Android OS edged out Apple's OS for the number-two position behind RIM 1Q 2010

http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_100510.html

Android Shakes Up U.S. Smartphone Market

First quarter 2010 information from The NPD Group's Mobile Phone Track reveals a shift in the smartphone market, as Android OS edged out Apple's OS for the number-two position behind RIM.

PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, MAY 10, 2010 - The Android operating system (OS) continued to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market in the first quarter (Q1) of 2010, moving past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s wireless market research reveals that based on unit sales to consumers last quarter the Android operating system moved into second position at 28 percent behind RIM’s OS (36 percent) and ahead of Apple’s OS (21 percent).

“As in the past, carrier distribution and promotion have played a crucial role in determining smartphone market share,” said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD. “In order to compete with the iPhone, Verizon Wireless has expanded its buy-one-get-one offer beyond RIM devices to now include all of their smartphones.”

Strong sales of the Droid, Droid Eris, and Blackberry Curve via these promotions helped keep Verizon Wireless’s smartphone sales on par with AT&T in Q1. According to NPD’s Mobile Phone Track, smartphone sales at AT&T comprised nearly a third of the entire smartphone market (32 percent), followed by Verizon Wireless (30 percent), T-Mobile (17 percent) and Sprint (15 percent).

“Recent previews of BlackBerry 6, the recently announced acquisition of Palm by HP, and the pending release of Windows Phone 7 demonstrates the industry’s willingness to make investments to address consumer demand for smartphones and other mobile devices,” Rubin said. “Carriers continue to offer attractive pricing for devices, but will need to present other data-plan options to attract more customers in the future.”

The continued popularity of messaging phones and smartphones resulted in slightly higher prices for all mobile phones, despite an overall drop in the number of mobile phones purchased in the first quarter. The average selling price for all mobile phones in Q1 reached $88, which is a 5 percent increase from Q1 2009. Smartphone unit prices, by comparison, averaged $151 in Q1 2010, which is a 3 percent decrease over the previous year.

Methodology: The NPD Group compiles and analyzes mobile device sales data based on more than 150,000 completed online consumer research surveys each month. Surveys are based on a nationally balanced and demographically-representative sample, and results are projected to represent the entire population of U.S. consumers. Note: Sales figures do not include corporate/enterprise mobile phone sales.

restore applications on E72

I found this excellant T9 Nav on Singtel e-ideas
http://www.appzone.singtel.com/singtel/content_getItemDetails.do?iid=3203&ddN=T9%20Nav&tsi=63481802359383502650&&deviceDisplayName=T9%20Nav
after i disappointed with Nokia advance search

I like the previous In device search to be able to search by numbers

The other applications I like ....SMS preview

I have to check out other in ovi store

Re-install Nokia E72

Yesterday, I have to make a trip to Nokia Care centre
and at the end I have learned how to fresh install E72

Here is some summary
On PC
To do PC suite cleaner to clean up register in PC
To reinstall PC suite
To reinstall Ovi suite
To do a backup and sync on both PC and OVI suite
On E72
(Disclaimer: Please first understand the consequence before you do that as last resort !
Do not blame me if you do not perform a full backup before that.
Try to do other "software" reset using *#7780# )
To do "total" software reset on E72, "dial" *#7370#
(you will be prompt "Restore all original phone setting" So do think twice
lock code is 12345)


To recovery the last working status
Either
Fr Sync on PC and OVI suite
(If first option is recommeded, or a full restore is choosen)

These process is repeated until a full working copy is reached

Things to take note

All the applications download is gone after the hard reset
so dun do it after purchase some paid application
In my case I have spent $1 for one finance software

Please do a full-backup and sync in both PC and OVI suite
That is four combination of backup

Believe me, until Nokia settle on one complete solution
At this moment, for any model of Nokia it is advisable to do four operations before
any "total" factory reset

