Apple leads Smartphone sales in the fourth quarter 2011, but the annual South Korean company Samsung Electronics is still in control.

In the fourth quarter of last year, Apple has sent 37 million units of Smartphone, competing with Samsung that sold 36.5 million units, according to research firm Strategy Analytics recently.

While in annual sales in 2011, Samsung still leads with 97.4 million unit rate, while Apple is under 93 million units.

That means – once again on an annual basis – Samsung has beat Apple’s sales in 2011, after the Korean company in 2010 was only sold 23.9 million units, far below Apple’s 47.5 million units.

New data shows that more intense competition between the two companies in the smart phone market, where until the end of 2011 Samsung controlled 19.9 percent while Apple’s 19 percent, according to Strategy Analytics.

In third place was occupied Nokia which controls 15.8 percent by volume of shipments during 2011 as many as 77.3 million units, and other vendors together controlled the remaining 45.2 percent.

Although generally consistent, different data submitted iSuppli who called that in 2011, the market leader Samsung has sent 95 million units of Smartphone and Apple’s 93 million units.

Delivering his version, IHS iSuppli notes that Apple’s Smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of last year as many as 37 million units, Samsung win which 36 million units.

Under the Samsung and Apple, there are Nokia with deliveries during 2011 as many as 77 million units and Sony Ericsson with 20 million units and Motorola with 19 million units.

Whatever, Samsung and Apple have been surging upward surpass Nokia in 2010 became its king with shipments reaching around 100 million units.
Alex Spektor, Associate Director, Strategy Analytics said, “Global Delivery Smartphone grew 54 percent annually and reached a record 155 million units in Q4 2011.”

The launch of the 4S model by Apple in the fourth quarter showed a remarkable pent-up demand on the iPhone when consumers await the arrival of new models, said Wayne Lam, senior wireless communications analyst at IHS.

According to Strategy Analytics data, the total global shipments of smart phones last year reached 488.5 million units, a sharp jump compared to 2010 to 299.5 million units.

The battle between Apple in the Smartphone market that has its own platform and Samsung devices that rely on Android operating system will be more stringent in 2012, who’s the winner? Just you wait!

Starting from his childhood spent in watching movies such as Transformers, Star Wars, to Wall-E, the founder CEO and co-founder Romotive, Keller Rinaudo, keen to bring the robot in the real world.

Now the dreams come true. As the Father, the robot is using your Smartphone as a brain. Because Romo harness the power of the Smartphone processor, she learners are cheap and super fast.

What could Father do? Romo is young, but he’s learning new tricks every day. Currently, Romo can go around your house and play music, or you can stream video to the controller and the control Romo using applications from anywhere.

Meanwhile, if you want to see how Romo grew, Romotive as the maker of this company will publish a new behavior, where users can download to see Romo growth through the App Store.

For example, by using our Remote Romo, Romo can control remotely, can take photos from the standpoint of Romo, and even we can send a ’feeling’ for this robot. With Romo Hub you can arrange another form Fr face. With two earlier features we can get it through the application on the App Store to users of the IOS, and Android.

Amazingly, for those who like ’oprek’ part of a software, then Romo leave it open for you. We can even create an application that will be a separate program for Romo. Romo also introduced at CES 2012 this year. With a price of $ 99 Father will be released to the market in February or March.

Back came the shocking news from the world of technology. Research In Motion (RIM), Blackberry maker, announced the resignation of two CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and JimBalsillie, Monday (23 / 1).

The investors expressed a desire to change the background of changing corporate strategy. Lately, RIM cannot compete with Apple and Google in doing business.

Lazaridis, who found RIM in 1984, will now serve as deputy head of RIM. Meanwhile, Balsillie will remain in the board but will have no operational role.

Speaking after the announcement, Lazaridis said his awareness that RIM needs change.”Always got time, on successful growth companies, where the founders decided to move the baton of leadership on the new man,” he told a press conference at RIM head quarters in Waterloo, Canada.

Lazaridis and Balsillie said he himself came to the founders of other RIM and asked to resign. ”Me and Jim came to the directors and told them what we think. The time indeed has come, that now,” he said.

Lazaridis and Balsillie replaced by Thorsten Heins, who previously served as chief operating officer. Heins started his career at RIM in 2007 before he worked at RIM at Siemens Communications.

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Everything is now easier to do thanks to the technology of USB port. USB port makes it possible to play videos on our television. It is also possible to use computers for various needs with USB port and cables. However, it is sometimes annoying to use too short USB cables. When it comes to printer or scanners, people will usually need longer USB cables. So, they need to only use USB cable extension. USB Extension Cables are available online. It will be easy to use printer or scanners with long cables. USB specification states that people can use passive extension cables up to 16 feet. Passive cables mean that it has active repeated chip in them.

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Consumer Electronic Show (CES), the first great consumer technology exhibition this year has not yet begun, but Lenovo has begun to ‘steal start’ to introducing several new products from the ThinkPad line, which will be showcased in an event in Las Vegas, on January 10 to 13 this.

