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Sony Qriocity app for Android smartphones launched
Own an android phone, plus a subscriber to Sony's cloud-based Qriocity music service on the PlayStation and PC; plus live in any of these countries: U.S, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand?

Then there’s good news for you. Sony has just announced the launch of a dedicated Qriocity app for Android smartphones. The app is available on Android Market.

Officially named "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity", the app allows subscribers to fully access Sony's cloud-based streaming music service. Notably, Qriocity catalogue currently has over seven million licensed songs from major record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music.

Other offerings of the Qriocity app for Android are:

 Enables subscribers to access their full music library, synchronise songs from their PC, and play them on a compatible Android phone.

Compatibility: The app works on smartphones running Android 2.1 or higher, but not on Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" tablet devices. Ya the app will be compatible with Android Tablets. Best experience can be had on Android phones with a screen resolution of 480x854, 480x800 or 320x480 pixels. Sony has specifically tested the app on Sony Ericsson's latest Android-based mobile phones, like theXPERIA Arc, XPERIA Play, XPERIA X10, XPERIA X8 and the XPERIA Neo. But the app will run on other android phones as well. If they fulfill the eligibility criteria.

Subscription models: Sony is offering the service in two plans: Premium ($9.99 per month) or basic ($3.99 per month). The features exclusive to Premium subscribers are: use app to add songs to library, create and edit playlists, access Qriocity's premium music channels and search and play the entire music catalogue without restrictions. ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, June 16, 2011
Dell Venue launched: an Android phone
Dell has launched a new android phone in Hong Kong named Venue. Venue is coming with Android 2.2 or Froyo.

Specs: 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 4.1 inch AMOLED screen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, an 8 mega pixel auto focus camera with an LED flash, 1 GB internal memory that is expandable to 32 GB, supports A-GPS (or Assisted-GPS) for maps and navigation.

Dell Venue features, Dell’s new user interface (UI), has an HSPDA interface, can be synchronized with other devices, and supports WiFi . Also compatible with Microsoft docs.

Price: About HK$ 4, 000 (Rs 23,000).

According to some sources, Dell Venue is expected to be available in India soon. ---------

Anil Singh Monday, December 27, 2010
BlackBerry overtakes Apple in Mobile internet usage in US in November 2010
BlackBerry OS overtook Apple's iOS for the first time in the US in November in terms of mobile internet usage according to web analytics company, StatCounter.

StatCounter Global Stats , statcounter’s research arm, for the first time in the US, found BlackBerry OS at 34.3% overtake Apple's iOS which recorded 33% in November.

Google's Android Gaining Market Share

In third position came Google’s Android. Google's Android is rapidly gaining and has almost tripled internet market share from 8.2% last November to 23.8% this year.

Apple's iOS has fallen from 51.9% to 33% over the same period.

Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 was not yet registering significantly in terms of internet usage in November.

Global picture:

BlackBerry's US lead is not replicated in terms of worldwide share. Globally Symbian OS leads with 31.9% followed by iOS (21.9%), BlackBerry OS (19.3%) and Android (11.6%). ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, December 2, 2010