It is because, my problem this time, my Nokia messaging is reset by Nokia Philiphine
to detach from all my emails (ie Exchange, yahoo, OVI, hotmail)

At the same time, my OVI on PC fails at the same time

So to restore my E72 need lot of time as I restore each module at one time

So in the process, I learn the hard way

For example If i do restore in my case,
I will restore bad setting of not able to remove mailbox at the same time
So I can only sync back SMS in Ovi
(I can sync back contact after I did a full restore )

bootable window xp sp2

just for a record for good site to make a
bootable window xp sp2 cdrom
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

as i find out yestersday that the external usb 160 Gb hdd does not
boot in windows
(even thought the ubuntu works very well even without
making the extra FAT16 partition as in the other 40Gb HDD)

In search for solution
I found the following
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download

dual boot on window and linux

After I have install Windows XP

I have tried few times to install the next Linux OS
After few tries to install Fedora
I met with few strange problems

So I give up and install Ubuntu
As in last time the installation run smoothly

Without doing anything
The following Grub menu.lst has been automatically setup
under /boot/grub/menu.lst

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid        df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid        df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4 ro  single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid        df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid        df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4 ro  single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid        df922b34-b32a-41ed-b52e-1f4844406dd4
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify    (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda3
title        Microsoft Windows 7 (not installed yet)
rootnoverify    (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1

but the last section was edited
as Other OS and windows 7 are not available yet

Grub over GRLDR

 
the following is the
boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=AlwaysOff
C:\GRLDR="深度一键还原 GHOST V11.0"

menu.lst
that come from the Ghost image of  深度 Chinese XP

default 2
timeout 5

fontfile /boot/load/fonts.gz
splashimage /boot/load/deepin.xpm.gz

title                    ☆ 深度技术论坛 一键还原工具 ☆                   
clear
#.. 

title ────────────────────────────────── 
clear
title  启动 一键还原 Ghost v11.0
map --mem /boot/load/ghost.img (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)
title ──────────────────────────────────
clear
title  启动本机硬盘的 WINDOWS NT/2003/XP 系统
map (hd0) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
root (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
boot
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
clear
title  启动本机硬盘上 VISTA 系统(如果存在)
find --set-root /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
clear
title ──────────────────────────────────
clear
title  从第二硬盘启动系统
fallback 6
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
title  从光驱启动系统
cdrom --init
map --hook

Later I will try to edit this by adding Grub and linux to it
Hope this time it will works this time

My Nokia E65 almost gone

Today I was trying to update my Nokia E65

I was very careful as the data connection is always loose

During the firmware update
the connection lost
I was so desperate that I stop the process
and forgot to read the warning that
PC suite will report error that the connection lost

I dun know what to do and
I take out the battery and can not get the hp turn on

So for one or more hour I keep trying to update the firmware
even though the hp has no respond screen
It has passed 5pm and Nokia care centre has been closed for Sunday

After many tries, miracle happens
the time for the update reduce to 2min
Finally it said the update has completed

I crossed my finger and take out battery then switch on
The hp turn on after many prayers in my heart

Even though I would like to change hp but I dun want to change in this circumstances

But the blessing is that I recovered the original black scheme
I also manage to install fring and get it works
That is the biggest reward as I was able to make VoIP call

New broadband connnection program

Yestersday I do a update
When I turn on the ubuntu again
I being prompt to configure the "New broadband connection"
In the process I being ask to choose the ISP
and listed
SingTel
M1
StarHub

After I choose SingTel and it look remain the same
I record in this blog maybe one day I will know the reason for it

山寨网本

在发出电邮给朋友关于山寨网本后
搜索到 山寨umpc


可放入口袋 俄罗斯“山寨”UMPC也能爽玩Win7

可惜还是给外国人强了先机
但如果能把价格降下来
如加上 linux
去掉 1390

加上 WIFI
给多点内存
加上手机功能

就比如现在的山寨手机

那就好了。。。