Alcatel dominates Firefox OS market with a share of 65%, GeeksPhone insignificant

Long-term followers of the mobile market tend to see Alcatel as a company which is all talk, but tends to ship relatively little. In Firefox OS, this can not be farther from the truth – an analysis of user behavior shows that the Chinese company accounts for more than 65% of users.

Tamoggemon Holding k.s. offers an immensely powerful scientific calculator which provides Firefox OS users features not seen in any other product. This is achieved via a client-server infrastructure which connects the cell phones to a group of Raspberry Pi computers.

In specific, the data obtained from analyzing usership looks as following:

Alcatel OneTouch 4012 - 67,86%
ZTE Open - 22,11%
LG D300 - 10,01%

It is clear that ZTE's policy of intentionally limiting the amount of ZTE Open sales has backfired on the vendor. LG has a market share of 10% - it remains but a question of time when the platform will be discontinued.

More interestingly, GeeksPhone handsets have failed to amount to a significant level of traffic. This clearly shows that most developers don’t use their Firefox OS handset as primary phone.

About TouchCalc

TouchCalc is a scientific calculator for Windows Phone 7 and 8. Unlike most of its competitors, Tamoggemon Holding k.s. offers the product to its users at no cost. In addition to the here-mentioned client for Firefox OS, the product is also available for Windows Phone, webOS, Symbian and bada OS. Further information on TouchCalc can be found via www.tamoggemon.com. The Firefox OS client can be downloaded at https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/touchcalc-web.

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HERE, Nokia's new location and mapping service brand

Nokia introduced HERE, the first location cloud to deliver the world’s best maps and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems. With the new brand, HERE, Nokia aims to inspire a new generation of location services and devices that make the mobile experience more personally significant for people everywhere.

Pushing location beyond Nokia

To further extend its location services, HERE is launching a maps application for iOS. Based on HTML5, it will include offline capabilities, voice-guided walk navigation, and public transport directions. The application is scheduled to be available for download from Apple’s App Store for free in the coming weeks.

Nokia further announced a strategic partnership with Mozilla to bring new location experiences tothe Firefox OS.Nokia plans todebut a mobile Web version of HERE Maps for the new Firefox OS next year. The companies are working together to give people the best mapping experience on Firefox OS.

Nokia also demonstrated an Android OS-based reference application and announced plans for the availability of a HERE SDK for Android in early 2013. This is aimed at enabling partners to create location-based applications for Android devices with Nokia’s leading content.

Innovating modern map making

To advance the 3D capabilities of HERE, Nokia announced the planned acquisition of Berkeley, California company earth mine. earth mine’s reality capture and processing technologies will become integral parts of HERE’s 3D map making capabilities. Nokia expects the transaction to close by the end of 2012.

Using LiveSight™ to see more of the real world 

As part of its announcement, Nokia introduced LiveSight™, a technology based on a highly accurate, 3D map of the world. LiveSight™ provides the most precise and intuitive augmented reality experience and uses a phone’s camera viewfinder to make discovering the world as easy as lifting up a phone.Nokia City Lens, which was developed exclusively for Nokia Lumia devices, is the first application providing a LiveSight-enabled experience.

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