Technology Information:: 50 Thousand Existing Apps on Microsoft Application Stores

Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 in Europe towards the end of October of 2010. Then launched in North America in the second week of November 2010. Platform Windows Phone is a redesign of the Windows Mobile platform and has relationships with a number of software including Microsoft Office and XBox Live.

One year and two months since its launch, the Microsoft Windows Phone now has 50 thousand applications. This data is quoted from CNet blog "All About Windows Phone". More than a third the number of applications added in the last three months and nearly 16 percent added in the last 30 days.

Store Windows application indeed had reached 50,126 apps, but about 6000 applications that have been deleted from the application store from time to time, so the total number of applications in the U.S. was 42,655. Microsoft itself is only 40 thousand of applications and target has been reached last month. Dated December 12, 2011, the number of applications has reached 45 thousand.

From these data, as much as 58 percent of the total number of applications is a free application. Another 14 percent is a paid application is accompanied by the trial. Only 29 percent of which is full paid applications. Based on content category, the highest number of applications is for the category of games, books and references, as well as tools and productivity.

However, the volume of applications in Microsoft's application store is still far from its competitors. Apple's App Store, for example, already has 500 thousand applications in May 2011. A total of 150 thousand applications were published in just 4 months.

So it is with Google. Based on analytical data from the company Distimo, the Android Market has 360,297 mobile phone users use the application for Android in October 2011.

Technology Information:: Android Market Apps Translucent 400 Thousand

The number of Android apps in the Android Market is still less than the number of applications in the Apple App Store. But the gap between them narrowing.

Based on application analysis firm Distimo report, which quoted VentureBeat, the number of applications in the Android Market has reached 400,000 applications.

While in the same period, the number of applications in the Apple App Store, according to data from 148Apps.biz, reaching 540,000 applications.

Distimo noted, the rate of growth of applications in the Android Market is still slightly slower than the Apple App Store. To reach 400,000 Android Market took two months longer.

Currently, two-thirds of the number of applications in the Android Market is a free application. The number of free applications and "Freemium" called Distimo as growth factors

Until now, the number of Android application developers already reached 100,000 developers. That is, if beaten flat, each developer on average spend 4 applications.

On the other hand, Windows Phone has reached 50,000 applications until the end of 2011. The platform is relatively much younger is indeed not have much time to grow.

Technology Information:: Playbook Back on sale, USD 2.7 million for All Variants

Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry seems as desperate producers with sales of less Playbook tablets sold in the market. Finally, RIM has sold off all variants of tablets with a single price, 299 dollars.

As quoted from TechRadar, BlackBerry Playbook which was originally priced 699 U.S. dollars for the 64GB capacity has also cut up to 299 U.S. dollars or about Rp 2.7 million. The same is true for the 16GB and 32GB variants.

Unfortunately, clearance discount program which runs from January 3, 2012 until February 4, 2012 is only taking place in the U.S. Shop Blackberry. RIM hopes the discounts will increase sales BlackBerry Playbook that had less behavior as well as tackle the sale of HP TouchPad is also on sale as well.

However, not everyone would want to spend of 299 U.S. dollars for this tablet. Moreover, features or apps that are owned and used the tablet operating system is less attractive when compared with U.S. $ 199 tablet Amazon, Kindle Fire.

Even though the BlackBerry could be "forced" to install Android by CrackBerry, this tablet predicted sales will remain sluggish.

Contacted separately, JakartaCellular.com Sales Division staff, Alex Setiawan, claimed not to know if the BlackBerry Playbook re-sale. However, it now does not dare to hoard stocks BlackBerry Playbook, both new and old stuff.
"We have not dared Playbook stock again. So there is no stock Playbook again now," said Alex brief.
Initially, Playbook since January 2011 to March 2011 there is still a sale, though only about three units per month. However, after that until the end of 2011, sales of the BlackBerry Playbook nil. In fact, many buyers who resells his Playbook.

Web Contentt! Minitube Puts More You in YouTube

Minitube is a YouTube desktop client for Linux. I especially like are Minitube's intuitive user interface and its ability to download videos on the fly. Unlike certain other YouTube replacement clients, Minitube does not attempt to clone the website. Instead, it hits its intended mark of giving you a no-hassle TV viewing experience.

