Recent Entries in smartphones
Data and Smartphone Use Double Trouble, Says CTIA
CTIA has released its wireless survey results. Network data more than doubled from 2010 t0 2011 with a 123% increase. Smartphone use has increased 43% and wireless tablet use has increased 49% while the average monthly bill decreased 21 cents. All the wireless and data usage could mean trouble…
Is the Smartphone Beta Test Really Over? Nokia Lumia 900 Update
It appears the smartphone beta test was not over for those who bought the new Nokia Lumia 900 who found themselves as part of a beta test of AT&T connectivity "issues." There is now a software fix for the issue for the Nokia Lumia 900 which can be downloaded via Zune software. Owners also…
Food & Smartphone Tastes
According to Lab 42 the smartphone is now a dinner guest and restaurant locator while dining out with 95% of respondents use their phones prior to going to a restaurant. Before dinning out the smartphone is used for communicating dinning plans, searching for restaurants, viewing menus and for d…
Watch Out Smartphone, iPhone & Cell Phone Pirates
Smartphones are expensive and can sold for high sums. It's easy to sell a stolen smartphone, because the hot phone can be activated on another network, but not after Halloween for GSM smartphones. The FCC and CTIA are working with police departments to thwart the black market by a stolen smartp…
Is the Smartphone Beta Test Over?
The latest ads say that the smartphone beta test is over then extol the virtues of the Windows Phone Nokia Lumia 900 that went on sale today from AT&T. Anyone who has owned a smartphone was a secret tester in the greatest experiment ever, living with lousy pictures and frustration, says Chr…
Top Best: Smartphone Beta Test, Google Nexus Tablet, ICS Update, iPhone, HTC EVO LTE & Droid 4
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: This week has been a great week for April Fools, tablets, news smartphones, top best reviews, new reviews and conjecturatti corrections. Our most highly read most loved article was our breaking coverage of the latest Google…
iPhone, HTC, Sasmung – Top Best Smartphones Battery Drain Complaints Worst
J.D. Power's latest study showed how satisfied customers are with their basic mobile handsets and smartphones. Customers don't like when their batteries drain too quickly especially with 4G LTE smartphones which is the area of satisfaction that has declined the most recently. If customers are h…
Smartphone Costs Top Problem as Voice Declines & Prepaid Grows
The wireless industry is maturing and will make prepaid services and mobile broadband more important for profits, notes the latest PwC North American report. Voice usage is declining while data usage is increasing. Prepaid is growing for customers who want to save money and not make a commitment. …
U.S. Smartphones @ 80% Sales(Android Tops) & Mo’ Data than Voice in 2013
Chetan Sharma at Always One Real-Time Access crunched some amazing United States wireless market numbers and predicted that mobile data revenues in the US market will reach $80 billion. The U.S. market accounts for 5% of the subscriber base but 17% of the global service revenues and 21% of the gl…
Lost iPhone or Smartphone = Breach?
It's bad enough when you lose your iPhone or smartphone, because you can't make phone call or access email. What's even worse is what the finder may do with it. In a recent study, although half of the smartphones were returned almost every finder snooped into both corporate and personal files…
Samsung Tops Smartphone Galaxy, iPhone Best Q4 – Windows Phone Nokia #2 in Future
Samsung in 2011 was the number one top smartphone maker in the world according to iHS data. Samsung shipped 95 million smartphones, while Apple shipped 93 million iPhones, followed by 77 million by Nokia, 20 million by Sony and 19 million by Motorola. In the fourth quarter due to the release of…
Top Best: Samsung Galaxy SII, Nexus, Droid 4,TouchPad, Asus Transformer Prime, Galaxy Note & Kindle Fire
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: While the nerds invade Las Vegas for CES announcement there were many hot stories during the first week of 2012 that center on the top smartphones, top tablets Galaxy Nexus and new products. Readers wanted to know what the …
Samsung (Galaxy S II Nexus) Top Maker, Android Top OS & Text Top Use
ComScore released its latest MobiLens report which mirrors what Wireless an Mobile News reported in our top ten best smartphone analysis. The report shows the top makers, platforms and content usage. Samsung remained as the top cell phone maker with 25.6% of mobile subscribes, followed by LG( 2…
Samsung Galaxy SII, Droid RAZR, Epic Touch, Nexus, iPhone 4S, Bionic, Photon, HTC EVO 3D & Rezound Top Wireless and Mobile News’ Best Smartphones 2011
2011 was a stellar year for smartphones at Wireless and Mobile News. The top best coolest hottest list displays speed, power and beauty. Our countdown, started last week showing results by carrier, including for Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint. 2011 is the first year, in t…
Top 10 Best: Nexus Tablet, Samsung Galaxy SII/Tab, Transformer Prime, Galaxy Nexus and Top 2011 Smartphones
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: Due to the holiday, this weekly feature is being published today. Our top best read stories this week center around hot tablet sales, new releases, top/best smartphones of 2011 and updates. The most popular news story is th…
Wimonews 12 Days of Techmas: For a Very Merry Droid RAZR, Galaxy SII, Nexus, HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire, Tranformer Prime New Year!
We wish you all happy holidays and best wishes for a happy new year. We are not finished with our round-up of the top stories and smartphones of the year, yet. However, you will get a clue of what were the top trends of the year by the following song, sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Chri…
Buyer Beware: Sexy Smartphones Are Addictive and Could Ruin Intimacy
Smartphone use is not only distracting while driving, but also addictive. They can be destructive to relationships reported a noted university professor. Cary Cooper, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, warns, "Like television, the light draws you in and num…
Android Top OS, iPhone & HTC Top Makers with Teens Extreme Texting & Young Data Media Smartphone Fans
Nielsen has found some fascinating trends in phone use by age, make and OS. Smartphone ownership has more than doubled in two years. Teens and young people are heavy text, data and media users. Android is the top operating system followed by iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and webOS. Android…
More 4G LTE for Verizon’s New Galaxy Nexus, White Droid RAZR, HTC Rezound, Xyboards & Droid 4
Verizon Wireless has added and expanded 4G LTE markets in time for the its release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and white Droid RAZR. All markets included are listed after all the 4G LTE smartphones and tablets. The 4G LTE network by the end of 2011 includes 190 markets, 9 smartphones and cove…
Mobile Shoppers Use Smartphones in Top Cities and Retail Stores
“Mobile Shoppers,” report from the IAB shows how mobile shoppers use their smartphones and in what cities where mobile shopping is most prevalent. Some of the other findings explored in this report include: Mobile shoppers are younger and have higher incomes than the average mobile user…
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