Last year, dual core smartphones were all the rage – after LG dropped its Optimus 2X, 60 million devices followed suite.
At the MWC, we now see the first quad core handsets. As all of them run on Android, please visit our sister site to find out more:
http://tamsandroid.tamoggemon.com/2012/02/quad-core-parade-mobile-world-congress-2012/
In the last few years, Access Co (the owners of ALP and PalmSource) always had a pretty large booth – exhibiting, among other stuff, ALP.
This year, the booth Access used to occupy was held by IBM:
Instead, Access moved into a small hospitality suite. They were in HS18 – but werent even listed on the floor plan:
Finally, a look at their “booth”:
Not much to add here…farewell, ALP!
In the last years, Palm’s webOS always had at least a small presence at the Mobile World Congress. Given that the OS is not dead, I expected a bit from HP.
As usual, their booth was in the App Planet area of the show. This is a special venue which caters to visiting developers:
HP exhibited a large variety of business related services – the images below give an overview:
Even the giveaway was for a mobile printer rather than for a webOS phone or tablet:
Sadly, there was not a single trace of webOS – I didnt even see anyone using a webOS device. From my point of view, it doesn’t look too good…
In desktop computing, it is now difficult to find a single-core processor. In smartphones, the situation is not quite as strict – but dual core CPUs are catching on fast.
Berg Insight has sent us the following, interesting bit of data:
Preliminary data from Berg Insight show that sales of high-end smartphones equipped with dual-core application processors reached 60 million units worldwide in 2011. The first smartphones with dual-core processors were unveiled at the beginning of 2011 with sales starting in February 2011. One year later, at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, several handset vendors are expected to announce their first smartphones with quad-core processors. As quad-core processors gradually find their way into high-end devices, adoption of dual-core processors will accelerate in the mid-range smartphone segment.
Looking back at the time of the introduction of HT-capable CPUs, quite a few applications experienced race conditions due to the new “paralellism”. So, definitely test your app on a dual core phone…
Dear Readers,
thanks to a total power grid failure by NS HighSpeed, my train which was scheduled to arrive in Amsterdam at 9h25 has arrived only at like 13h00.
But, I am here now:
DevCon Europe Reporting starts soon – visit our sister site TamsBlackBerry to find out more:
http://tamsblackberry.tamoggemon.com
Here comes February, and we bring to you the top 10 phone list from Krusell. And the winners are
1. (1) Apple iPhone 4/4S
2. (2) Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
3. (3) Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc/Arc S
4. (-) Samsung Galaxy Note
5. (5) Samsung Galaxy Nexus
6. (-) Nokia C2-01
7. (7) Nokia 3720 Classic
8. (-) Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
9. (10) HTC Sensation
10. (-) Sony Xperia S
() = Last month’s position.
Ulf Sandberg, CEO at Krusell says
The first top seller list from Krusell in 2012 shows the same top three phones on the list as in December 2011. The most interesting in this ranking list are two things. First thing is that the trend of larger devices is obvious, devices like Note and Nexus are becoming very popular. Secondly I would like to point at the fact that a device like Sony Xperia S, which is not yet launched in the stores has created so high volumes of pre-orders that it has climbed in to the Top seller list. This is a sign that the market has high expectations on Sony this spring
Krusell’s list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 70 countries around the globe.
In the good old days of the Palm OS, the main issue faced by Palm was the odd resultion: a base resolution of 160×160 made scaling to more “common” resolutions was difficult.
Apple has had a similar problem with its 480×320 resolution, but managed to follow it up. Samsung is now at 800×480, and the question is what will follow next (and what is technically possible).
A PR company has now sent me the following:
MicroOLED, a maker of highly power-efficient superior image quality microdisplays for near-to-eye applications, today introduced a new 5.4 million pixel density 0.61 inch diagonal, low power consumption OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Display) microdisplay on silicon for applications demanding high picture quality, such as professional camera and camcorder equipment, night vision systems and head-mounted displays used in surgery.
The ultra-compact 5.4 million-pixel microdisplay with a sub-pixel pitch of 4.7 micrometres by 4.7 micrometres is the highest pixel density OLED microdisplay available today. By doubling the pixel density of comparable products, MicroOLED has eliminated the gap between pixels. With no black matrix present, the resulting image resolution is of the highest quality. This makes the 5.4 million-pixel 0.61 inch diagonal microdisplay most suitable for defense, medical and professional camera applications that demand sharp images with very smooth transitional tones.
As of this writing, no data on availability is given – but it looks like the resolution war can continue!
When it comes to new Garnet OS hardware, Aceeca is the company to go to. After having shipped the fascinating PDA32, they now ship an RFID module for their MEZ1500 RDA handheld.
Aceeca has now informed us about the following:
In our last newsletter we let all our customers know that we are now shipping evaluation units for our new RFID Scanner (IDV1500-RFS1). And this week we are very pleased to announce that the great folks over at Satellite Forms now provide full support for it.
Not much to add here…
For those of you that do not know, Aceeca is a company that not only makes wonderful handhelds that are used across the globe for a variety of purposes, but it is one the few companies that are still keeping the Palm and the Windows CE platforms alive.
Since Aceeca was shipping out evaluation units of it’s RFID Scanner (IDV1500-RFS1), Satellite Forms got their hands on it and have decided to support it. (Satellite Forms is a visual integrated software development environment (IDE) that makes it easy to create custom applications).
According to an announcement
Satellite Forms is pleased to announce support for the new ID::VERIFI™ RFID handheld from Aceeca!
Satellite Forms® supports the ID::VERIFI™ RFID handheld on both the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS) and Microsoft Windows CE platforms.
