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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop === | |||
Coming back, most likely next week | |||
=== Mobile === | |||
Summary below, full update [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Insights/2011_Week42 here] and in your inbox. | |||
This week is mostly about Android 4.0. There is also news on Opera's new approach for Android, a report on the Internet's contribution to GDP, which reaches up to 6% in mature markets like Sweden, Apple missing analysts' forecasts but coming back in Q4 and a case study on an NFC security implementation. | |||
The browser does not have Chrome branding, but keeps the old one; its improvements include: | |||
* better tab viewing, | |||
* live previews of websites in the thumbnail open tabs list, | |||
* incognito mode, | |||
* web pages load the mobile sites as default; users can request the desktop version; | |||
* Save for Offline features in HTML format | |||
* bookmarks sync with Chrome on the desktop | |||
Android 4.0 [http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/10/unwrapping-ice-cream-sandwich-on-galaxy.html user-facing improvements]: | |||
* works on phones and tablets | |||
* cleaner design, less boxes and squares | |||
* text input more responsive, spell-checker | |||
* improvements to speech-to-text | |||
* the People app integrates contacts on the phone with Google+, Twitter | |||
* gmail improved | |||
* apps can be grouped in folders | |||
* camera improvements; quicker to take pictures | |||
* new face-recognition phone unlocking mechanism | |||
* 3 hard-coded buttons: Back, Home and Recent apps | |||
* measure and control data usage feature; ability to set a warning for data limit on mobile networks | |||
* Android Beam: transmit information between 2 devices by "bumping" them via NFC; 3rd-party APIs available | |||
Android 4.0 [http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/10/android-40-platform-and-updated-sdk.html developer-facing improvements]: | |||
* Unified UI toolkit for phones and tablets | |||
* New social and calendar APIs, Android Beam for NFC-based instant sharing, Wi-Fi Direct support, Bluetooth Health Device Profile support. | |||
* Improved notifications, lockscreen with camera and music controls, and improved app management in the launcher. | |||
* New graphics, camera, and media capabilities: Image and video effects, precise camera metering and face detection, new media codecs and containers. | |||
* Interface and input: Hardware-accelerated 2D drawing, new grid-based layout, improved soft keyboard, spell-checker API, stylus input support, and better mouse support. | |||
* Improved accessibility: New accessibility APIs and text-to-speech APIs for writing new engines. | |||
* Enhancements for enterprise: Keychain and VPN APIs for managing credentials and connections, a new administrator policy for disabling the camera. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||