The battle for the most operating system used in smartphones is always exciting, at least from an Apple iOS versus Google’s Android standpoint, but then comes a big “yawn” for third place. According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker…that must take up the entire business card…during 1Q2013, Android vendors and Apple shipped 199.5 million units worldwide, up 59.1-percent from the 1Q2012. Android dominated first place with a 75-percent market share and Apple iOS was second with a 17.3-percent share. . . . → Read More: Windows Phone Overtakes BlackBerry for Third Position
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 We’ve seen some large-scale simulations, including some that couldn’t get larger . Simulated cellular networks are still a rare breed, however, which makes Sandia National Laboratories’ MegaDroid project all the more important. The project’s cluster of off-the-shelf PCs emulates a town of 300,000 Android phones down to their cellular and GPS behavior, all with the aim of tracing the wider effects of natural disasters, hacking attempts and even simple software bugs . . . → Read More: Sandia Labs’ MegaDroid project simulates 300,000 Android phones to fight wireless catastrophes (video) Motorola and Samsung just caught a break from the law after a few hard knocks . A Mannheim, Germany court has ruled that neither company infringes on an Apple patent covering how an OS responds to and ignores touch events. While we don’t yet know the full details, patent lawsuit guru Florian Mueller suggests that the German judge took the same point of view that thwarted Apple’s claims in the Netherlands and the UK: the particular patent was just too broad to stick . . . → Read More: German court rules that Motorola, Samsung don’t violate Apple touch event patent  Both Apple and Google have reasons to break out the champagne in the wake of ComScore’s latest market share figures. Android is still sitting prettier than ever and just reached a new high of 52.2 percent for US smartphone share as of this past July, no doubt in part through at least a few Galaxy S III sales . . . → Read More: ComScore: Android tops 52 percent of US smartphone share, iPhone cracks the 33 percent mark  Third-party navigation apps still tend to fall apart when the keys are out of the ignition — try to cut back on car use and you’re often kicked over to another app with its own set of rules. Both Garmin’s StreetPilot Onboard app and its Navigon equivalent are getting a much more holistic experience through respective upgrades due this fall. Android and iOS users alike can soon buy an Urban Guidance pack that factors buses, subways and other forms of public transportation into their on-foot routes. . . . → Read More: Garmin, Navigon GPS apps now consider mass transit, remember where we parked  Google only launched detailed 3D maps in Google Earth for a handful of cities, but it’s branching out to provide that extra dimension to a wider swath of the public. Today, it’s Denver and Seattle: Android and iOS app users can immediately see the dense, textured 3D City View in their respective western cities. . . . → Read More: Google Earth adds detailed 3D imagery for Denver and Seattle, might not render the local Starbucks  It’s been a long three weeks since iOS 6 beta 2 arrived to refine Apple’s next mobile OS , so it’s with some relief that beta 3 has just popped up as an over-the-air update. As always, the attention is on mending bugs and bringing the code closer to what an everyday iPad, iPhone or iPod touch owner will see when all is said and done . . . → Read More: iOS 6 beta 3 wends its way to developers  Remember that tall, mostly aluminum 2012 iPhone shell that appeared to have leaked? It’s back . . . → Read More: New 2012 iPhone body reportedly leaks, gives the glass front its time to shine  It’s finally happening: after roughly two and a half years, Rovio Mobile is weaning itself off of its addiction to avians . . . . → Read More: Rovio’s Amazing Alex arrives on Android and iOS July 12th, bosses everywhere weep for lost productivity (video)  That was fast. . . . → Read More: Twitter for Android, iOS expands those Kickstarter tweets, becomes sensitive to our notification needs |
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