Developers can use the Satellite Forms rapid application development tool to create RFID-enabled applications for the ID::VERIFI™ RFID handheld for:
• Field Service • Distribution
• Asset Management • Route Tracking
• Inventory Control • And much more!
• InspectionsSatellite Forms® is a visual integrated software development environment (IDE) for Windows PCs that makes it easy to create data-driven business applications for mobile computers. With the ID::VERIFI™ RFID rugged handheld from Aceeca, and the Satellite Forms development tool software for Windows PCs, an intelligent solution for RFID data collection is within your grasp.
For more information, and to download a free trial version of Satellite Forms, please visit:
http://www.satelliteforms.net
We salute the guys who make a difference and keep the legacy of the legacy systems alive, and in well in use.
No one can arguably deny the tight integration promises smartphones and mHealth apps make. While in 2011, the health app market grew significantly, it is expected to almost double in 2012.
According to a report released by research2guidance
The smartphone application market for mobile healthcare will reach US$ 1.3 billion in 2012 – up from US$ 718 million in 2011. Despite this substantial growth, the mHealth market is still in an embryonic state – especially in comparison to the US$ 6 trillion of the overall global healthcare market. Several factors (esp. smartphone penetration), will continue, however, to drive mHealth market growth over the next couple of years. These findings are part of our new Mobile Health Market Report 2011-2016 report.
The increase of revenue stems from downloads, in-app advertisements, mHealth services, direct transactions and sensor sales. As a number of big healthcare companies published mHealth apps in 2011 that go far beyond a simple allergy tracker or pill reminder (e.g. Sanofi Aventis’ sensor-based iBGStar Diabetis monitoring app) sensors are a growing part of the landscape.
In 2012 the number of mHealth application users – mobile users who downloaded a smartphone mHealth application at least once – will reach 247 million. Compared to the 124 million users who downloaded mHealth smarthphone applications in 2011, this is a near doubling.
The technical aspects of the healthcare landscape are changing rapidly and fundamentally. Healthcare data, the number of healthcare apps and their usage on mobile phones is growing. It is all evolving around smartphones and sensors attached to the phone.
This exponential growth of the mHealth apps is a direct result of the technological capabilities modern smartphones possess, alongwith the app stores promoting them.
mHealth applications are proving to be a boon for patients and doctors alike. With smartphones coming to “everyman’s reach”, mHealth apps have seen a spurt in growth.
Research2Guidance, the ever number crunching firm, has released a report which gives an insight into the mHealth app market.
2011 was the first year of substantial business in the market for mobile health services delivered via smartphone applications.
The smartphone application market for mobile healthcare increased by a factor of 7 to reach $US 718 million in 2011. Nevertheless, the mHealth market is still in an embryonic state. Theoretically the market potential is enormous given the overall worldwide healthcare market size of US$ 6 trillion (WHO estimate) and the potential use cases and benefits for mobile patient healthcare support.
Within the last year, the growth in the mobile healthcare market has greatly accelerated. The main drivers for this growth have been the increase in the smartphone user base on the demand side, and the doubling of the number of mHealth applications on the supply side. These findings are part of research2guidance’s new Mobile Health Market Report 2011-2016.
A majority of the big healthcare companies have discovered mHealth applications as an innovative way to promote and deliver healthcare services and products. A testament to this is that a number of these large players published mHealth apps in 2011 that go far beyond a simple allergy tracker or pill reminder, e.g. Sanofi Aventis’ sensor-based iBGStar Diabetis monitoring app.
We are undoubtedly witnessing a transition phase, and mHealth apps will surely become a “must have” for doctors and patients alike.
Research2guidance, the ever number crunching company has produced it’s latest report concerning development for smartphones.
In 2011 publishers created $US 6.8 billion in application download revenues while app development revenues reached $US 20.5 billion. The development service became a mass market almost 3 times of the size of the application download market today.
The market for mobile application development services, including application creation, management, distribution and extension services, has reached $US 20.5 billion vs. $US 6.8 billion in app downloads in 2011. Thus the development market surpassed the content market by the factor of 3.
Today most app project revenue is generated from “classical” app creation services (concept creation, design and coding). New service types like app libraries, white label solutions and multi platform app development tools have become more and more popular, but do not yet take a major share of the market.
Prices for application development services vary significantly between regions. UK developers charge $US 626 per day whereas competitors from India charge, on average, $US 138 per working day.
App development partners using price as the main criteria for selection will not be lead to an optimal solution as most of the price differences are offset by the additional time needed by offshore app developers.
App developers can get a copy of the 98 page report from http://www.research2guidance.com/the-market-for-mobile-app-development-services-reached-us-20.5-billion-in-2011/
December 2011 has gone. So it means that its high time for Krusell to release the top 10 phones for 2011. Here we go ladies and gentlemen.
1. Apple iPhone 4/4S
2. Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
3. Nokia 3720 Classic
4. Samsung GT-B2710 / Xcover 271
5. Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
6. HTC Sensation
7. Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc
8. HTC Desire HD
9. Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
10. Samsung B2100
Ulf Sandberg, the MD at Krusell quoted
I guess there is no surprise for anyone that iPhone 4/4S is 2011’s top selling device according to Krusell’s list for 2011. The iPhone is a sensitive smartphone with a very high attachment rate on cases,
In a way, it is more fascinating to see other models on our top seller list, such as Samsung’s Xcover which really is a device made for a rougher treatment. Still consumers prefer to buy a case, even if the phone doesn’t need protection as much as the user needs a convenient usage of the device in their daily life.
Apple, as we see, has retained the Number one spot, which is seriously challenged by Sammy. While Sony Ericsson is also not doing that bad, Nokia’s days of being the undisputed king are certainly over. With new devices lined up for new year, let us see what time has in store for us.
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