Fastcompany.com has an interesting piece about a an iPhone app that was created to monitor your heart rate, and then broadcast it to the social network of your choice! The concept fits within the wider area of ‘body computing’, which apparently is about using technology to monitor physical health. You apparently need to get a…
Palm Pre demand outpaces intial iPhone demand in UK!
While the iPhone might be the most satisfying smartphone in the US, more and more Brits are looking toward the Palm Pre to quench their smartphone cravings. A new survey from TNS indicates that a healthy 26% of the UK is interested in picking up an O2 Palm Pre of their own – they are…
Apple takes the cake in smartphone satisfaction, LG wins hearts with featurephone
If you thought the iPhone was the best smartphone you’ve ever used, you’re not alone. According to JD Power & Associates’ latest survey of 1,148 respondents, Apple’s iPhone is the most satisfying smartphone in both the consumer and enterprise segments (yet again). And, when it comes to featurephones (which don’t run mobile operating systems that…
Blackberry Beating iPhone in Indonesia by Mobile Ad Requests
… well at it is, according to InMobi! InMobi is the largest mobile ad network in Asia, Africa and Indonesia, and has released data showing that RIM’s Blackberry device may be leading the handset race in Indonesia. From January 2009 to June 2009, mobile ad requests on Blackberry phones increased by 842%, compared to mobile…
Nokia Working on Augmented Reality Language Translation via OCR Character Recognition
After getting a demo of some of the cool vector map capabilities on the N900 at CTIA, I prodded a Nokia rep about what they’ve been working on with augmented reality (since zooming down to street level on the map to check out the 3D rendering of a stadium was awfully close). He mentioned that…
iFixit -The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj Teardown
Those boys over at iFixit have done it again – this time they’ve taken apart the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj (catch name, eh!) camera! Now, you might be wondering why this is so exciting – well two (linked) reasons: The camera has a project onboard – yes indeed! These projector modules are coming to mass-market mobile…
Women, teens and seniors embrace the mobile web
The mobile web isn’t just for younger males anymore. According to a new report from Nielsen, women, teens and seniors have helped to boost mobile web consumption by 34% compared to last year. Mobile traffic from the teenie-bopper set increased 45% while those with over 65 years of wisdom tucked under their belt increased mobile…
Symbian and Windows Mobile losing mobile browser war to iPhone, Android and webOS
The iPhone OS is the most popular smartphone operating system for browsing the web. AdMob’s latest report will have you believe that the iPhone claims 40% of the smartphone market, up from 33% in February. While that figure isn’t necessarily true – AdMob’s numbers only represent mobile browser share within AdMob’s ad network – the…
Four in ten British people feel lonely if they don’t get a text message every day
Right Mobile Phone, an online mobile phone retailer in the UK, recently conducted a survey of 3,138 British people to find out how their mobile phone impacted the emotions they feel over a given day. Here are some of the results: 71% say using their favorite song as their alarm clock, versus the system default…
Survey: iPhone leads Android in customer satisfaction
Smartphones are becoming the norm in the mobile space. Thanks to the iPhone, consumers are now more aware of smartphones and their capabilities than ever before. And, according to a new survey from CFI Group, the smartphone that sparked the current smartphone boom is still tops in consumers’ minds. The survey gives the iPhone a…