The first quarter of 2010 sounded the death knell for the dominance of the iPhone in the United States. Android has taken 28% market share over this period, against 21% “only” for the iPhone. RIM, with its BlackBerry remains the darling of U.S. with 36% of sales.

In light of the figures for the quarter, we see indeed that this is not the iPhone that is reduced in favor of Android, but rather that RIM saw its market share eroded by androphones. This beautiful androphones success is linked to promotion by operators.

IPhone sales are stagnating. Note that the smartphone Apple has sold 51 million copies since its launch in 2007, and that the current model is aging. It should also be replaced by HD or 4G iPhone this summer. The other obstacle to the development of the iPhone is its distribution to the Verizon exclusive.

In contrast, Android has a more open distribution. 34 models of different manufacturers are available on the market, and that among all operators.

Technology – The application for Android to capture text with the camera terminal and get instant translation. English, German, Spanish, French and Italian are supported.

Google said to have thought monoglot developing its tools for real-time translation for its application Goggles.

Presented in February, this feature is now available for Android 1.6 and higher. The principle is: you point the camera in his smartphone to a word or phrase to capture it. “If Goggles recognizes the text, it offers the translation option.

52 languages

The image is sent to Google servers that deal with OCR text before passing it to Google Translate. The system can handle five languages (English, German, Spanish, French and Italian) and translated into many other languages indicates Google.

Eventually, Goggles will treat the 52 languages supported by Google Translate. This new version of the application also provides other improvements including the recognition of a greater number of objects, logos and the possibility of visual search from the photo gallery on his telephone