Chapter HTC Peter Chou (Peter Chou) reported that next year his company will begin production of devices that support wireless communication of the fourth-generation LTE. He stressed that the principal market for such devices will be the United States.

"We believe that U.S. cellular operators will play a key role in promoting the 4G LTE in the U.S. market – he said. … – We plan to release LTE-devices in the next year. "

According to Chou, HTC will be releasing the model and on Android, and Windows Phone, so users have a choice. Users of Windows, or want to Android, big or small screen, a keyboard device or a tablet; HTC will allow the user himself to make a choice "- he said.

U.S. operators have already begun development of LTE. At Verizon already has a functioning network in 38 cities, so far it does not support smartphones. According to some data , the device is HTC will be the first LTE-phones in the U.S., what should happen in January.

C increasing popularity of mobile devices more and more people looking at them videos, including at various sites. Each site must decide what format to encode video on their pages. According to the site Encoding.com, which encodes a million videos for about 1400 customers, including MTV, 78% of all video is encoded for the device IOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod), and only 4% – for Android. The remaining 18% is the format 3GP.

Of course, this does not mean that Android can be viewed only 4% of all video on the internet, because there is still Flash, MPEG-4, etc. It is something else: the Encode.com is preset, allowing you to select which platform video will be optimized. And optimization for Android picks only 4% of our customers.

However, CEO Jeff Malkin Encoding (Jeff Malkin) notes that although iOS still dominates the Internet video, the proportion of Android is gradually increasing. He also said that is rapidly gaining popularity format H.264. C on the other hand, the share of Windows Media (WMV) has steadily decreased and now stands at just 1.2%.

Apple has begun a demonstration of the first mobile network infomercial iAd, optimized for the iPad . They began advertising the new movie "Tron: the legacy of" Studio Disney. This year it will be the only spot for the iPad, but in January there will be new.

IAd format designed specifically for devices based on iOS, he uses the most of platforms: video, audio and interactive elements with multi-touch control, etc. Advertising "Throne" will appear in an annex on films such as TV Guide. It lasts 10 minutes, it demonstrates the fragments of film, theater, images, sounds and audio track, you can immediately, without leaving the advertising purchased through iTunes. For the first time in iAd can operate directly from infomercial to send email (perhaps to advise the film to friends).

Apple has not published data about the audience iAd . While iAd for iPhone runs only in the U.S., Britain and France. The next year she will appear in Germany and Japan.

The company Broadcom has introduced a new dual-core BCM2157, designed for smart phones Android . It is based on dual-core ARM11 chip with a clock frequency of 500 MHz, supports H.264 video in a WQVGA resolution at 30 fps. Protocol Supported 3G-HSDPA connection speeds up to 7.2 Mbps.

While the BCM2157 can operate with a variety of equipment, including GPS and Wi-Fi-hotspots, primarily it is designed for budget vehicles. In Broadcom emphasize that the platform is well suited for configurations with two SIM-cards.

The chip will appear in the first quarter of next year, which makes possible the emergence of devices with it already at CES in January.

Smart phones may become standard equipment in the U.S. Army because it was decided to transfer smartphones running on iOS or Android, troops stationed abroad. For successful operation of devices in the field army will be equipped with hub, installed in aircraft.

Google Voice Search has updated Voice Search on Android , adding the ability to "teach" the voice of its owner and eventually recognize it better and better. The more the program "listens" for the user, the better it will recognize his team. This information is stored in your account by Google, so recognition will work even after changing the phone.

This feature is optional, you can disable, and delete information about the voice of the account. Initially it will only work in the United States and only with the English language. The program also quickly recognize proper names.

You can download from the Android Market, for it needs Android 2.2 and above. Google Mobile App for the iPhone is not refreshed.

A former Google employee Baheyt Paul (Paul Buchheit), creator of Gmail and AdSense and founder of FriendFeed, has written in his tape on FriendFeed, that he saw no prospects for a new Chrome OS from Google, at least in the independent form.

"Forecast: Chrome OS next year will be phased out (or" merged "with Android)» – he wrote.

Chrome OS was presented last week. A few days ago the developers got netbooks from Inventec with a beta version of the system, and in selling such computers will be closer to the middle of next year.

Baheyt adds: "Is not it too obvious to even talk about it? But no, I did hear people talking about Chrome OS quite seriously, and even Google for some reason, the device ships.

It may be noted that Baheyt not alone in his prediction. Many noted that the positioning of Android and Chrome OS is unclear. As Google itself said that over time, Chrome OS comes on plates – while also preparing for the Tablet version of Android 3.0. Analyst John Gruber (John Gruber) wrote in his Twitter: «Chrome OS and Android looks like two competing platforms from different companies."

Panasonic has the exclusive right to sell Blu-ray-disc with the movie " Avatar "in three-dimensional format. But unfortunately all those who managed to acquire the appropriate equipment, it would not sell them at retail.

Now, to see "Avatar," will have to buy the Panasonic three-dimensional TV or Blu-ray-Player. The film will be bundled with them. Separately, it sold will not be until at least February 2012: it was at this time Panasonic has the right to exclusive distribution of the cult film.

Blizzard Entertainment studio again raises the bar for the entire game industry: its new expansion for World of Warcraft called Cataclysm for 24 hours has sold 3.3 million This is a new speed record sales of new video games.

It is noteworthy that the previous record also belongs to Blizzard. Previous expansion for WoW, Wrath of the Lich King, sold in quantities of 2.8 million pieces per day. That was in 2008.

On Monday, Google announced the acquisition of Zetawire – a small company specializing in mobile payments.

Zetawire – this is a very young startup, which is still unknown for very little. Resource 451 Group found that this company has a patent in the field of "mobile banking payments, advertising, identity management, credit cards and mobile payment processing for coupons" – in other words, everything that is related to the emerging trend of using the phone for payment. Thus, Google wants to seize the initiative in this area.

Interestingly, although the deal was announced just yesterday, it was achieved in the summer, in August. Around the same time Google has acquired two startups: Slide (social applications created by co-founder of PayPal) and Jambool (social currency).

Assets Zetawire may go well with the near-radio technology NFC, which is planned to build a mobile payment solutions and has recently been implemented in the smartphone Nexus S.