The advantage of Android, the best operating system today

According to NPD, Android was running on 52 percent of all the smartphones sold in the U.S. last quarter, overshadowing iOS, which secured 29 percent market share. BlackBerry OS came in third in the smartphone space with 11 percent share, NPD said. Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile, and WebOS all trailed with less than 5 percent market share each.

NPD's findings follow a similar report earlier this month from research firm Gartner. That company, which analyzed worldwide smartphone sales, said that Google's platform captured 43.4 percent of the OS market during the second quarter, up from 17.2 percent during the same period last year. Symbian came in second in Gartner's study with 22.1 percent share, followed by iOS at 18.2 percent. RIM's BlackBerry OS tallied 11.7 percent share worldwide.

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Although NPD didn't dig into each vendor's market share on the quarter, the company did discuss Motorola Mobility. The research firm said that the handset maker's overall mobile-phone market share declined in the second quarter from 12 percent last year to 9 percent this year. In the smartphone space, Motorola Mobility's share dropped from 15 percent to 12 percent. Perhaps most concerning for the company, its Android market share hit 22 percent during the period, down from the 44 percent ownership it had during the second quarter of 2010.

That said, things might soon change for Motorola. Earlier this month, Google announced that it had agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The companies expect the deal to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. When that happens, NPD says, Motorola could find the reprieve it needs as it tries to keep up with a host of competitors, including Samsung and LG.

"Much as it did in the feature phone market in the RAZR era, Motorola is experiencing increased competition from Samsung and LG in the smartphone market," NPD's executive director of industry analysis, Ross Rubin, said of Motorola. "Closer ties to the heart of Android can help inspire new paths to differentiation."

However, for Google, its acquisition might have more to do with patents than anything else. The search giant and its vendor partners are being targeted from all sides by competitors that are launching lawsuits against Android, thanks to their stronger mobile patent portfolios. Google is being sued by Oracle, while Microsoft and Apple are taking aim at HTC, Samsung, Barnes & Noble, and others.

In a recent blog post, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, targeted those companies, saying that they are launching lawsuits based on "bogus patents." Those lawsuits, Drummond said, are only proving to stifle innovation in the mobile space.

"But Android's success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, and other companies, waged through bogus patents," Drummond wrote in the post. "Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it."

Now, it seems, Google might soon have its own weapon to stop the patent lawsuits it takes so much issue with. Rubin said today that "Google's acquisition of Motorola shifts the balance of power in the handset-patent conflict between Google and its operating system competitors."

Google's Android mobile operating system dominated the U.S. smartphone market last quarter, research firm NPD announced today.

Aside from lawsuits, Rubin said that other Android vendors, worried that they will be hurt by Google's Motorola Mobility acquisition, shouldn't be concerned. He said that the operating system "has made for a larger pie" that allows everyone to benefit from its success.

The advantages of iOS 5 beta 6, download and instal iOS 5 beta 6 software update

Are you still using the old version of iOS ? Apple today has released iOS 5 beta 6 to developers, which is available either OTA or via the Apple Developer Portal.

Apple have officially released the sixth beta version of iOS 5 to developers marking a step towards the mass rollout of the operating system to users around the world.

This update comes just two weeks after iOS 5 beta 5 was rolled out and according to screenshots; the latest build offers bug fixes and other improvements. Those with an Apple developer’s ID can download the beta version immediately.

The advantages of iOS 5 beta 6

Compared to the previous version, iOS 5 beta 6 have the advantages to improve deficiencies in the old version. The advantages of iOS 5 beta 6 certainly adds to our profit for iOS 5 beta 6 users.

It's that time again. Right on schedule (with "on schedule" meaning "roughly 2 weeks since the last one"), Apple has just released the sixth Beta build of iOS 5 to developers. You know what that means: developers, get to updating (Remember: OTA updates work now!) Non-developers pretending to be developers, carry on (Just don't be a jerk and go reviewing applications.) And everyone else. Be happy to know that iOS 5 is one big ol'step closer to going gold and hitting your handset.

The update contains bug fixes and improvements, weighing in at 144 MB. This is yet another step towards the consumer release of iOS 5, which was promised by the fall. By all accounts, it appears Apple is well on their way to delivering iOS 5 by early fall.

Though most are just crackin’ into iOS 5 beta 6 right this second, we’re not hearing much in terms of new stuff here, it’s mostly bug fixes and itty bitty spots of polish at this point. Which, of course, makes sense: Apple’s presumably nearing the end of the Beta phase here, so it’s less about adding new stuff and more about making sure everything that’s in there works as expected.

