More smartphones are using Apple’s OS X operating system than Windows Mobile, a researcher said Thursday. Apple’s software now has 12.9 percent of the global smartphone market, pushing Microsoft out of No. 3 behind RIM and handset giant Nokia.
OS X-based smartphones - fueled by Apple’s popular iPhone - saw a 327 percent year-over-year increase, rising from 3.4 percent of the market in the third quarter of 2007. The increase far outstripped the 11.5 percent annual increase in the overall smartphone market, according to Gartner.
By contrast, Microsoft’s marketshare fell 3 percent to 11.1 percent.
“For the first time, iPhone sales exceeded sales of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices worldwide and in North America,” the research firm announced.
Another first: Symbian-based handsets fell below 50 percent of world sales to 49.8 percent of marketshare.
In what Gartner called a year for the weakest recorded sales growth for handsets, leader Nokia lost 3.1 percent of its No. 1 spot as No. 2 RIM and No. 3 Apple posted strong growth.
“Nokia is feeling the pressure from increased competition in the consumer smartphone market,” Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza said in a statement.
Cozza said the large handset maker first avoided the growing demand for touchscreen interfaces and now won’t be able to ship its new N97 until the first half of 2009.
Affirming the prediction of a slowing handset market, Nokia Thursday said it expects a five percent drop in handsets sold in 2009.
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Mac software maker Adobe Wednesday announced it will eliminate 600 jobs as the company blames weak consumer demand and the U.S. recession for less-than-expected fourth quarter revenue.
The San Jose, Calif.-based firm projected it would earn between $912 million to $915 million for the 
quarter ended Nov. 28, far below the $930 million Wall Street expected. Adobe had earlier estimated revenue between $925 million to $955 million.
Weaker than expected demand for Adobe’s Creative Suite 4, released in October, was given as one reason for the shortfall.
“The global economic crisis significantly impacted our revenue during the fourth quarter,” Shantanu Narayen, Adobe president and CEO, said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Adobe announced it planned to curtail its presence at San Francisco’s Macworld 2009, scheduled for Jan. 5, 2009. The company said it had “decided to shift its focus” at the trade show away from exhibiting its products to purely educational. CS4 was expected to be one of Adobe’s new products displayed at the Macworld event.
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Wal-Mart may be set to sell a 4GB iPhone for $99, Starting Dec. 28, the BoyGenius Website suggested Thursday. The move would mark the return of the iPhone version dropped in 2007 in favor of the 8GB iPhone.
Although BG told readers to take the tip with a grain of salt, reviving the once $399 iPhone comes as handset makers struggle against tightening consumer spending.
“Anyone looking to spend $99 on an iPhone probably doesn’t care that much about storage anyway,” according to the blog.
If true, the action would jive with analysts who have suggested Apple could cut the iPhone’s price to $99. In October, Needham Research’s Charlie Wolf said Apple’s high margins would permit a 50 percent price drop, increasing the marketshare of the already popular iPhone.
The $99 iPhone would require a two-year contract. In October, BG wrote that the iPhone would appear Nov. 15 on Wal-Mart shelves.
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The Amazon Mobile app could get you out of a few Christmas-present dilemmas. The app gives iPhone and iPod Touch users access to wish lists, shopping carts, one-click shopping, plus all the customer reviews and ratings that may make last-minute buys less of a shot in the dark.
It also includes a nice feature called “Amazon Remembers” which lets you save snapshots as visual post-its if you see something you want to buy later. The app saves the photo and searches for similar items, too.
Released a few days ago, it’s had some good reviews, including a five-star rating from “ericthewhat” who says: “Great. I can definitely see my drunk-texting problem becoming a drunk-shopping problem.”
Well, at least you won’t be sobbing into your beer buying stuff like “I’ve Never been to Me.”
In the first release, one of the useful things you can’t buy or download from Amazon are MP3s.
From the mobile app you can put MP3s on your wish list and then buy from your computer, but it’s a bit of a buzzkill for what otherwise seems a useful app.
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A version “Dope Wars,” the game challenging users’ math and marketing skills as well as street smarts that was released for Windows some ten years ago, has been rumored to be coming to iPhone under the name Drug Lords.
The video posted here, from Pocket Gamer, UK indicates it was to be available by the end of November, but a report Wednesday said it has been re-branded by the developer a-steroids and submitted for AppStore approval under the name Underworld, which, according to Pocket Gamer, should make it less controversial.
The game sets you up as a small-time drug pusher, selling your stash on the local street corner to other players, and even makes use of the iPhone’s GPS functionality, meaning you’ll be wheelin’ and dealing from your realworld local street corner.
Can’t wait to see what America’s scolds have to say about this one.
Via PocketGamer UK
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