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ABI Research Says 31% of Netbooks Shipped in 2009 Run Linux. Really?

Mobile Content Today  Nov 20 09

I'm starting to find Intel's Mobiln Linux for mobile devices a bit more interesting than I did a few months ago. But, to be perfectly honest, I still don't see a reason to migrate to it from Ubuntu Netbook Remix. So, the Moblin aspect of the video posted in the Intel blog entry...

Video: Paul Cooper on the Moblin User Experience

...didn't really interest me. But, this sentence did: According to Jeff Orr, an analyst at ABI Research, Linux-based netbooks will be close to one-third of the 35 million netbooks shipped this year or 11 million Linux netbooks...

Hmm. Full story...

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Will the Roewe 350 Automobile Beat the Droid to Become the Second Android 2.1 Device Available?

Mobile Content Today  7 hours ago

Check out this ZDNet item:

Roewe 350 touted as the world's first Android-powered automobile

Don't worry, I'm not trying to turn this blog into a car review blog.

Palm Sold 4500 Phones Per Day: Apple? 90K. Android? 60K Per Day

Mobile Content Today  7 hours ago

The Palm Pre generated a lot of excitement as a possible iPhone-killer when it was announced in early 2009.

Will T-Mobile Join Sprint and Time-Warner in Reselling Clear 4G WiMAX Service?

Mobile Content Today  7 hours ago

When T-Mobile rolled out their late-to-the-game 3G service in my area last year (they were last by years), it was a tiny corridor that seemed to stretch just a few miles.

Will Every Human in China Have a Cell Phone by 2014?

Mobile Content Today  8 hours ago

I tend to look at all mobile market statistics skeptically. And, multiyear projections are usually the cause of a bit of eye-rolling for me.

Sprint OverDrive 3G/4G WiFi Router Awesome Little Device: 4G Service Behavior is Puzzling

Mobile Content Today  9 hours ago

I took Sprint's 3G/4G mobile hotspot, the OverDrive, out for a few hours for a test drive this week.

Droid 2.1 Update? You Will Have to Wait a Little Longer Than Expected

Mobile Content Today  9 hours ago

Do you remember my note from yesterday?

Verizon Rolling Out Droid Android OS 2.1 Update Over the Next Week

I didn't see any OTA (over the air) update notice for my Droid on Thursday.

Microsoft Comment About Windows Phone 7 Missing Copy & Paste Suggests It is Being Rushed to Market (slowly)

Mobile Content Today  9 hours ago

Do you remember how disappointed and surprised many people were by Apple's inability to provide copy and paste for the iPhone for its first two years? Microsoft, on the other hand, has provided copy and paste features since Windows CE appeard in 1996.

Ilium Software Interview: The Windows Phone 7 Series Dilemma

Mobile Content Today  14 hours ago

This is part four of five parts of my interview with Ellen Craw of Ilium Software. Click to read: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.

Evernote Improves E-Mail Entry

Mobile Content Today  14 hours ago

If you are following this blog you know by now that I am a big fan of Evernote. Evernote is a cloud-based information service that you can think of as your electronic notebook, accessible anywhere there is an Internet connection and from just about any device.

Rhapsody For iPhone To Provide Music Downloads

Mobile Content Today  15 hours ago

Rhapsody is a subscription music service that surprisingly has an iPhone client. It's a surprise because Apple has a history of not allowing applications in the iTunes App Store that provide the same functionality as the built-in iPhone apps, and Rhapsody would appear to provide the same functionality as the iPhone's music player.



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