Quoted from CNET, Thursday, January 5, 2012, one of the products introduced are ultra book ThinkPad T430U, who has followed the tradition of earlier ThinkPad design, the matte black surface. Not many details are revealed about this product, but weigh under two pounds, with a thickness of 0.8 inches and 14 inches wide screen.

Lenovo says that this product will use the latest Intel processors and graphics from Nvidia. ThinkPad T430U will be available on the market in the third quarter of 2012 with prices starting at U.S. $ 849 or about USD 7.6 million.
Lenovo also introduced the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid, two brains that have laptops Instant Media Mode feature, namely the laptop can switch from mode to mode Windows ‘low energy’ thus extend the battery usage time.

ThinkPad X1 Hybrid weighs about 1.8 kilograms, with the second generation Core i7 processor speed 2.7 GHz, up to 8 GB of RAM options and storage capacity of up to 160 GB.

Since the targeting business markets, the product is also equipped with premium features such as integrated 3G, HD webcams are capable of operating in low lighting, water spill resistant keyboard, so that the display is coated Gorilla-Glass. ThinkPad X1 Hybrid will be available in second quarter 2012 with prices starting at U.S. $ 1,599, or approximately USD 14.3 million.

In addition to these two products, Lenovo released the ThinkPad also S430, the first Lenovo laptop equipped with a Thunderbolt, which is a rival interconnect technology USB 3.0.

Two laptops with affordable prices, ThinkPad E430 and E530 are also introduced. Both products are equipped with third-generation Intel Core processor with prices starting at U.S. $ 549 or about USD 4.9 million.

Many people like to have the best iPhone 4 cases that will help preserve their phones, but also to make it prettier. While many phones are designed to be elegant and beautiful today, they are not always available in the colors and the best models. Get a great case can help you accessorize your phone and produce in the equation.

Iphone 4 cases can be found in many colors and styles. Depending on what you do to date, it is possible to influence the color and pattern. If you’re hanging with your friends, you have all the styles you like and you will not need to have the fear of being judged. In order to get models checked, then go for it! This can be an ideal night would be with your family, it might not be so appropriate to the office, with a client or meeting.

There are specific cases that you should definitely be described as a little more professional in your line of mobile phone and the case reached a couple can help you do it easily and painlessly. You can even choose your equipment based on the activities you undertake. In case you are on vacation and will be toting your phone to the beach with you, you may want to have a great business that will help you help keep sand out. If you’re staying in the house, you may not need as much protection and may have an incident that is comfortable to hold and have in your hands.

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United States - Nokia declared war on the U.S. Smartphone market by issuing a Microsoft-based device to compete with Apple’s iPhone to Google Android.

Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer along with the Nokia boss, Stephen Elop is planning to enter the U.S. market in the next few months, with the launch of the Smartphone Lumia 900.

The exact price and launch date Lumia 900 has not been announced, but will be offered exclusively with 4G LTE network, the network is the latest generation of U.S. telecommunications giant, AT & T.

Lumia 900 using Windows software and will be equipped with a mini-applications for funor functional for handsets based on Microsoft’s latest software.

“We believe the industry has shifted from the war became a war of ecosystems,” said Elop.

“Clearly there is a strong competitor in the war of ecosystems,” he said at the opening night of CES exhibition in Las Vegas.

“With Lumia, we establish a foothold in these countries and we will push ahead with sales, marketing and successful product.”

Nokia introduces Lumia in October, in which Elop described it as ”the first Windows mobile phone is real.”

In a presentation is loaded with war metaphors, Elop said that Nokia uses model Lumia to build a base in Europe, India, and Hong Kong.

The company plans to launch an invasion in the U.S. on January 11 with 710 Lumia models are offered at a price of U.S. $ 49 (equivalent to Rp449 thousand) when purchased with a package of T-Mobile service.

“Enterprises with Nokia handsets and Windows-based ecosystems such third will actually reap results,” Ballmer said, holding Lumia 900 with touch screen.

“When you touch it, feel touch and love of your own Lumia,” he continued, making the sound ’mmmmm’ that makes people laugh, ”is really fantastic.”

JAKARTA - ZTE Corporation, a public global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced it has debuted a new mobile phone design with a philosophy of caring, creative, simple and smart.

Director of Innovative Design Mobile ZTE, Gao Feng argues, aspects of ’Care’ is meant to describe the consideration of customer needs. ’Creative’ emphasizes innovation and new designs. For simple reference to the form of a slim, clean appearance of the design of this phone while pillars ’smart’ refers to the design of products in a smart and socially responsible.

“The philosophy of this new design was created in the spirit of the conceptual breakthrough that is part of the development of ZTE mobile phones, including Blade and Skate. Design angular, sharp, and the minimalism of the Blade speed up and assist in developing aspects of the ’Simple’ in this new design philosophy,” Gao Feng said in his press conference on Friday (01/06/2012).

