GOOGLES ANDROIDS BASED HANDSETS: TAkiNG oVer The MoBile PhONe MaRket LiKe a TorNadO 05/21/2010

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It's no secret that Google  wants to acquire the Cellular Phone Marketplace with its GOOGLES ANDROIDS platform.

Recent data shows that the product sales of GOOGLES ANDROIDS PHONES structured handsets have over run mobile devices with the Microsoft Windows system.

Sales of handsets that exploit the Android application have garnered almost 10% of mobile devices sold worldwide.  Also this merely the results in the 1st quarter of this year.  We are aware that this is a vast increase on the 1.6 market share Google it grasped last year at this time.  Windows Mobile structured  mobile phones were not as popular by users in the same time period.  Actually, Windows Mobile Devices sales that had  accounted for 6.8 per cent of all mobile phones sales in the same time frame are now  behind from 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of last year.
 
In addition, earlier this month, the  analyst firm, NPD Group, reported that handsets with the Googles Androids application accounted for 28 per cent of all smart phone sales in North America.  Now contrast this to the Apple iPhone's 21 per cent marketplace share.   In contrast, BlackBerry handsets (made by Research in Motion (RIM), go on to dominate.  In fact, RIM owns 36% of the smart phone market in the US, in the 1st of 2010.

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Googles Androids are rather fresh on the smart phone scene but they have been taking over like a storm.  The figures reveals that mobile with  Googles Androids platform are being purchased at extraordinary rates.  Recall that the actual initial Google Android based processors only went on sale in October of 2008.  As of that date various additional phone manufacturers have touted the Android application, including such corporations as HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericson.  According to Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt Android devices are being produced on a scale of 60,000 per day.

Analyst Caroling Milanesi who works for Gartner thinks that this upward  momentum is the unequivocal outcome of aggressive marketing.  This marketing is evident when you go on-line.  It appears like every internet site you go to that makes use of Google's Adsense, is running advertisements for smart phones that have the Google  Android application.

It seems Google has the monopoly on advertising in the world.  It has in a incredibly short time branded the Google Android.  There seems little that its competition can do to slow them down at this time.  We assume Googles Androids to be a household name in 2010.

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DAVID WANG: iPHONE CLOSED SOURCE CODE COMPROMISED! 04/25/2010

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Hacker and programmer David Wang has finally done it. He has breached the closed source code on Apple's iPhone.  Wang has effectively booted the iphone with Google's Android.

This is quite an exploit: booting Google's Android os on Apple's iPhone

David Wang, full fledged member of the a unit identified as "The Dev Team," which is committed to hacking iPhones.  Last week he posted a video demonstrating the Google Android on an iPhone.

The video shows the booting process complete with the Tux Linux mascot.  Also it reveals Wang incorporating the Google Droid for browsing, receiving a text message, answering a phone call and playing music. Wang has the iPhone set up with a dual-boot configuration.  You can spot this as Wang begins the video with the iPhoine operating on its OS.

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David Wang voluntarily admits that his hack is not production-quality at this time.  He claims that the hack is still in its Alpha phase but he asserts that the whole thing operates perfectly when it comes to  functionality.  

Wang's Droid hack on the iPhone is quite a technical feat  Some argue it won't transform the industry nor the behavior of mainstream end users.  The one striking thing David Wang's hack does illustrate is that the iPhone can be hacked even with its grip on the source code.

David Wang comments that he has been  working on his hack since 2008.  The video he employs to show his triumphant hack is made with a first-generation iPhone.  On the other hand, new iPhones are also prone to be compromised by this patch.

Wang claims that it should be easy to port forward to the iPhone 3G.  He readily admits that the 3GS will take more effort however.  Wang's vision is to make the Google Droid a viable alternative or supplement for the iPhone and perhaps we can at long last add Flash.

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GOOGLES ANDROIDS:Gigabyte Gsmart S1200 Phone review 04/13/2010

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This is a review by cnet.com

Finally a brand other than Nokia, Samsung or LG made an announcement at MWC 2009! This time we’re dealing with Giga-Byte’s promising smartphone, the GSmart S1200, that showed up today in Barcelona. S1200 measures 105.5 x 52 x 11.4 mm and uses a 528 MHz Qualcomm 7200A CPU.

The new Giga-Byte device supports GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity, plus WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0. S1200’s specs list also includes a microSD slot, a 1010 mAh battery, a special Adobe Flash UI and a 3 megapixel camera. What’s really interesting about this handset is that it can run Windows Mobile 6.1 or WM 6.5.

The feature list includes 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM, a 3.1 inch WVGA touchscreen display, support Google's Android platform and push email support.

The handset looks really nice and elegant, having a chromed trim and a large WVGA display. It’s also quite slim, measuring only 105.5 x 52 x 11.4 millimeters.

As expected, the S1200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it’s upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5.

 
Its full list of features includes:

    * 3.1 inch TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels
    * Gigabyte’s Smart Zone user interface
    * GSM and HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity
    * Built-in GPS
    * Wi-Fi
    * Bluetooth 2.0
    * Mini USB 2.0
    * 3MP camera with autofocus
    * MicroSD card slot
    * 528 MHz Qualcomm processor
    * 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM
    * 1010 mAh battery

GSmart S1200 should be on sale starting the second quarter of 2009, for a price that will be announced later on.
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Our team at googlesandroids.com rated this product as:

The Good: The Gsmart S1200 has a Wifi, GPS, HSPA and Bluetooth wireless features. It  has also a Smart Zone custom interface and compact design.


The Bad: Camera a major disappointment; lacks 3.5mm audio jack; inconsistencies in software interface; horrible text input.
It lacks 3.5mm audio jack;horrible text input; software interface is inconsistent and most of all its camera is not good thing

Googles Androids rating is:

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