NEWS: Faster HSPA Smartphones, Modems Coming Soon

Apple's newly revised developer guidelines have given hope to the
creator of Google Voice for the iPhone, who believes his application now
has a good chance of being approved.

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The most dramatic aspect of the smartphone market in the second half of
2010 has been the reinvention of Samsung. Samsung's Galaxy S has shipped
7 million units and has set targets of 20 million for this year – plus
one million tablets.

Always a powerhouse in mass market handsets and feature-packed media
phones, the Korean giant was still the ugly duckling of open OS
smartphones. But the success of its Galaxy S Android range, and to a
lesser extent the Wave, which runs its own bada OS, have turned it into
a swan that is giving Apple a run for its money in terms of mobile
allure – and aims to have the same effect in tablets.

Samsung is targeting over 40m unit sales in this category next year,
according to mobile division chief Shin Jong-kyun. He told the Nikkei
business daily that Samsung is targeting 20m smartphone sales worldwide
this year and double that figure in 2011. ...

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<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/14/samsung_smartphones_to_hit_android_rivals_hard/>

But Motorola and HTC models in hot pursuit,
says ChangeWave consumer survey

A survey completed in early November of more than 1,200 U.S. consumers
who had purchased a smartphone in the past six months found that Apple
led all competitors in customer satisfaction, with 77% of iPhone owners
saying they were "very satisfied" with their decision and device.

But the surprise finding, said Paul Carton, vice president of research
at ChangeWave Research, was the "exceptionally strong" showing of
Motorola, which placed second, with 74% of owners giving their
Android-powered devices high marks. Motorola sells the Droid 2 and Droid
X.

In third place was HTC, which garnered a 63% vote for "very satisfied"
on the back of its Android-based Evo 4G and Droid Incredible.

Other manufacturers lagged significantly behind Apple, Motorola and HTC,
said Carton, including Samsung, with 45% of its smartphone owners very
satisfied, and Research in Motion (RIM) at 44%.

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<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9197378/iPhone_4_trumps_Android_rivals_in_customer_satisfa ction>
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On 11/23/2010 5:52 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:42:12 -0800
> John Navas<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Expands-HSPA-4G-Network-to-8-New-Cities-151269/>
>>
>> * Detroit
>> * Grand Junction, Colo
>> * Harlingen, Texas
>> * Lafayette and South Bend, Ind
>> * Montgomery, Ala
>> * Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va
>> * Youngstown, Ohio
>
> Youngstown is a small city in Eastern Ohio that has a population MUCH smaller than that of the Victor Valley (about 300k in the area, including all four of the cities here).
>
> But Youngstown got "4G" first.

If only it were actually 4G.

On 11/23/2010 6:05 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:02:03 -0800
> SMS<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>> Youngstown is a small city in Eastern Ohio that has a population MUCH smaller than that of the Victor Valley (about 300k in the area, including all four of the cities here).
>>>
>>> But Youngstown got "4G" first.
>>
>> If only it were actually 4G.
>>
>
> Note that I put "4G" in quotes.

Verizon's early LTE network, and Sprint's current Wimax network are
technically not 4G either.

Although it has a 800 mHz processor its the next generation on snapdragon so its faster.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:02:03 -0800, in
<4cec7219$0$1601$(E-Mail Removed)>, SMS
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 11/23/2010 5:52 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:42:12 -0800
>> John Navas<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Expands-HSPA-4G-Network-to-8-New-Cities-151269/>
>>>
>>> * Detroit
>>> * Grand Junction, Colo
>>> * Harlingen, Texas
>>> * Lafayette and South Bend, Ind
>>> * Montgomery, Ala
>>> * Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va
>>> * Youngstown, Ohio
>>
>> Youngstown is a small city in Eastern Ohio that has a population MUCH smaller than that of the Victor Valley (about 300k in the area, including all four of the cities here).
>>
>> But Youngstown got "4G" first.
>
>If only it were actually 4G.

It's as much "4G" as anything else currently being deployed.

--
John

"Facts? We ain't got no facts. We don't need no facts. I don't have
to show you any stinking facts!" [with apologies to John Huston]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:41:19 -0800, in
<(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve Sobol
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:37:45 -0800
>SMS <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Verizon's early LTE network, and Sprint's current Wimax network are
>> technically not 4G either.
>
>Why are you arguing a point that wasn't even relevant to my original post?
>
>OK. I know it's not REAL 4G. THAT IS WHY I PUT "4G" IN QUOTES.
>
>Point is, it's faster than their original 3G, it's a network upgrade, and Youngstown got it before we did here.
>
>Can you please stop arguing that it's not real 4G? Thing is, I am NOT disagreeing with you on that point.

Steven is just trying to be pissy about T-Mobile, even though he had to
admit it's no worse than his favorite carrier.

--
John

"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
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boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." --Gene Spafford

Google's Android platform is gaining fast on market leader Apple and its
iPhone, according to a recent survey by research firm Nielsen.

The report stated that Android has 25.8 percent of the U.S. smartphone
market, compared to the iPhone 28.6 percent share. Meanwhile, Research
in Motion's BlackBerry devices, once the leader in the smartphone
market, continues to decline with a 26.1 percent of the market. RIM had
been ahead of Apple and Google with a 33 percent share as recent as June
2010.

While Nielsen noted that 87 percent of the smartphone market is
controlled fairly evenly by Apple, Google and RIM, devices running on
Google's Android platform are now the clear favorite among new handset
buyers, with over 40 percent of devices being Android -- beating out the
iPhone and BlackBerry at 27 and 19 percent, respectively.

Demand for Internet-enabled phones continues to be strong, with fully 45
percent of November buyers choosing a smartphone over a feature
handsets.

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--
John

If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive,
then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?