Two new HTC smartphones in ride

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC...

HTC prepares for many new smartphones for the coming months. It tells today a little more on Holiday and Ruby models. A prototype of the first saw the site of Craigslist ads. This solution boasts a touch screen of 4.5 inches in qHD, 960 x 540 pixels. There are at the heart of the beast a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1.2 GHz, with 1024 MB of RAM. This Holiday also integrates an unknown amount of flash memory. He took advantage of a 8 megapixel camera (with a double flash led) sensor capable of filming in HD at 720 p, and a frontal 1.3 mgpx webcam. Its connectivity includes WiFi 802 .11n ready and Bluetooth 3.0, in addition to the 3 G +.

HTC is therefore also the Ruby. The touch screen is this time a 4.3 inch (always in qHD), and are found under the hood a 1.50 GHz dual-core dual-core chip. The amount of RAM and connectivity are similar to what provides the Holiday. 8 Mgpx sensor however comes here with a frontal webcam of 2 mgpx. Remains to see when and how these two new products will be launched!

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106.5 million smartphones sold in the second quarter

According to IDC, is would be passed a little more than 100 million smartphones in the second quarter, 65% more than in 2010.

The global market for mobile phones increased by 11.3% in the second quarter of 2011. Its the most active segment of smartphones, it displays an annual increase of 65.4%! 106.5 million smart phones have therefore found lessees between April and June. Apple struck a great blow by taking first place. The Cupertino firm has sold 20.3 million iPhone, allowing him to 19.1% of this segment.

Samsung is second with 17.3 million smartphones sold a share of 16.2%. Nokia flows 16.7 million smartphones, and grants it third place with 15.7% of PDM. RIM and HTC will follow closely, with respectively 11.6% and 11% of the market. Things move very quickly because in the first quarter, Nokia was first, followed by Apple, RIM, Samsung and HTC. The new classification represent the winners and losers of the last few months.

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Android team 50% of the smartphones

Android team 50% of the smartphones currently in circulation in the world, according to research firm Canalys.

The Google operating system continues to rally the market to its cause. The 56 countries on which basis the study, 35 are majority mobile platform Android. This result gives 48% market share. In comparison, Apple grants to second place with 19% of market share for 20.3 million iPhone sold.

Conversely, If one class by manufacturer and not by operating system, Apple comes first in Samsung and Nokia. What is the power of Android, it is its use by many manufacturers. HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson or Motorola already have used, thus easily extending the Park installed mobile under Android.

Such a development attracts hackers. Thus, a recent study by Dasient reveals that 8% of the applications available under Android can be dangerous for personal data.

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HTC will offer a tool for unblocking of its smartphones

Would manufacturers now regain control on the release of their terminals? This is what suggests a release of the HTC brand on his Facebook page. The constructor of smartphones will soon offer its own tool for unblocking on his latest models. The idea is not to make HTC phones available with all operators, but to allow developers to install different versions of Android, to test compatibility and stability of their applications on these devices.For example, an HTC can host both a version 2.2 of Android and a 2.3 version, and move from one to the other only by restarting the device. As a first step, it is the HTC sense, spearheaded by the Taiwanese brand, which will benefit from this feature. Terms, all new HTC models benefit, as the 4 G Evo 3D Sensation.HTC thus reaches out to developers, attracting to its smartphone to test their applications. Term, one can even imagine phones on which would be installed two different OS (Windows Phone 7 and Android for example). Recently, a rumor claimed that Samsung thought seriously to adapt the mobile OS of Microsoft on its Galaxy SII, currently under Android 2.3.

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NASA: a new app and two smartphones in space

The last flight of a space shuttle will be marked by two first concerning especially under Google Android smartphones...

NASA had launched its first "app" for iPhone a few months ago. This was followed by an iPad application, and together, have since been downloaded more than 5 million times. The US space agency has been just a portage for smartphones running Google Android. Already downloaded over 50,000 times, this new app allows to track in detail news from NASA, its various centres and various missions. You can also view the fantastic library of images of the Organization, follow different Twitter accounts, or even the international space station! You can also have access to the information concerning the launch of rockets of NASA, and follow online from different video streams.

Also note that two smartphones are gone a few days ago in the space shuttle Atlantis: a Samsung Nexus S, and an Apple iPhone! The first is part of experience carried out in conjunction with the famous MIT (the Massachusetts Technology Institute). It is installed on a SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Vieworientationreorient, Experimental Satellites): a small device about the size of a bowling ball to help astronauts in their daily activities. These "satellites" are present in the station since 2006, and they will benefit significantly different modern smartphone capabilities, with its sensors and probes in any kind. Will the iPhone be at the heart of an experience designed around the application "SpaceLab for iOS". The conclusion of the STS-135 mission will also mark the end of this program for NASA. Visitors coming to the ISS will leave Russia, in a capsule on a Soyuz rocket.

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HTC will offer a tool for unblocking of its smartphones

Would manufacturers now regain control on the release of their terminals? This is what suggests a release of the HTC brand on his Facebook page. The constructor of smartphones will soon offer its own tool for unblocking on his latest models. The idea is not to make HTC phones available with all operators, but to allow developers to install different versions of Android, to test compatibility and stability of their applications on these devices.For example, an HTC can host both a version 2.2 of Android and a 2.3 version, and move from one to the other only by restarting the device. As a first step, it is the HTC sense, spearheaded by the Taiwanese brand, which will benefit from this feature. Terms, all new HTC models benefit, as the 4 G Evo 3D Sensation.HTC thus reaches out to developers, attracting to its smartphone to test their applications. Term, one can even imagine phones on which would be installed two different OS (Windows Phone 7 and Android for example). Recently, a rumor claimed that Samsung thought seriously to adapt the mobile OS of Microsoft on its Galaxy SII, currently under Android 2.3.

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