Skate is a favorite product of users in 30 countries and leader in the industry, is an example of the pillars of ’Creative’ as the phone is inspired by the model skateboard. Emergency phone ZTE 005Z was created for children in cooperation with Softbank in Japan, this phone is designed with the benefits and customer service in such a way and inspiring aspects of ’Caring’.

“ZTE has always focused on improving product design terminal, this is part of what makes us competitive,” said Executive Vice President and Head of the division of ZTE Terminals, He Shiyou.

He said ZTE’s new design philosophy that is ’Caring, Creative, Simple, and Clever’ is also matched with the aim to enhance the research and development (R & D). This new mobile phone design philosophy ”Caring, Creative, Simple, Smart” will also be developed in the ZTE new products that will be showcased at the upcoming Customer Electronic Show(CES) 2012 in Las Vegas, USA, 10-13 January 2012 later.

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Support applications that reach hundreds of thousands of them, supported a variety of complementary accessories to make the Apple iPhone be a desire of many people.

One of the hallmarks that made iPhone so popular is the ability of the camera. Even today the term appears to separate the lovers of photography through the iPhone by name iPhonegraphy who has many followers all over the world including Indonesia.

For those of you who already have an iPhone and want to further hone the creativity in taking photos with the iPhone, we chose the following 5 applications of photography that can make photography more fun activities.

1. Instagram
Currently Instagram arguably the most popular applications for the iPhone. The number of users that a lot features a very easy photo sharing and free status makes the application of photography that one is becoming more popular every day.

Instagram is a photography application that provides a variety of photo effects to choose from. There are several photo effects retro colors that you can choose according to the desire to beautify your photo is.

What makes it more interesting; to start this Instagram you must first join the community Instagram. Well after the photo was taken and given effect, your photos will be automatically terunggah directly to your photo gallery in Instagram or can be distributed directly to your friends in social networks like Twitter or Facebook.

2. Hipstamatic
Toy Camera Ever heard the term? If the first we have to buy a special digital cameras that use film, you can now change the iPhone camera to produce images with similar effects such as toy cameras only use the following applications.

Hipstamatic provides several options for the choices you make photography more fun activities. There are several types of film roll options, types of lenses to use flash which each choice option and the effects it can produce color images differently.

If you feel less satisfied with the offered securities, Hipstamatic option also provides several options roll of film, lens and flash are paid to complete free option provides.

You can download it via AppStore at a price of U.S. $ 1.99, for lenses and additional effects, can be purchased separately in the application Hipstamatic.

3, Magic Shutter
Camera functions on the iPhone it is practically very minimal settings. You cannot adjust aperture or shutter speed set in capturing moments that you want. But thanks to the support of the following applications Shutter Magic, you can give a slight increase on the iPhone camera.

Magic Shutter is a very useful application for those who want to experiment with the iPhone camera. This application can be used to set the shutter speed in capturing images.

With Magic Shutter, you can take pictures in dark conditions only by setting the shutter speed or shutter speed on the iPhone. Other uses are to be creative with light painting who extra slower shutter need speed. Discover the Magic Shutter on the AppStore at a price of U.S. $ 2.99

4.ProHDR
Fever now HDR photography may not be as popular as some time ago. To create HDR photos even easier now with the many features provided on the camera HDR pocket up to prosumer cameras.

As if not wanting to Miss degan pocket camera, the iPhone also now be used to produce a better HDR photos with an application called ProHDR though on its own iPhone camera settings options also available HDR option.

With this ProHDR application, you can generate HDR photo using your iPhone very easily. When taking photos, the camera takes three photos at three different exposure settings. Then you just process them by adjusting the various options such as brightness, contrast, and so on. HDR Pro sold for U.S. $ 1.99 and can be downloaded via the AppStore.

5. Photoshop Express
As an image processing program is currently the most popular platform for Windows and Mac OS, Photoshop is still the flagship of the designers or photographers in processing images. Similarly, the application Photoshop Express is now presented by Adobe for IOS platform. Certainly do not expect the desktop version of sophisticated features.

With Photoshop Express, you can perform image processing such as croping, set the dark light, saturation to give effect to the image through some of the options provided effects. Most importantly, this application is available free on the AppStore.

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More simple and the presence of the latest features that are supported with direct access to social networks make smart phones and camera contained in it increasingly in demand.

A survey conducted by NPD that was launched by intomobile.com results suggest that taking a photo using the camera smart phones has increased from 17% to 27% this year, while total use of digital cameras for image capture rate has dropped from 52% to 44%.

Indirectly this indicates smart phone users prefer to use the camera on their smart phones to capture or take a picture, instead of using a digital camera anymore.

Access to social networks that were increasingly easy, cheap and fast so it can share photos directly to Facebook and Twitter, become one of the reasons. See also popular Instagram photo applications that can present a variety of effects, without having to use a DSLR camera or even use a digital camera that makes us sometimes have to edit them in a wide range of photographic software.

But the results of this study could have made the digital camera vendors also innovate. Who knows the next few years, a digital camera or even a DSLR can also bring special access to integrate into social networking, or even have special effects like, Instagram, Molome, or Camera 360.