothly handles games, apps, web browsing and plenty of multitasking.

Another plus: Both tablets run Google’s Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system with minimal interface changes. We wouldn’t even go so far as to call Asus’ changes an OS re-skinning. They’re merely small cosmetic changes to various menus.

But there is a major downside to the Transformer Pad, and it’s an important one: The display can’t compete with the screen in the Transformer Prime.

The Prime is covered in Corning Gorilla Glass, and renders deep blacks and fantastic detail via a 1280×800 resolution (which is pretty much the standard resolution for 10-inch Android tablets). Among current Android tablets, the Prime offers one of the better-looking displays available.

The Transformer Pad, meanwhile, eschews Gorilla Glass for what Asus spokesman Gary Key described as a “standard Soda Lime Glass panel where the chemically strengthened layer depth is improved compared to older generations.” Comparing the two tablets side by side, the Pad’s image quality clearly falls short of the Prime’s. Both tablets bear a 1280×800 resolution, but the Pad doesn’t offer the color saturation or the contrast range of the Prime.

Like the Transformer Prime, the Transformer Pad pairs up with a $150 docking station accessory that features a full keyboard and trackpad to simulate a notebook-like experience. We’ll save our opinions on the dock for our full review.

2012-04-23 20:31:43 – IntelliTrack announced its bold move to support and addthe Android Operating System (OS) into its mobile computing platform. Freed from the usual proprietary OS restrictions , Android OS can support applications that are simple, intuitive, and designed to meet the specific needs of the small to medium sized business served by IntelliTrack.

Over the last 18 years, the company has served businesses well through proprietary OS and languages such as UPG, MS-DOS, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and Windows CE. But, as soon as Android OS evolved into an enterprise product, Intellitrack incorporated it into a state of the art computing client for its scanning and tracking inventory applications.

“We’ve been on the leading edge of OS and industrial computer support,” said Ron Pawlowski, “and the Android OS client support release is another example of IntelliTrack maintaining its leadership role in data collection software.”

The beauty of this new operating system is its versatility. Android OS client supports both the onsite standard storage of data and IntelliTrack’s STRATUS line of inventory tracking. It can be

used on both industrial and consumer mobile computers. And, the application is completely custom designed.

This is only possible because major manufacturers of industrial mobile PCs enhanced the functionalities of their devices in ways that support this OS. This meant refocusing from a consumer product to an enterprise OS in order to offer these solutions.
• Built in multi user log accessed with ID and password.
• Enhanced security features for both OS and device. The best in enterprise authentication, the Android OS features state of the art data encryption protocol, remote lock and wipe in case of loss or theft, and authorized only access to the applications.
• Enterprise peripherals supported by device ports and OS.
• One version of the application for various operating systems. This simplifies application management and significantly reduces time and cost for IT support.
• Automated updates for device management. Centralized remote control manages the Android devices ensuring regular updates are done without disrupting operations.
• Integrated bar code scanning function. The camera inside the Android device is capable of scanning any 1D or 2D bar code.

These are such important steps forward in operating system technology that IntelliTrack is absolutely confident in offering the stable and very popular Android OS as another example of their continuing commitment to excellence.

For more information on IntelliTrack, check out their website at www.intellitrack.net.

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