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One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010, Spurred by iPhone and Palm Pre — iSuppli Corporation
One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010, Spurred by iPhone and Palm Pre — iSuppli Corporation
Owing to the essential role they play in the user interfaces of hot smart phones like Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Palm Inc.’s Pre, accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year, according to iSuppli Corp. “By next year, one out of three mobile phones shipped ...
Palm Pre On Verizon
Palm Pre On Verizon
5min.com — Sprint Palm Pre working on VerizonVoice and text is working. Data is not. *yet*... (more) Palm Pre On Verizon
Palm Pre Not Ready For iPhone-Like Games
Palm Pre Not Ready For iPhone-Like Games
businessinsider.com — Palm's (PALM) Pre smartphone and WebOS software developers kit aren't ready to support the kinds of gorgeous,... motion-sensor-based games that have been so popular on Apple's (AAPL) iPhone , according to one developer. iPhone developer Craig A. ... (more) Palm Pre Not Ready For iPhone-Like Games
Palm Pre getting webOS 1.1 upgrade
Palm Pre getting webOS 1.1 upgrade
techradar.com — Palm Pre owners will be glad to hear that webOS 1.1 for the Palm Pre may be... released within a month, offering a number of improvements to Palm's latest smartphone including better sound quality, more apps and improved Exchange features for those working on the go. The better managed Exchange ... (more) Palm Pre getting webOS 1.1 upgrade
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iSuppli: One in three mobile phones will have an accelerometer in 2010
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Jérémie Bouchaud, Director and Principal Analyst of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for iSuppli, is predicting that next year one in three mobile phones will have an accelerometer built in. Accelerometers, for those who don’t know, are those tiny little pieces of electronics inside your handset that can understand when you turn your phone to the side or upside down, useful for when you want to screen to rotate or when you want to initiate a command by just shaking the device. iSuppli tore apart the iPhone 3GS and found an accelerometer made by STMicroelectronics ( ...

Report: 1 Out Of Every 3 Phones To Have Motion Sensors Next Year
mocoNews — ... One-third of all mobile phones in the global market will incorporate accelerometers next year, according to a new report from iSuppli. That’s up from just one out of every eleven phones (or less than 10 percent) in 2008, and one out of every five phones by the end of 2009. Naturally, the success of the iPhone (and the buzz around the Palm Pre), are what’s sparking more interest in the motion-sensing technology. ...

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