Here's a big shift happening right before our eyes: Smartphones now account for 50% of all mobile phones in the United States, Nielsen reports. Don't expect smartphone growth to slow any time soon. In the last three months, 66% of all mobile phones sold were smartphones Read more...
Companies like Google are developing head-up displays for the consumer market (Credit Sellingpix | Dreamstime.com)Mobile World Congress 2012 wrapped up today in Barcelona, Spain and from the looks of it, the latest crop of mobile devices failed to impress with their homogeneous displays, process... Read more...
Your Facebook phone may be the equivalent of having a KGB agent tailing you. Mark Zuckerberg will be in your pocket. You might as well wear one of those ankle bracelets for tracking. The Facebook phone is in play—again—and it appears we have another 12 to 18 months to go before mobile a... Read more...
Here is an annotated guide to Research In Motion's terrible year. The once hot smartphone company saw its stock price plummet 71% after it missed on earnings, repeatedly lowered guidance, and had its tablet completely flop. Read more...
Smartphones are entering every level of society on a global level, and the ability they give to the people to control the message at world events is unparalleled in world history. This year has seen one event after another unfold throughout the world, culminating recently with the Occupy mov... Read more...
No windows mobile jokes now right?? Yeah...didnt think so AT&T has begun contacting smartphone customers who are using the mobile hotspot feature of phones without paying for the AT&T service. These customers are primarily iPhone owners who have jailbroken the phones to allow using the ph... Read more...
Via: UD IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Smartphone Shuffle - The act of walking slowly or "shuffling" because you're too preoccupied with tasks being done on your smartphone such as browsing the internet, texting, etc. The Smartphone Shuffle can sometimes be dangerous for oneself, such as c... Read more...
NTP Inc, which made it to the headlines after getting a settlement from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) over email technology, has said that it had filed lawsuits against various smartphone companies including Apple Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft and Motorola Inc. The NTP recently bagged a USD 6... Read more...
AT&T announced Wednesday that it would start offering metered data plans for mobile device users rather than a $30 all-you-can-use monthly plan. For people who use less than 200 megabytes of data a month, the price of the new plan is effectively cut in half. The latest announcement cou... Read more...