New beta version offers bug fixes and other improvements

Now, download and instal iOS 5 beta 6 software update and look the advantages of iOS 5 beta 6

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According to a report by Mac Rumors , Apple has also released a new beta of iTunes 10.5 as well as a preview version of Xcode 4.2 that is designed to support the latest iOS firmware. The report goes on to state that Apple has disabled Nike+ syncing with the latest beta version of iTunes for iOS 5 users. A report by TiPB claims that the existing jailbreak tools such as Redsn0w on Macs and Sn0wbreeze on Windows work with iOS 5 beta 6. Other details regarding the latest iOS are pretty slim. Those with an Apple developer’s ID can let us know if there are any other improvements.

Apple is expected to release iOS 5 for existing hardware around the time of the iPhone 5 launch, with rumors for the debut now coalescing around early October.

Apple has also pushed out iWork for iOS beta 2 and a new “beta 5″ of the Apple TV software.

As noted by It’s All Tech, Apple on the Mac side has pushed out a new developer seed of OS X 10.7.2 (Build 11C40), iCloud for OS X Lion beta 8, and a new build of Safari 5.1.1, all to be used for testing out iCloud.

iLounge notes that Apple appears to have disabled Nike+ syncing through iTunes for iOS 5 users with the new beta, forcing them to use the wireless syncing option that debuted in iOS 4.1.

An official version of iOS 5 is expected to release alongside the next generation iPhone and it should be compatible for those using present generation iOS devices as well.

iOS 5 beta 6 available to paid devs only at the iOS developer site.

IPhone 5 release date is October, according to interviews with the Apple Managerial

Eventually the secret of the iPhone 5 release date have been solved. From the source Bloomberg.com, GadgetPeek have quoted, that there was already a bright spot, when iPhone5 will be released.

Rumors of the iPhone 5 release date of Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 5 have been floating about the Internet since last year, but recent changes to the details of said rumors have iPhone fanatics in a frenzy. Various rumors state that the iPhone 5 will see an imminent release, but not all sources agree that the smartphone will arrive in time to be put on your holiday wish list.

According to Bloomberg.com, sources claim that "Apple plans to introduce a new iPhone in September," but there is skepticism regarding whether this new iPhone will, indeed, be the iPhone 5. In the past, Apple has released upgraded versions of a product before revealing a new, finished product to the public. This knowledge leads some to expect that Apple will follow suit again this year.

Keith Bachman, of BMO Capital Markets, told his clients that the iPhone 5 would be released in mid-2012, "leading others to believe that only a slightly upgraded iPhone 4... will launch this fall instead," according to an article submitted by PCMag.com

All hope, however, is not lost; while there are those who argue that the iPhone 5 release date will not be released this year, there are others who argue that it will be. Unnamed sources in the know claim that the iPhone 5 will be released in October this year, likely later in the month than sooner.

Jamie Bailey, a resident of Houston, TX, is looking forward to the release, whenever it might be.

"I need a new phone," said Bailey, "my iPhone 3G freezes sometimes."

Even with the occasional technical difficulties that she has with her phone, Bailey remains loyal to Apple.

"I like the fact that everything is on [the iPhone]," she said. "No matter where I go and what I'm doing, I have what I need.

Despite the confusion regarding the release date, all rumors regarding the iPhone 5 agree that the new generation will not differ much from the iPhone 4 in design. Those looking to purchase the iPhone 5, however, can anticipate the addition of a faster processor and higher resolution camera.

iPhone 5 will come with three color choices, New Comer : iPhone 5 Red

New Comer : iPhone 5 Red
Right, we just said we don’t believe the guy has what he claims to have. But he’s got something in those pictures, which even if fully fake did take a fair amount of time to come up with. And these things are often based on some sliver of lost-in-translation truth which came from someone who works on an assembly line somewhere who saw something who told someone who bragged to someone else who got the idea to use it for self-publicity purposes.

