Mobile/Cell phone news

Windows Phone 7 may be the sexiest new mobile operating system Microsoft has released since, well, Pocket PC 2000. But while it has a slick new interface, an excellent new browser, and other compelling features, it lacks some of the features Windows Mobile users have grown used to over the past decade. That includes copy and paste support, multitasking, and easily removable storage. Developers are also discovering that the tools Microsoft offers for writing third party apps have some interesting limitations.

For instance, developers cannot write apps that have full access to the camera on Windows Phone 7 handsets. As a result, Fortune reports that the developers of the popular augmented reality app makers Layer will not be building a version for Windows Phone 7. Likewise, Fring, a company that offers voice and video chat for the iPhone, Android, Symbian, and other platforms won’t be able to make a full featured WP7 version.

It’s possible that Microsoft could issue an update eventually that will add support for third party camera apps. After all, the company has already promised that copy and paste support will arrive next year, so clearly someone at Microsoft is working to fill in the blanks. But this seems like a pretty big omission at a time when camera-based apps are big business on other mobile platforms. Right now, third party apps an take photos with the camera… but that’s about all they can do.

On the other hands, most reviews I’ve read of Windows Phone 7 point out that taking pictures on the platform is easier than on pretty much any other type of smartphone. Microsoft requires manufacturers to include a dedicated camera button on their phones, so all you have to do is click the button to open the camera app and click it again to take a picture. It’s just as easy as using any digital camera.

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Smartphone sales have risen 78% since a year ago, with sales of Apple’s iPhone overtaking RIM’s BlackBerry, according to Strategy Analytics.

Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones while RIM sold 12.4 million BlackBerry phones during the July to September quarter.

World leader Nokia sold 26.5 million handsets and kept its lead in the newer smartphone market.

Touchscreen and other component shortages failed to curb the sales surge.

Other smartphone makers collectively sold 24.1 million handsets.
About half of these were made by Sony Ericsson, with Samsung and HTC catching up fast.
These three increasingly use the expanding Android system.

RIM’s growth rate of 46% was its fastest ever, but Apple’s growth far outstrips its rivals. Sales of its iPhone almost doubled.

RIM’s Jim Balsillie has questioned the validity of the sales comparison, saying its fiscal quarter ended on 28 August, while Apple’s ended on 25 September. He says September is a month in which sales are typically stronger than in August.

Nokia smartphone sales were still strong, rising by 61%, but Strategy Analysis says Nokia’s share of the smartphone market is at a low of 34%.

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HTC Gratia Android Smartphone coming soon: HTC going to unveil latest android based mobile phone and it has so many features. HTC Gratia is the latest version smartphone and it is a 4 in 1 smartphone. HTC Gratia has features like android 2.2 operating system, 3.2 inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm headphone support, 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and it comes out with soft cover which does not has hard edges.

HTC Gratia is easy to carry and it weighs 115 gms. It also has 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM, 600MHz processor.It is available from November in the mobile market and it will be across $350.

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