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India may ban Blackberry devices if they don’t conform to security demands

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<img alt="RIM logo" class="size-full wp-image-72075 aligncenter" height="108" mce_src="http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/2967/03rimlogo.jpg" src="http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/2967/03rimlogo.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="RIM logo" width="200" />In terms of smatphone platform market share, it’s no secret that Android is in the lead and in a recent study, it revealed that Android currently controls just over 40% of the smartphone platform market share. RIM in the past might have been one of the big boys but according to recent study the company isn’t doing so well and is on the decline.</div>
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India may ban Blackberry devices if they don’t conform to security demands

In terms of smatphone platform market share, it’s no secret that Android is in the lead and in a recent study, it revealed that Android ...

Android is top OS in the US, but Apple is top maker

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RIM saw its share decline for the month to 20% of the market. Nielsen also looked at the top smartphone makers to see who was at the top. With the share of iOS users in America so high, it’s clear that Apple is the top smartphone maker with only the iPhone running iOS. HTC, whose top devices run Android, sitting at 14% of the smartphone maker market share, Motorola is at 11%, and Samsung is at 8% of the market. All three of those makers are leaning heavily on Android.</div>
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HTC’s Windows 7 smartphones account for 6% of that OS market share. Symbian has only 2% of the smartphone market and is tied with WebOS. The total share of the OS market for Windows Mobile and WP7 is 9%.</div>
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Android is top OS in the US, but Apple is top maker

Nielsen has released its latest report on the top smartphone makers and OS in the US. The latest report is much like the ones we have see...

Android growth stalls as iPhone picks up according to report

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="135" src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3464/androidgemaltolawsuit.jpg" width="135" />Nielsen tracks just about every market there is to track in the tech world. The company tracks the smartphone and mobile market to see what OS is the most popular and show what devices are selling the best. The company has published a new report on the smartphone market and the report has Android sales slowing.</p><br/><span> </span><br/><br/>According to the report, the sales of Android smartphones have stalled this year. At the same time, the report claims that iPhone sales are growing significantly. Apple’s share of the smartphone market has grown from 10% of all new smartphone purchases to 17% of smartphone purchases this year. The company also notes that smartphones as a whole are doing very well this year.<br/><br/>Smartphone sales so far in 2011 have been greater than the sales of feature phones. I would imagine much of that is thanks to the lower prices of some smartphones on the market. Apple is selling the older version of the iPhone via AT&T for $49 making it a big contender in the cheap phone market. There are also several bargain Android offerings too.<br/><div><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br/></span></div>

Android growth stalls as iPhone picks up according to report

Nielsen tracks just about every market there is to track in the tech world. The company tracks the smartphone and mobile market to see what ...

Skype for Android gets video calling update

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="150" src="http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2924/skypelogojpg200200.png" width="200" /></p><br/>Skype has updated its Android app bringing video calling to the smartphone party.<br/><br/>The new version, Skype for Android 2.0, allows HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Xperia Pro (good luck with that, it's not actually out yet) and Google Nexus S owners to make free video calls over both Wi-Fi and 3G.<br/><br/>As well as calling other Skype-toting Android phones, you'll be able to video-chat with Skype users on iPhone, Apple Macs, Windows PCS and web-cam-enabled Smart TVs.<br/><br/><strong>Android VHS</strong><br/><br/>Along with the video functionality, the app interface has had a bit of a spruce up, with a new main menu for easy navigation and a thrilling new 'mood message box' where you can update your current mood status.<br/><br/>If you're lucky enough to own one of the launch handsets, you can download the updated app from the Android market now.

Skype for Android gets video calling update

Skype has updated its Android app bringing video calling to the smartphone party. The new version, Skype for Android 2.0, allows HTC Desire ...

RIM gets handed open letter from disgruntled employee, quickly responds in kind

<div><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="109" src="http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5705/rim2010630.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" width="162" /></div><br/>One of the blessings -- and curses -- of this World Wide Web is that it creates a forum for open discussion, where we can communicate anything that our heart desires and feel like someone is listening to us. <em>BGR</em> published an open letter reportedly written by a senior executive at Research in Motion, chastising upper management for its inability to make bold business decisions as it continues to consistently lose market share. The anonymous author listed out several suggestions on how their company could improve its status and work its way back up to the top of the smartphone totem pole. As it turns out, the disgruntled employee was successful in that RIM published a response to the anonymous communication. What exactly were this employee's suggestions, and how did the folks in Waterloo respond? We'll break down the letters after the break.

RIM gets handed open letter from disgruntled employee, quickly responds in kind

One of the blessings -- and curses -- of this World Wide Web is that it creates a forum for open discussion, where we can communicate anythi...