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[2009-10-31] XPPhone Runs Smartphone Interface on Windows XP

October 30th, 2009

“The main phone screen (pictured below) has call-centric icons, plus shortcuts to regular Windows apps that can be categorized into icon-based tabs on the left.”

[2009-10-30] Tiremaker Bridgestone develops flexible e-book reader

October 30th, 2009

” it’s almost half as thin as a Kindle 2. It’s said that it can be “bent to some extent since the circuit board and the electronic paper are flexible,”"

[2009-10-30] 291.1 Million Mobile Handsets Shipped in 3Q-2009; Vendors Quietly Confident About 4Q-2009

October 30th, 2009

“ABI Research estimates Android could capture 10% of the smartphone market by 2014. Smartphones are not the only handset segment to drive the market. GPS is also becoming a very desirable feature of handsets. By the end of 2009, ABI Research estimates, 21% of all handsets shipped this year will have onboard GPS.”

[2009-10-30] Consumer Sales of WWAN Modems to Outpace Business Sales for the First Time

October 30th, 2009

“A substantial majority of cellular modems purchased as add-ons to portable and mobile computing devices have traditionally been bought by businesses to equip their mobile workforces. But according to a new study from ABI Research, in 2010 51% of these modems – mostly the USB form factor – will ship into the consumer segment. By 2014 that percentage is expected to rise to 63%.”