Smartphones and Twitter proved to be the two most popular products for Japanese consumers in 2010, according to a survey by ad agency Dentsu. Flat screen TVs developed for the digital broadcasting age came in at a surprising fourth place in the agency’s annual ‘Hit Product Recognition Survey’ behind a “munchable chilli oil”, a chunky [...]
Mobile gift cards are set to become a respectable and welcoming gift which can be purchased and redeemed electronically. Mobile gift cards can be exchanged via e-mail or text message on a smartphone and are redeemable by scanning your phone’s screen at the register or providing a gift card ID number. Unlike their cousins – [...]
The US Federal Communications Commission wants to update the 911 emergency calls system to allow text and video messages to be also included. According to the FCC, texts and video messages to 911 by trapped students and teachers could have saved lives during the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. The 911 system was set over [...]
The makers of the Blackberry are suffering from a decision by Dell to switch its handsets for 25,000 employees over to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile OS platform. The move by Dell to shift about a quarter of its workforce over to its new Venue Pro phone will cut its mobile communications costs by 25%, [...]
Google has launched a new function on its Android operating system for smartphones that allows users to give voice commands for tasks like sending e-mail or playing songs. The Voice Actions programme works on the latest version of Google’s smartphone software, Android 2.2, which is known as Froyo. “Voice Actions are a series of spoken [...]
Top cellphone manufacturer Nokia has launched its latest range of smartphone models in an effort to regain lost market share at the top of the sector. The launch follows this week’s overhaul of the Finnish company’s board, with the chief executive and the smartphone operations chief both announcing their resignations. “The time is right to [...]
Apple Inc is offering a $100 store credit to its first generation of iPhone customers, after some of them were angered over a steep price cut in subsequent phones. This week Apple made a 33% cut on the price of a $600 iPhone model, reducing it to $400. The company justified the move by saying [...]
Google’s Android phones are increasingly the smartphone of choice instead of Apple’s iPhone, a report by Nielsen Co states. The study found that 27% of consumers who purchased in smartphone in the first six months of 2010 chose an Android, while 23% opted for the iPhone. “While the iPhone has been the headline grabber over [...]
The cellphone apps market continues to boom, with Americans eager to download an increasing range of them, according to a survey by The Nielsen Company’s Apps Playbook. iPhone users have the most apps on average, followed by Android owners, with BlackBerry owners in third place. The survey found that the average number of apps that [...]
Increased processing power and better graphics in smartphones is spelling trouble for games consoles as gamers increasing turn to their phones. Smartphone shipments are predicted to increase by 11.4% to 1.27 billion this year, researcher iSuppli stated last month. Sales of consoles like the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 may remain static while portable [...]
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