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Archives for May 9, 2011

Google Android Leads in Smartphone Marketshare Passing RIM

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With Google I/o taking place this week there’s no doubt that some of the buzz being generated will be sounding the latest figures that have been released by Comscore regarding the state of the smartphone market in the USA. According to the latest figures, the Android OS from Google is now the leading mobile platform, outpacing RIM with a roughly 35% market share… up significantly since December 2010.

This from Comscore… 72.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in March 2011, up 15 percent from the preceding three-month period. Google Android grew 6.0 percentage points to 34.7 percent market share, while RIM ranked second with 27.1 percent. Apple grew 0.5 points to 25.5 percent share, followed by Microsoft (7.5 percent) and Palm (2.8 percent). See more details of the latest research HERE

Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Mar. 2011 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Dec. 2010
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Dec-10 Mar-11 Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
Google 28.7% 34.7% 6.0
RIM 31.6% 27.1% -4.5
Apple 25.0% 25.5% 0.5
Microsoft 8.4% 7.5% -0.9
Palm 3.7% 2.8% -0.9

Video – Mt Everest Expedition in 3D

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Who doesn’t love imagery, particularly high-res 3D imagery! Here’s an awesome video showing the planned route of an expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest –  3D imagery video created using imagery from DigitalGlobe. Navigate through the breathtaking landscape of the Himalaya region. For the interactive 3D application go to http://www.everest.de.
See also details of the expedition at Elevation Outdoors Magazine

As the climbers make their way up the mountain, they will be tracked in real-time through Everest 3D, a first-of-its-kind project developed in partnership with 3D RealityMaps, DigitalGlobe, the German Aerospace Center and Peak Freaks.


Mobile Tip – Snapbucket photo app for iPhone and Android

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There’s no doubt that the camera is likely the most used feature of any smartphone. As a result, apps like Instagram have been hugely popular with users. Instagram enables the user to quickly and very easily snap a photo, apply a cool effect, share online via social media. Until now there really hasn’t been another free iPhone app (android also) that compares to Instagram – enter Snapbucket. this awesome, free app makes photo sharing fun (and simple) and could rival the popularity of Instagram.

Snapbucket comes from the makes of photobucket, the popular online photo sharing resource (see http://photobucket.com/snapbucket) . The app provides more functionality than Instagram, giving users the ability to apply a cool style or effect to a photo, add a frame or apply a filter, plus the ability to save all your custom settings so you can quickly replicate the effect over and over again. When complete you can save the new image, share it online via facebook or Twitter, and upload to your photobucket account for archival. See more at http://photobucket.com/snapbucket

Tip – Snapbucket photo app for iPhone from photobucket is awesome!
Originally uploaded by @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images

Visualize Google Search in 3D via the Open Source Google Search Globe

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New from the Google blog, details of the Google Search Globe (See http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search) , an interesting visualization of global search. The tool processes a 3D visualization of search patterns displayed in your web browser (Google Chrome). Using the tool, you can view a cool representation of search results by language providing an obvious look at places on the Earth where Internet access is lacking. The app has been open sourced by Google so developers can have some fun and have at it – see http://www.chromeexperiments.com/globe – Find the Globe online at http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search

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