TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News
Full news stories today include a controversial Samsung Galaxy S II video, new iPhone 5 news, the end of the HTC Status, the BlackBerry Curve 9350 and Android vs iPhone households in 2015.
Here's the news that's too short to report:
- A white HTC EVo 3D will have a September 9, release date and to be exclusively sold by RadioShack.
- Sprint HTC EVO View owners can now opt for $14.99 per day access to 150MB of data.
- The Samsung Impulse 4G may be the first LTE smartphone on the AT&T network.
- Verizon Wireless is well prepared for hurricane Irene with emergency command centers, network technicians and portable cell towers.
- HP has confirmed that HP Pre 3 will not be released in the U.S.
Consumer Cellular reports that those ages
40-plus aren't intimidated by smartphones or applications and are in
fact teaching themselves how to use them. Baby Boomers want smartphones and:
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More than half of smartphone users surveyed download new applications
monthly, while one-fourth do so weekly or more. Of this group, 71
percent use applications other than voice and text daily. -
Sixty percent of smartphone users download financial applications that
offer easy access to bank accounts and stock market information along
with news, weather and sports updates. Fifty-six percent download
entertainment and game applications. -
Sixty-seven percent are active on Facebook
and want a smartphone that provides Internet capabilities for social
networking.