China says no limits on use of Google’s Android
Google’s Android operating system has got a clean chit from China’s government!
According to the government’s remark on Wednesday, Google’s android phone will face no limits on its use by China’s phone companies as long as it complies with Chinese regulations.
The Chinese government has assured that the dispute over the web censorship would not affect their relationship. Google Inc. had postponed the launch of its own smart phone in China following its Jan. 12 announcement that it will no longer censor search results.
While many other companies in China are also developing Android-based phones, penalizing Google could hurt their market too.
At a news briefing, Zhu Hongren, a spokeman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said, “As long as it fulfills Chinese laws and regulations and has good communication with telecom operators, I think its application should not have restrictions.”
Google plans to launch its own phone
According to the latest press reports, the internet search giant Google is aiming to strengthen its presence in the world of mobile telephony with its plans to introduce its very first high-tech phone sometime soon with the dawn of the New Year.
According to the Wall Street Journal reports and other sources close to Google, the Mountain View, California, based giant is expected to release a phone called ‘Nexus One’ that runs Google’s Android operating system.
It also added that the company is aiming to sell the phone directly to consumers, skipping mobile service providers.
Until now, Google has always been dependent on other companies, like HTC, Samsung or Motorola, to provide network support and hardware.
According to the reports, the new phones will be manufactured by Taiwanese phone maker HTC. Incidently, this company has already produced a lot of phones that use Android.
Google plans Android event in January
Amid wide spread speculation that Google plans to release its own smartphone, the internet giant announced its plans on Tuesday to hold a press event next month about its Android mobile phone operating system.
The Mountain view, California based internet giant Google has sent invites to the press, asking them to attend an “Android press gathering” on January 5 at the company’s headquarters.
The invitation said, “With the launch of the first Android-powered device just over a year ago, we’ve seen how a powerful, open platform can spur mobile product innovation. And this is just the beginning of what’s possible.” However, it did not provide any further details about the event.
This invite, however, comes amid all the speculations that Google is prepared to release its own brand smartphone called “Nexus One”. This phone is expected to be sold directly to the customers without any tie-up with any of the telecom carriers.
The device is also being tested by the Google employees internally.
Spotify Launches Mobile Service on iPhone and Android
Premium subscribers of Apple’s iPhone and Android will now be able to download music streaming service Spotify on their mobile devices. The apps has just arrived in Europe and already seems to have taken the market by storm. The service is not yet live in United States although there are plans of launching it in near future.
The new mobile apps allows subscribers to play the whole music catalogue from Spotify while the ‘offline’ mode enables users to cache playlists which they can then play when not connected to the internet. Subscribers can download the music streaming service from the websites of Apple’s App Store and Android Market.
Spotify’s mobile debut in Europe is certain to spark off a lot of interest and will be keenly watched by other providers of special mobile apps. The music streaming service has already created its own set of loyalists who swear by its P2P technology which enables the music tracks to start playing practically instantly and the effect of which is quite impressive on mobile devices.
Spotify is a London-based start-up which has caught the attention of several record labels. At present the company is worth $242 million or 170 million euro with a post money valuation of at last 200 million euro.
Android expected to overtake iPhone by 2012 : Study
Acoording to the new report published by market researcher Informa Telecoms and Media, the sales of Google’s Android smartphones are expected to exceed the sales of Apple’s iPhone by the year 2012.
Web giant Google released the first beta developers’ kit for its Android Operating System platform in August last year. The first handset, the G1 smartphone was launched the following month, September. Their second handset, the Magic, is expected to arrive next month.
On the other hand, Apple’s iPhone was first launched in the U.S. in June 2007. The iPhone 3G phones hit stores last July, barely a few months before the launch of its Google rival.
However, both of the two smart phones are faring far better than the Symbian OS. In fact the two, along with BlackBerry OS, Linux and Windows Mobile are gaining huge popularity in the market over the oldest in the field.
According to Informa, last year’s smart phone sales were as high as 162 million units and for the first time the figures surpassed the annual laptop sales. The analyst forecasts smartphone penetration is expected to reach 13.5 percent of new handsets sold this year.
According to Gavin Byrne, a research analyst at Informa, “The smartphone segment is not as simple as it was a few years ago. In 2008 there were almost 162 million smartphones sold, surpassing notebook sales for the first time. The decision to move the Symbian platform to open source is crucial in maintaining its leadership over Android, Linux and Microsoft.”
He further added, “While demand in the mid tier will fall away during 2009, sales of new smartphones will grow by over 30 per cent to 211.2 million units, driven by innovative new devices and operator subsidies designed to promote mobile data consumption.”
The research also suggests that the smartphone sales will continue to be immune to the global economic downturn, maintaining “robust growth” of 35.3 percent, year-on-years; however the total handset sales will not be so resilient and are set to fall 10.1 per cent.
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