Not only does Minitube better filter the flow of videos I take in, but it also creates a more pleasant viewing experience that resembles a high-def TV environment. And it does this without Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) Flash Player or a Web browser just to get them to play.

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I especially like are Minitube's intuitive user interface and its ability to download videos on the fly.

Click and Watch

Minitube's user interface is clean and simple. It requires nothing to learn to use it from the get-go. When this app loads, it presents a relatively stark window whose focus is search.

Navigational controls and a few program options fill the top edge of the app window. But you do not need these to start or for actually viewing videos. Minitube plays non-stop a continuing stream of videos on your search topic.

To use it, all you have to do is enter a video topic or search term and click on the search button. Minitube keeps a recently used search list as links immediately below the search window for quick and easy return viewing of previous sessions.


Filter Phenom

Minitube takes much of the hit-or-miss approach to finding what you want out of the YouTube phenomenon. Its filtering acumen is much like what you get in a Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) search.

For example, typing the search term "gymnastics" into the opening screen's topic window produced 10 related topic compilations. The list narrowed to several very specific slices of the topic. This is a much better approach than randomly bouncing from related topic indexes within the YouTube interface.

Scroll through the list of search results and click the View button. Then the fun begins. Lest I forget, you can resize the application window any way you like. You can also opt to view in full-screen mode with a click of a button in the tool bar. Right-click options anywhere on the screen exists this mode and offers essential controls.


Seamless Streaming

When I clicked a sub topic called "Gymnastics Bloopers," the search panel window faded into the video viewing screen. The series of videos began playing instantly. As one ended, the next began. All I had to do was sit back and enjoy the show.

The playback controls remained on top of the window in case I wanted to go forward or back or pause. An adequate drop-down menu of options also remained accessible through the viewing.

A list of the most relevant videos related to the topic displays in a resizable left panel. That list is topped with further filtering buttons to show the most recent and most-viewed videos.

The actual video-viewing area fills the rest of the app window. The maximum video definition setting is displays in a status window in the bottom right of the app window. You can change this definition with the CTRL-D key combination or clicking the status window to cycle among 360p, 720p and 1080p.


A Cool Keeper

I notice very little resource degradation when I run Minitube on my well-powered desktop computers. Surprisingly, this app plays extremely well on my older laptops as well.

Since Minitube does not fire up Flash Player, the battery drain is not accelerated. Neither is the heat build up. Clearly, Minitube consumes less CPU.


Feature Fit

One of the things I dislike about viewing directly from the Youtube website in a browser is the advertisements that permeate so many of the videos. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that no ads appear when viewing the same videos in Minitube.

The one-click download feature makes saving videos effortless. Videos download in MPEG4 format. This is compatible with other mobile devices. I have easily copied downloaded videos to my bevy of other devices and had no trouble viewing them.

Compact Mode is another nifty feature. It retains the app window's orientation but maximizes the viewing real estate by removing the side panel. You can access this mode from the Video drop-down menu in the toolbar or the right click's context menu.


Channel Choosy

I also like the degree of flexibility that Minitube gives me. From both the video and the right-click menus I can select the YouTube Channel to switch to the native website view.

Minitube does not show comments and descriptions that accompany videos on the YouTube pages. This option provides a work-around. It automatically opens the default Web browser in another window. I can move back and forth at will.

Similarly, I can copy the YouTube link and the video stream URL. Both of these make it very easy to share a specific video by pasting the link directly into an email message or posting it on a social networking feed.


Getting It

The latest version is 1.6, released on Oct. 29. This version fixed a number of issues that cropped up in previous releases. So if you tried Minitube earlier and were unhappy with it, this latest version may give you a better result.

Minitube is readily available in resident package managers for leading Linux distros. These include Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Gentoo, ArchLinux, OpenSUSE, and Slackware. If you run a Debian-based distro, you can find the installation package here.



Bottom Line

Minitube puts a new view on the tired original YouTube Web interface. Requiring no setup, it is a snap to use.

Unlike other YouTube replacement clients, Minitube does not attempt to clone the website. Instead, it hits its intended mark of giving you a no-hassle TV viewing experience.