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India Adds 15.6 Million Cellphone Users in a Single Month
May 11th
In today’s AT&T earnings call, they boasted on 1.6 million new iPhone activations last quarter. Impressive, kind of, until figures from India came in: 15.6 million new cellphone users in the month of March alone.
Kind of puts everything into perspective, doesn’t it? While the US smartphone market is our main stock and trade here at Giz, no one should forget about companies like Nokia that supply a huge percentage of the rest of the world’s phones. Even though they took a bit of a bath last quarter, it wasn’t nearly as bad as some have hoped, and for that Nokia has nearly 16 million new phone users in India to thank. [Reuters]
Top 10 Differences Between iPhone and Blackberry
May 6th
With the launch of Apple iPhone, RIM has faced challenge like never before to keep up their sales of Blackberry phones like many other mobile phone manufacturers. Everyone will agree with me that iPhone is a revolutionary product that changed the way people used to think and act with their mobile phones. But Blackberry was always there to suit the needs of the corporate people. What makes these full featured phones so different? Let us discover 10 differences between these two blockbuster mobile phones.
1. Design
The iPhone design has made a revolution in Cellphone world. Keeping in mind that the recent Blackberries look smarter than before, they are just a good looker but not gorgeous like the iPhone. If the design were a fad then there wouldn’t be hundreds of iPhone Clone available in the market. The clones are selling only because it has the iPhone look.
2. E-Mail
The E-Mail service of Blackberry is simply the best. A Blackberry set up with Microsoft Exchange server has intelligent push email service which downloads the message immediately on the phone and an LED indicates that a new message has been received. The iPhone recognises new messages in 15 minutes and needs to be checked actively by the user.
3. Application
Any discussion of iPhone is incomplete without a mention of iPhone Apps. The developers of the applications for Blackberry use outdated tools that doesn’t give them enough access to the core APIs on Blackberry handsets. On the other hand iPhone is the easiest device to develop applications for. This is why there are thousands of developers developing millions of apps for the iPhone.
Best iPhone Applications
May 1st
Remote Buddy
Remote Buddy turns your iPhone into a remote controller for iTunes. If you are one of those people who have stuck on to iTunes for its obvious benefits, you might as well start to use your iPhone as a remote. This app was one of the firsts, and it’s been increasingly picked up because it lets you do lots more. It’s not only a remote, but a presenter and a keyboard (for your Mac), launching videos, etc. Remote Buddy is an AJAX Remote, so you get the same interface on the phone’s browser; since its connectivity is via Wi-Fi, lag times are low and efficiency is almost up there.
Pandora Radio
Pandora Radio is an internet radio application for the iPhone, using which you can stream music on your iPhone. The application is smart. Once you name one of your favorite artists, songs, etc., it will auto create a station customized to your choice; and if you’re registered on Pandora Radio, you can save the settings. You can login through your iPhone and have your saved custom-station at your service or create more of them.
