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WOW! Even faster than expected, Google's open mobile architecture (Android), has shaken the folks at Apple who must see these new devices as the first real threat to iPhone hegemony in this market…
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... Nokia retained a substantial lead in the worldwide smart phone market in the second quarter, and shipped a record 23.8 million smart phones during the quarter, representing growth of 41% on a year ago, ... Research in Motion's BlackBerry smart phones grew by 41% ...
... shipments of the iPhone 4 were strong and contributed to Apple’s 61% growth, and worldwide market share of 13% for the quarter...
... But Canalys noted that Google Inc.'s Android device shipments grew 886% during the quarter, with key products from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG...
"In the United States we have seen the largest carrier, Verizon Wireless, heavily promoting high-profile Android devices, such as the Droid by Motorola and the Droid Incredible by HTC. These products have been well received by the market, with consumers eager to download and engage with mobile applications and services, such as Internet browsing, social networking, games and navigation," the report said. ... Android devices collectively represented a 34% share of the U.S. market in the quarter.
Read on at: Android market share grows 886% in Q2 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
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cientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device...
... Android, the first comprehensive open-source platform for mobile devices, was announced two years ago by the Open Handset Alliance, a group of companies of which Google is a member. For the past year UW computer science and engineering doctoral students Carl Hartung, Yaw Anokwa and Waylon Brunette have worked at Google's Seattle office using Android to create a data-collection platform for use in developing regions...
... Their free suite of tools, named Open Data Kit, is already used by organizations around the world that need inexpensive ways to gather information in areas with little infrastructure ... The tool is described in an article published this month in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Computer magazine. Gaetano Borriello, UW professor of computer science and engineering, and Adam Lerer, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are co-authors...
... In the past some researchers have harnessed individual cell phone models to collect data in the field. But when the phone gets outdated, so does the software. Instead of creating a tool for a single phone, or even a single purpose, the UW team built something that would provide a reusable platform to collect all types of mobile data...
... Open Data Kit's versatile suite of tools can collect data; store, view and export data on remote servers; and manage devices in the field from a central office. The output is compatible with emerging data standards such as the Open Medical Records System, which aims to coordinate health records in the developing world...
... Funding for the project comes from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the company. The code is freely available and ongoing research will be based at the university...
See MedTech-IQ multimedia search results for mHealth: http://medtechiq.ning.com/main/search/search?q=mhealth
Read on at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029141249.htm
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7,000 smartphone applications that are designated as health or medical related in application stores including iPhone’s AppStore, Google’s Android Market, BlackBerry’s App World, Palm’s App Catalog and Nokia’s Ovi Store...
... We discovered that less than 6,000 apps found within these stores are actually health, medical or fitness related. We then evaluated which of these apps were intended for use by consumers and patients and which were intended for use by healthcare professionals. Overall, there is about a 70-30 split for intended user: About 70 percent of all health-related smartphone apps are intended for use by consumers, while about 30 percent are intended for use by healthcare professionals...
Joe: This doesn't answer the question of traction, but does seem to address the provider/patient mix.
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Here is a link: http://mobihealthnews.com/6908/3-million-downloads-for-android-health-apps/…
future of the company. They discuss Google's current projects like Android and Chrome, as well as the competition they face from sites like Facebook and Bing.…