Sharp has announced two new phones, the Galapagos 003sh and the 005sh for the Japanese market. Both of the new phones are equipped with 3.8-inch touch screen technology-based ASV (Sharp Advanced Super View TFT) with 480 × 800 pixels (WVGA) and support for multi-touch technology, display of phones is capable of creating 3D images without [...]

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As we discussed back in February, Microsoft has been working on their Windows 7 Phone version. Well, today, they announced the first 6 phones that will be running the new operating system, and they are an interesting mix. HTC, everyone’s favorite smart phone company it seems, announced 3 phones: HTC Surround for AT&T, the HTC [...]

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An interesting article in USA Today gives us some interesting stats about smart phones and stats. First off, 30% of all phones in the use in the US now are internet connected “smart phones” . 19% of users have downloaded some sort of travel related App. Most importantly, 47% of travelers have used their phone [...]

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The marketplace on smart phones continues to evolve rapidly, often growing faster than the infrastructure. Taiwan based HTC has been a leader, a company that has gone from almost no market share outside of it’s home market to a market leader in a very short period of time. It is one of the reasons that [...]

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The Samsung Epic 4G is the latest phone to come out with 4G support, and this sexy slider phone is certainly hitting all the high points. First off, the keyboard is great for it’s size. The forecast death of the keyboard is probably wrong, as we get more and more from our smart phones we [...]

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Google has made it official, the last batch of Nexus One phones are being sold, and then the entire brand is dead. Basically, the HTC made phone never really got traction in the market place, shipping only about 135,000 units. Google’s choice to go with direct sales pretty much seems to be the culprit, keeping [...]

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While RIM continues to dominate the US market with more than 40% of the phones out there, Android has been coming on strong. At 13% of the market, Android phones are starting to put pressure on Microsoft phones (at 13.2%) and even Apple (at around 24%). The Android increase is 4% in a short period [...]

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Apple is once again the victim of their own hype and popularity of upcoming products, this time on the Iphone4. A pre-production Iphone4 was found and put online, which only added to the hype around this device. Now comes word that many people who want to upgrade from older Apple phones are discovering that there [...]

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I found this article from Reuters about the move to lower price smart phones, and found it to be very interesting, especially as it speaks about ZTE, a phone company from China that hasn’t been seen as much under it’s own name in the west. They are aiming for a $100 – $150 smart phone, [...]

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