Angry Birds Phenomenon = 500,000,000 Downloads!!!

What can be said about Rovio Angry Birds that have not been said already?
The famous game (app) that have change the world was first release about 2 years ago, and is now celebrating an amazing number of 500,000,000 downloads.
300 million minutes of he game is played on a daily basis, that is absolutely astonishing, here a cool video Rovio mzde with some more facts about the sucsess of Angry Birds.

 

 


Siri For The iPad? Apple Thought About It In 1988

Will Siri be available on the iPad too? the answer is apparently yes.
The follow amazing video was made by Apple back in 1988.
 

 
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Nokia World 2011: Nokia Lumia And Asha Series

Today at the Nokia World 2011, Nokia have finally announced its 2 Windows Phone based devices.
The first device is the Nokia Lumia 800, a curved 3.7 inch screen device with a 1.4 Mhz prosessor and a 8 Megapixel camera.
The device is based on the Nokia N9 design and will cost about 580$
 

 
The second device that was announced is the  Nokia Lumia 710, a slight smaller device, and TFT LCD display and a 5 Megapixel camera.
The Nokia Lumia 710 will cost about 375$
 

 
and last are the 4 devices s40 based with both keyboard and touch screens that is aimed for developing countries, called the  Nokia Asha Series.
 

 
Nokia is aiming at markets where it is very strong, and will run a massive marketing campaign for its new WP based device.
This is the strategy we have already talked about.


What Does The Future Hold For Nokia?

Tomorrow after a very long time of waiting, Nokia will unveil its high-end smartphone devices.
At Nokia World 2011  we will finally see the Windows Phone 7.5 based Nokia devices, Devices that Nokia is hoping will stand first in line with the iPhone 4S and Android 4.0 based devices.
Nokia is working in a “pincers” movement from the bottom its attack the low-mid end class devices with cheap S40 and Symbian devices (latest financial reports seems that Nokia is doing it well).This approach is called by Nokia “The Next Billion” , and there is “Meltemi” project, that is a OS for low-end devices that may replace the S40.
 

 
As for the high-end devices Nokia formed and alliance with Microsoft, and alliance where both parties are ambitious to succeed, Microsoft on the on side with its newly OS Windows Phone, in an era when most OEMs are using Android as there main OS, and Nokia that have lost its 1st place for Android and iPhone.
So will the bet of Nokia to go hand in hand with Microsoft was a smart move ? I think that the Nokia N9 can shade some light.
If you put aside for a second that fact that the N9 as no future thanks to its operating system “MeeGo” and the very low app inventory, you will see how reviews praise the device.
Engadget called summed it “The Nokia N9 delivers a double punch with gorgeous hardware and brilliant software, yet it was killed before even getting a chance to prove its worth.”
And GSMArena called it “Once in a lifetime”.
 

 
If Nokia will manage to create devices with amazing hardware as (like the N9), using amazing software (early comments suggests that this is the case with WP 7.5) Nokia can get on track again.
Updated: Take a look at Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia Lumia 710.
Stay tune for more news from Nokia World 2011


iPhone 4S – Sales, Speed, Success?

Whereas you were waiting for the iPhone 5 ( Cnet suggests that Steve Jobs was involved in the development), The iPhone 4S is here, or more accurately 4 millions of it (in just 3 days).
The device broke the previous sales record of the iPhone 4 that stood on 1.7 million devices in 3 days.

 

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One particular feature of the iPhone 4S seems to become a great hit is Siri, the voice activated personal assistant, or as Apple says “Your wish is its command”.

So yes Siri still do not manage with some accents and it can have some mistakes.

 

But overall Siri seems to work just fine and as it supposed to, Although Google has voice commends in Android devices for some time now, it was Apple that made this technology so relevant, Again.
So like it or not the iPhone 4S will be a big milestone for Apple, So yes it is not the iPhone 5, maybe we just need to wait a little longer, in the meantime Siri is here.


One More Thing (And Another)

Nokia announcements at Singapore were covered, the most attractive was of course the Nokia N9 device, all around the web the device was described as a  “great piece of hardware and UI” but the” last MeeGo device Nokia will ever make”.
Than the rumors started floating again and the climax was a post of a former senior software engineer that was working on hardware adaptation for MeeGo saying Elop has “no idea what he’s talking about”.
The senior software engineer claims that MeeGo based devices can be built faster than Windows Phone based one.
Shifting away to the “Mobile Phones” category, Nokia is doing its best to sale the “next billion” low end devices for developing countries, it seems like Apple with the iPhone “Sent” Nokia to the low-mid end category.
That was just fine and Nokia would definitely would managed to cope, but then came Google and pushed Smartphones devices from high to mid and last to low end devices.
As much as Nokia have a huge competition in the Smarphone arena, it will be interesting to see whereas Nokia will manage to sale the “next billion” devices.
Back to the Nokia N9, Elop before announcing the device said “and last” like the famous Steve Jobs saying “One more thing” and showed the Nokia N9, afterward he asked all the reporters in the room to shut down the cameras as he have something classified to show them, and he showed a device looking just like the Nokia N9 that runs on Windows Phone.
So the vid is of course out and the “classified” device is no more a secret.

Having second opinions on the Nokia N9 and MeeGo? We sure do, did Elop just invented the “one more thing and another bigger one” only time will tell.

 


Worldwide Mobile Market Share: ZTE 4 Place, Apple 1.4% Up, Nokia 6.4% Down

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Not just in the smartphone arena low-mid end Android devices are on the rise, Nokia is losing market share on smartphone and mid-low end segments.

Do not say you did not see this coming


AR For The Masses

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Layar now enables developers to utilize Layar AR browser into their apps.


Facebook Is Adding VOIP Calls?

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BlackBerry OS To Run Android Apps?

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That what is called 2 in 1