Along the way, some of the original truth about the product remains intact. Ever wonder why even when supposed product images manage to get almost everything wrong, there’s always that one odd aspect that they got right, and there’s seemingly no way they could have known about it? That’s what the red iPhone 5 image feels like here, and it’s why there’s a puncher’s chance there’s a real one coming…

Things are no longer merely black and white as the iPhone 5 will come in red. In fact you can get a red iPhone 5 right now if you pony up for it, as according to one guy on craigslist, he’s got (stolen) iPhone 5 clone units for sale right now and you can have one for a mere $250. Yeah, we don’t believe him either. Then again, we were highly skeptical when some guy claimed to have found an iPhone 4 prototype in a bar last year, and we all know how that one turned out. Let’s just say that the prospect of a red iPhone 5 is perhaps more interesting than the fact that someone is claiming to be selling iPhone 5 “clone” units which he himself is admitting aren’t even real. Even as Apple has pushed the color boundaries for years with its products like the iPod nano and even the early iMacs, for some reason the company has been content to sit back and play the follower game when it comes to iPhone colors. And this is the first, if oddball, indication that that could be about to change.

The particularly eye opening part is that the craigslist guy doesn’t even appear to know that the red iPhone 5 depicted on his supposed packaging is the biggest part of the story. If he’d made a point of creating the red iPhone 5 idea himself, it would have been so he could use it to draw attention to his claims. But instead there’s no real mention of it. That feels more like someone said to someone “oh by the way, there’s a red one too” and the person on the receiving end of that information opted to include it in the fake mockups but didn’t fully grasp the importance of that information. That’s sketchy as can be, but add it to Apple’s documented affinity for the color red and how it ties into the larger picture, and the odds go up dramatically…

A few years back, U2 lead singer Bono helped create PRODUCT RED which encouraged major corporations to make an all-red version of their existing products, charge the same price tag, and yet give a portion of the proceeds to help Africa. Apple jumped in with a red iPod nano, which it still offers to this day. But the company has never gone that route with the iPhone. The lack of iPad and iPad 2 colors is more understandable, as the eighteen different inventory models generated merely by having white and black options (multiply that by Verizon, AT&T, and wifi-only models, each at three different capacities).

No wonder Apple went with Smart Covers in various colors, then, as the alternative would have been to have hundreds of different iPad variations floating around, making for a retail and inventory nightmare. But the iPhone is a different story. There are only two iPhone 4 capacities, multiplied by black and white colors, for a total of four iPhone 4 units. Double that, of course, thanks to the Verizon and AT&T split models. But if the iPhone 5 is indeed a hybrid model which works with both carriers, then we’re back to four iPhone 5 units total. Add a red model and there are only six units; a mere five if red is reserved for just the high-end iPhone 5 model. That’s an inventory piece of cake compared to where the iPad 2 is right now…

So why wouldn’t Apple do this? Pure inertia, I guess. It’s one of those things that makes too much sense not to do, particularly if the iPhone 4 sticks around in the bargain basement in both black and white. That’ll mean that there’s no color-based incentive to upsell yourself to an iPhone 5 unless it also comes in a third color option on top of black and white. And red suits the bill for a number of reasons. It also gives the iPhone 5 a leg up over competing phones which only come in black and white, the two standard-bearer colors for most smartphones over the past several years.

So even as ludicrous as today’s craigslist “iPhone 5 clone” posting seems (please don’t buy one of those things unless you like the idea of setting $250 on fire), it’s believable that the red iPhone 5 concept depicted within that phony listing could indeed be based on nugget of well thought out truth

How to Activate Video Chat on iPhone or iPad

The new Breakthrough Tinychat video chat aplication, Video chat can be done with 12 friends simultaneously.

How to activate video chat on iPhone or iPad ? Easily.

You can use the video chat application in your iPhone or iPad. Like skype, Fring or Tinychat. These video chat aplication is support and can you use to yours iPhone or iPad. It's free and ready to use.

Skype finally got around to launching a 2-way video chat for the iPad recently, but competitor Fring already has a 4-way video chat app for the iPhone and iPad. But if that’s not good enough for you, Tinychat has you covered with a new app that lets you participate in group video calls with up to 12 people.

Yes. 12. No. I don’t know why you’d want to see 11 of your friends faces in tiny windows on your iPhone screen, but the free app does also support the iPad.

Here’s how it works. You can fire up the free TinychatFB app on your iOS device and it will show you a list of all your Facebook contacts that are online. You can invite any of them to participate in a video chat and Tinychat will send them a link to a website.

Tinychat’s desktop service is entirely browser-based. There’s no software to install. As long as your computer has a camera and a microphone you just visit the web app to participate in video chatrooms that take just a few seconds to setup.

The company’s new mobile app only lets you communicate with your Facebook contacts — not with other Tinychat mobile users. But a future app will add its own contact list and other features that lets you setup and participate in group video calls with or without Facebook.

Are you ready to try ?