Marketshare Android US
Well, it does seem that Android is doing quite nicely on its own… Its market-share seems to have risen from nought to 5% in less than 5 months time. And that is with only 1 device out, on only 1 carrier (as opposed to Apple, who have 3 devices in the hands of 70 operators). The future is looking bright…
(via droideo.com)
We have seen Android running on the T-Mobile G1 and very soon we will see Android on the HTC Magic (by Vodafone). But… did you know that you do not necessarily need a new mobile to run the Android OS? Due to its open source nature, the Android stack is available for everyone to tinker with, and tinkering they did. At the moment ports exist for the following phones (note: these are the ports that I’m aware of)
But also for our beloved mobile, the HTC Touch Diamond a port exists. It is not yet fully functional, as a few important areas are still missing, including power-management, sound and WIFI/Cellular data. But call management, SMS and the rest of the functionality of the Diamond works just as it should.
Detailed instructions for installation can be found on Connect-UTB, an enthusiast-run site, but it is as simple as downloading a zip-file and extracting it to a directory /tmp on the Internal Storage. Before running it, you should disable your PIN-code of your SIM, as the current port is not able to handle entry of the PIN-code after starting. Then it is just a matter of running haret.exe and having some patience. The first boot can take up to 2 hours.
Progress on this port can be followed here, or at the following pages:
let me know if it works for you!
Unless Amazon embraces open e-book standards like epub, which allow readers to read books on a variety of devices, the Kindle will be gone within two or three years.
via Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book – Forbes.com.
Interesting stuff, as the E-book market was becoming less fragmented by the rallying behind ePub as a standard. The marketing clout of a company like Amazon gives it a lot of leeway, but in the end I wonder if they are able to keep this up.
OK, so I got fed up with the Serendipity blog engine. For some reason it just appeared cluttered and kludgy compared to the current release WordPress. So, I went ahead and moved this blog to WordPress. I’m in the process of migrating the old content here, so expect to see this soon!
update: All the content should be moved now!
