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Video – Palm Centro

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on February 23rd, 2010

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Video – Palm Pixi

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on February 23rd, 2010

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Video – Palm Pre

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on February 23rd, 2010

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Palm Pre finally gets video recording, unofficially though

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on November 26th, 2009

So far Palm Pre has been enjoying video-less existence much like the iPhone in its toddling years. And again, much like on the iPhone, the Palm Pre’s first try in video recording is via an unofficial third-party application.

Palm Pre is now capable of capturing 480×320 pixels video at some good 30 fps in H.264/AVC format and the clips look really good. The Pre’s hardware is otherwise perfectly capable of recording good-bitrate video as it uses the same hardware platform as in Samsung Omnia HD, Apple iPhone 3GS and Nokia N900.

We are sure the Pre users were eager to get a camera update with some of the new OS updates, but the latest WebOS 1.3.1 did not bring anything on the camera app. To make up for that the team behind the Precorder took the initiative to make happy all off the Palm Pre owners.

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With the Precorder installed on your Palm Pre you will be able to capture 480×320 pixel videos at 30 fps. It supports MPEG-4, H.263, and H.264/AVC formats and can even turn the LED on for low-light scenes. The videos themselves look promising. You can watch a sample shot with a Palm Pre camera.

The Precorder is in alpha version so it might be buggy or even crash from time to time, but at least the guys are working on it. You can find the installation instructions here.

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Five reasons Google Android will beat iPhone, BlackBerry and WinMo

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Blackberry, Google Android, Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone on October 10th, 2009

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The Google Android mobile operating system currently runs on less than 2 percent of the world’s smartphones, but research firm Gartner predicts the platform will grow to 14 percent of the global smartphone market in 2012–beating Apple’s iPhone, Windows Mobile and RIM’s BlackBerry platforms. 

Computerworld notes that Android will pale only to the Symbian OS, installed mostly on Nokia devices. Nokia is the world’s No. 1 phone manufacturer worldwide, and Symbian runs on about half of all smartphones. 

Symbian’s share will fall to 39 percent by 2012, Gartner predicts. 

Here are five reasons why Android will beat iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile on the global stage, according to Gartner’s forecast:

  • Google backs Android, a major pipeline for its cloud services.
  • Android is improving rapidly. The Cupcake 1.5 release was well-received, and Donut 1.6 has already been sent over the air to handset owners.
  • Android is open, making it easier to quickly gain developers’ support.
  • Android will run on phones from several manufacturers, which will help it quickly spread through the marketplace. HTC, Motorola and Samsung are already supporting handsets.
  • Android combines the best of what’s out there. It’s open, but it offers iPhone-like menus and apps, with Windows Mobile-esque icons, with Palm Pre-like multitasking. There’s another arms race afoot–the battle among Android handset makers as to which company can squeeze the most out of the OS.


As reported by Computerworld, Gartner forecasts the following market share in 2012:

  • Symbian: 203 million handsets, 39 percent of the market;
  • Google Android: 76 million handsets, 14.5 percent of the market;
  • Apple iPhone OS: 71.5 million handsets, 13.7 percent of the market;
  • Windows Mobile: 66.8 million handsets, 12.8 percent of the market;
  • RIM BlackBerry OS: 65.25 million handsets, 12.5 percent of the market;
  • Linux variants: 28 million handsets, 5.4 percent of the market;
  • Palm webOS: 11 million handsets, 2.1 percent of the market.


The main takeaway: Android’s the biggest gainer of the bunch, at the expense of RIM’s BlackBerry OS. 

(Remember: These are global figures, not the US market, which is dominated by the iPhone and BlackBerry OSes. Still, they indicate the rapid global growth of the smartphone segment.)

Which will you choose?

This story was first published at ZDNet’s The ToyBox blog.

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