A recent announcement from Kayak, a site for travellers founded by the cofounders of Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz has got me thinking about some of the trends we’re seeing as of late. It’s the trend of developers dropping support for BlackBerry …
Thanks to Alex Kinsella on Twitter, I was able to catch this one. The movie will be haunting flight 7500 August 2012 and the BlackBerry PlayBook has a guest appearance in the trailer. The supernatural thriller is by the director of the Grudge, and…
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BeBuzz has been my favorite customizing alert app for my BlackBerry, even it was formerly known as BerryBuzz. The app has several ways to customize your alerts, and is available in the BlackBerry App World. You can make it buzz, light up different…
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I stumbled upon an interesting article over at MinimallyMinimal the other day that made me stop and think. The article is about the problem with logos and how they make a difference on devices. If you are not sure what I am talking about, I’ll explai…
The latest report is in from ComScore, and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple. Both companies platforms charted some worthwhile month-over-month gains, as Android is estimated to account for 47.3 perc…
The guys and girls at Smarter Apps are celebrating the one year anniversary of Angry Farm with a new version and a sale. Angry Farm is a fun alternative to Angry Birds and has been an incredible success story for gaming on the BlackBerry platform. In the new version of Angry Farm, there are 50 new levels added for a total of 250 (way more than Angry Birds). There’s also a DYNAMITE feature that lets you blast your way through levels once per hour.
Smartphone shipments overtook client PC shipments for the first time in 2011, according to new data from market research firm Canalys. Vendors shipped a total of 158.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, representing a 57% increase compared to the 101.2 million units shipped in the same quarter a year earlier. Shipments for the full year of 2011 rose 63% to 487.7 million units, up from 299.7 million shipped in 2010. The PC market only grew 15% to 414.6 million units in 2011, which included an astonishing 274% increase in tablet shipments — tablets accounted for 15% of all PC shipments last year according to Canalys. The firm expects growth in the smartphone market to slow in 2012, with vendors putting more focus
2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research. Vendors shipped (shipped, not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million “PCs,” which erroneou…
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