Google has announced the availability of Google Talk chat with voice and video, but only for Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. Google has updated its Android platform to version 2.3.4, bringing some fixes but also adding voice and video chat in Google Talk.
Google offers an application for Android Google Docs consultation / editing documents. Complementing its services, Google offers users the Android platform a Google Docs will be able to view, edit and share various documents imported or accessed from a Google Account.
Evernote application has announced version 3.0 of the Android platform, adding features sharing to social networks. Shared notebooks can now be accessed from the Android version and if the perpetrator is a premium subscriber, they are also editable.
The Chinese group Lenovo is finally launching its Android LePad touch pad, but in China only. Lenovo Group after the difficult period of global economic crisis of 2008-2009, returned quickly lost ground in the field of PC and has achieved a rapprochement with NEC, also strongly interested in new mobile products.
The smartphone based on Google Android operating system are, officially, the most sold in the U.S. market, surpassing the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones from Research in Motion.
According to studies conducted and published by ComScore’s analysis, the Android phones would be sold over the Blackberry, has always topped the sales charts for U.S. users. The Google Android operating system won first place in the U.S. for the first time with a market share of 31.2% at three months (and exactly in the period from November to January, inclusive).
The brand Olivetti announced a 10-inch touch pad i.e. “Android 2.2 and Tegra 2 processor for 399 €.
Olivetti brand has benefited from the weekend to announce the Italian market a touch pad on Android, which on paper seems pretty interesting for a decent price. The OliPad indeed offers a slab 10 “1024 x 600 pixels and USB connectivity, SD and HDMI, enabling visitors to add accessories.
The site of high-tech products, Chinavasion is currently offering an Android ultra touchpad nearly costing around 66.49 euros or less than that depending on order size.
But at that price, it is likely that there will not be a racing machine in the hands, which is confirmed also by reading the technical specifications of the machine.
The smartphone market has recovered strongly in recent months, despite the crisis, especially with the top of the line segment. The future phase of growth, instead, invest the low-cost smartphone. Nokia has long held a strategy for its Symbian platform, responsible for the development of Android have announced similar projects for the mobile platform from Google several months ago, while the processor manufacturers have proven hardware platforms for low-cost smartphone.
IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, today announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Control the company’s extension to its data protection and endpoint security product lines. A steady surge in smartphone adoption poses a new set of challenges for businesses as the workforce wants constant connectivity from their individual devices, going beyond what is company-issued. With this new offering, Sophos addresses a major pain-point for businesses by safeguarding data on a broad range of popular smartphone’s and handheld devices, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices. Sophos Mobile Control provides comprehensive mobile device management, enabling the ability to simply and quickly secure, monitor, and control the configuration of these devices connecting to the corporate network, allowing similar levels of control and protection with company laptops and desktops.
Verizon Wireless at CES announced the opening of a dedicated sales network to LTE solutions. The project started in December 2010, but the show in Las Vegas is already rich in compatible devices. The hardware manufacturers, in fact, have various products including USB sticks 4G LTE, LTE smartphone or tablet even incorporating a modem for cellular networks LTE. Acer, which revealed its strategy to conquer the market for touchscreen tablet in November 2010, could not miss this event.
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