Tag: Smartphone

iPhone 5 Instant Success In India, Sells Out Within 24 Hours

The iPhone 5 went on sale in India this past weekend and customers in the country welcomed it with open arms and open wallets. The...
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Is Android Adoption Dying?

We’ve all heard the big claims about a spazmillion Android activations per day and how (on any given day) it’s either surpassing iOS as the...
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Facebook Hiring Ex-Apple Engineers To Work On New Smartphone?

Rumors have been floating around that Facebook plans to release a phone since 2010 — until Mark Zuckerberg publicly axed the idea. These rumors seem to have...
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4G smartphone customers unhappy with poor battery life

Add another point to Apple’s “This Is Why We Do Things Our Way” board. J.D. Power & Associates reports that owners of first-gen 4G smartphones...
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MasterCard talks NFC payments in phones, possibly the iPhone 5

Ed McLaughlin, lead of “emerging payments” at MasterCard, talked to Fast Company about the future of NFC in smartphones. He sidestepped the question about Apple,...
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RIM is hoping for a Samsung purchase

Oh, man. RIM stories are just getting sadder by the day. Today, Jonathan S. Geller at Boy Genius Report is claiming that a trusted source...
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Steve Jobs from 1997 predicted modern smartphones

This WWDC closing keynote from 1997 shows Steve Jobs in his element. He’s lively, slightly snarky, and completely “On.” Interestingly, John Paczkowski from All Things...
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Smartphone cameras vs. point-and-shoots by the numbers

Smartphone cameras now account for 27 percent of all photos and video taken. This is up from 17 percent last year, a near 59 percent...
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Apple takes 52 percent of mobile profits directly to the bank

Apple is currently sitting on approximately 52 percent of the handset industry’s profits last quarter. Michael Walkley, analyst for Canaccord Genuity, has issued a note...
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Nintendo thinks it’s right not developing for smartphones

Several days have passed since Nintendo announced there’s no chance of it entering the mobile gaming space. Talking at a 3DS press conference, Nintendo CEO...
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UK study finds that £800M lost yearly to iPhone gaming in the work place

According to a study conducted by iBingo, employees are costing UK businesses 800 million pounds per year. The report, based on the small sample size...
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Apple iPhone outsells all models of Nokia smartphones for Q2 2011

You know how in the past, whenever we talked about who sold the most phones, Nokia would always seem to surprise us by being at...
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Verizon reports 2.2M Apple iPhone 4 activations in Q1 2011

When Apple announced that the iPhone 4 would be heading to Verizon, many wondered whether sales would be strong, or if everyone that wanted an...
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Apple waives the restocking fee for the iPhone 4

Many retail outlets will charge a restocking fee to return big ticket items such as computers.  Apple is no different in this respect, when it...
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Gear up for iPhone day 2.0 — it could be July 7th

What’s the best way to ensure maximum media coverage for the iPhone 4? Well, it’s having two release days where people line-up to pick up...
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iPhone 4 used to shoot first music video

What kind of video have you recorded with your new iPhone 4?  Have you recorded your kids playing in the backyard, or maybe a breaking...
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People are STILL lining up for the iPhone 4

We’ve seen launch day lineups for a couple of years now, but what we haven’t seen is multiple-day lineups to get an iPhone. We now...
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Why not create your own white iPhone 4? Just get parts from China

Kudos where it’s due — Engadget had a brilliant idea, tearing apart their iPhone 4 and replacing the case with white replacement parts. They’ve managed...
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