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Follow on Google News | Top 11 Mobile Stories To Watch In 2011 by batteryfast.co.uk (I)The previous 12 months have seen the mobile space grow by leaps and bounds as superphones went from being rarities to being fairly commonplace these days,
By: laptop battery The previous 12 months have seen the mobile space grow by leaps and bounds as superphones went from being rarities to being fairly commonplace these days, next-generation 4G wireless networks are actually being deployed to a certain extent, and on-the-go video chatting is changing our expectations of what we can do with our smartphones. We are expecting 2011 to have just as many large leaps in technology and so the IntoMobile team thought we’d lay out the top 11 mobile-related advances to look forward to next year. *********************************************************** Dell latitude e6400 laptop battery , Dell latitude e6400 Batteries on sales http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ 12-cell Brand New only GBP £ 61.78 These are just some of our predictions based on what we’re expecting in the mobile space. The great thing about this space is that there’s always a technology, phone or app which seemingly comes out of nowhere to change the game. Read on for a taste of what 2011 will bring. 1. What’s up Apple’s sleeves Like it or not, what Apple does in 2011 will have a major impact on the mobile space and consumer electronics as a whole. One of the biggest things Apple could do is end its exclusivity with AT&T and bring the iPhone to Verizon. That’s been the major rumor for the last three years but there have been multiple reports from normally-trusted sources which say this is a done deal and we can expect it in the first half of the year. I’m still skeptical until I see one in real life but this could help Apple fight off the Android threat and increase its user base substantially. With its more than 92 million subscribers, Verizon represents a golden opportunity for Apple. Surveys suggest there are still plenty of Verizon users waiting for an iPhone, so it wouldn’t be out of the realm of reason to think Apple could pick up another 10 million subscribers. Verizon’s network has supposedly been tested by the Android devices to keep up with the strain and a Verizon iPhone will have the added benefit of helping AT&T’s network by balancing the demand a bit. While Verizon is rolling out its 4G LTE network, reports suggest the Verizon iPhone will be 3G only the first go around. This keeps in line with Apple’s philosophy – remember, the first iPhone didn’t include 3G even thought this was built out more than 4G will be by mid-2011 – but it may be disappointing for some. Will a Verizon iPhone with just 3G be as compelling as some of the high-end 4G Android devices we expect to be released next year? Time will tell. Apple will also likely revamp its iPad tablet and it’s a virtual lock to expect the iPad 2 to have multiple cameras and you can bet that FaceTime will be on board. There are also exciting rumors which suggest the sequel to the iPad will have a Retina Display too, which could up the ante in the tablet war. It’s unclear what will happen to the original iPad though, as Apple could sell it at a discounted rate, bump up its storage capabilities but it may make sense to just kill it off entirely. 2. Dual-core: double your pleasure, double your fun With the Optimus 2X, LG launched the first salvo in the dual-core battle but having a dual-core processor will soon be the standard for high-end mobile devices. We should see a plethora of devices in 2011 which have multi-core processors and this should be a great thing for consumers. The promise of a dual-core processor in a mobile phone or tablet is that it will be able to provide high performance while still having adequate battery life if it’s efficiently designed. Early Android benchmark tests of the NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor blow away the current generation, even those with a 1 GHz processor. This will mean faster app switching, more powerful features and just an overall smoothness on 2011 devices which should be a significant step ahead of modern devices. The Tegra 2 chip will power a ton of high-profile devices but it’s not the only contender, as Samsung has it’s dual-core Orion chip which will likely find its way into the next generation of Galaxy S smartphones and you know TI will be wooing handset makers with its dual-core products. It’s not just the high-end either, as Broadcom has brought out a dual-core chip designed to give high-end features to mid-range Android phones. So, what types of products can we expect? Well, the Optimus 2X should just be the tip of the spear, as we’re expecting dual-core smartphones from Samsung, Motorola, HTC and Nokia. The BlackBerry PlayBook will bring dual-core to tablets and it should followed by tablets from Motorola, LG and others. What will Apple do to counter this? Should we expect the iPhone 5 to have a custom, dual-core processor? Despite having top-of-the-line products, Apple generally doesn’t like to engage in the bleeding-edge specs race but it may have to in order to deliver performance that is on par, or beyond, what the competition has in store. I cannot wait. 3. MeeGo and webOS vie for the spotlight Apple and Google are duking it out for developers and customers while Research In Motion and Nokia hope to build on their declining user bases. Additionally, Microsoft is putting its whole weight behind the Windows Phone 7 platform, so where does that leave webOS and MeeGo? Both platforms have large, multinational companies backing it, as Nokia will be touting MeeGo and Hewlett-Packard will double down on webOS. Both companies have enough money and scale to give these platforms a fighting chance but it’s too soon to know if either will be able to carve out significant market share. We don’t know much about Nokia’s plans for MeeGo, as we’ve yet to see a device launch and the world’s largest handset maker seems hell-bent on sticking to a multi-tiered platform strategy: MeeGo for the high-end, Symbian^X for its mid-range and another variation of Symbian for its entry-level devices. It will rely on Qt as a development framework between all of these and this should reliably enable developers to create apps which run on various types of handsets. At least that’s the theory. When it comes to innovative apps, Nokia’s Symbian seems to be on the bottom of the list of platforms to develop for despite the fact that it has the largest use base. MeeGo is also going to have trouble attracting developers unless Nokia pulls a Microsoft and pays developers to create apps for MeeGo. Ideally, you want an organic interest but Microsoft’s strategy has jump-started interest in Windows Phone 7 and enabled consumers to get many of the apps they want out of the gates. HP and Palm also face the developer issue with webOS but some of that should be mitigated by the fact that it is relatively simple to create webOS apps with standard Internet languages. There’s also a PDK for more intense apps and HP should have no problems throwing some dollars at developers to get the ecosystem started. The bigger issue with webOS is how soon can we get some stellar products? The Pre 2 was a decent upgrade over the original but it’s not going to knock anyone’s socks off. HP is not known for its amazing product designs either, so will the webOS devices be able to go up against the dual-core monsters we should be seeing from HTC, Motorola and others? What bodes well for MeeGo and webOS is that the smartphone race is just beginning, as the majority of users still have feature phones. The smartphone market will eventually encompass billions of users, which means that there will be room for multiple players. Will that market be large enough to support up to six major smartphone platforms? That question will start to be answered in 2011. Read More Information: # # # http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ We aim at offering the most updated and high quality consumer electronics to shoppers from all over the world. End
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