http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/verizon.offers.30.netbook.10.smartphones/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/verizongateway.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As part of its Thanksgiving and Black Friday celebrations, wireless provider Verizon will offer the Gateway LT netbook for just $30 with a two-year data contract from Verizon. It represents a $70 in savings as the netbook is currently priced at $100. The netbook has a Wi-Fi connection and an embedded 3G module, along with a 10.1-inch screen, a 160 GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/verizon.offers.30.netbook.10.smartphones/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/admob.sees.apple.android.jump.in.oct.09/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-3sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple devices now represent exactly half of all smartphone traffic on the Internet, AdMob said today in its report for October. The iPhone has gained 10 percent of absolute share since August to reach 50 percent while Symbian has fallen again to 25 percent. Apple has identical share in the US.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/admob.sees.apple.android.jump.in.oct.09/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/googles.own.android.phone.custom.made/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/htcdragon-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google's rumored self-developed Android phone is real but has been pushed back, a scoop claimed on late Tuesday. The handset would be built by a third party, most likely LG or Samsung rather than the previously preferred HTC, but would carry only Google's branding and is said by TechCrunch to be designed almost exclusively according to Google's design. It would launch in early 2010 after a delay... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/googles.own.android.phone.custom.made/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/analysts.see.palm.at.verizon.next.year/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/palmpre-sprintsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Palm may prove to be Verizon's best hope if the Droid line doesn't bear fruit, Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu said in a note today. He points to contacts within the cell industry and supply chain that suggest Verizon will carry one or more of Palm's webOS phones, such as the Pre or Pixi, sometime in 2010. Sales of both the Motorola Droid and HTC's Droid Eris have purportedly been "somewhat disappo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/analysts.see.palm.at.verizon.next.year/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/samsung.galaxy.spica.runs.at.800mhz/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsunggalaxyspica.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung started the week by launching its second Android phone on a world level. The Galaxy Spica, or i5700, sits closer to the mid-range but is one of the fastest Android phones ever with an 800MHz proecssor. Its main sacrifices versus the original Galaxy are the use of a less expensive LCD in place of an OLED and a 3.2-megapixel camera instead of the 5-megapixel example on the higher-end phone... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/samsung.galaxy.spica.runs.at.800mhz/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/htc.fall.to.suffer.from.iphone.others/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/htcdroideris.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HTC this week warned that it should see a significant drop in its fall sales. The company expects its fall sales to sink 15 percent compared to the same season a year ago. It portrays the results as mixed due to strong US sales of Android phones, such as the Hero, being offset by a lack of presence in Europe.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/htc.fall.to.suffer.from.iphone.others/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/only.rim.nokia.top.smartphone.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-bell.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has extended its influence on the smartphone market even further, Gartner says in its data for the summer. The combined iPhone platform leapt from 12.9 percent to 17.1 percent of worldwide share in the summer, or third place, where the next-best competitor, HTC, topped out at 6.5 percent after increasing from 4.5 percent a year earlier. Samsung was near-flat and moved up just slightly to 3... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/only.rim.nokia.top.smartphone.share/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/wm7.to.get.special.test.program/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/htchd2-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has sped up the release schedule for Windows Mobile 7 to less than a year after 6.5, a leak hinted today. The company is reportedly set to launch a test program in early 2010, codenamed "Maldives," that will let smartphone makers check the mobile OS against their hardware relatively early. Timing would be such that the OS would reach shipping phones by summer where 6.5 was unveiled thi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/wm7.to.get.special.test.program/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/samsung.may.deal.microsoft.severe.blow/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsunggalaxy.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung is about deal Microsoft one of its most severe blows yet by dropping Windows Mobile from most of its phones, an investment note issued today says. HMC Investment Securities analyst Greg Noh understands that the Korean company's use of Windows Mobile will crash from 80 percent this year to just 50 percent in 2010 and will lower further still in future years. Just 20 percent of Samsung's p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/samsung.may.deal.microsoft.severe.blow/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/idc.q3.2009.phone.share.results.live/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-3sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple gained market share in the summer but slipped in the face of tougher competition, according to new IDC data. The iPhone's share of smartphones grew from 16.6 percent to 17.1 percent during the quarter but was overtaken by Research in Motion's record BlackBerry sales, which pushed it above Apple from 14.6 percent to 19 percent. The reversal is credited to the BlackBerry's wider distribution... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/idc.q3.2009.phone.share.results.live/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 GMT