A recent survey of Ontarians has revealed that a wooping 90% are in favour of upcoming legislation that will ban texting while driving across the province. Over 20% already have necessary hands-free hardware, but that leaves a significant opportunity for accessories (be they Bluetooth or wired headsets and speakerphones) to fill a mandated demand. Sadly,…
Juniper Research: Femtocell subscribers to exceed 15 million during 2012 due to demand for improved 3G reception
Demand for improved 3G reception will be a principal driving force behind the growth of femtocells in the next few years, with subscribers exceeding 15 million globally during 2012. According to Juniper Research, femtocells began as standalone units but will become integrated into the home wireless routers in future, to form a “multi function mix…
Totally unscientific test: polling brands of mobile devices carried by ringtone…
Okay, now before anyone launches in to a tirade in the comments, this was an unscientific test. Very unscientific. But the results were rather interesting, so I think. As I mentioned, I’m travelling this weekend, and have had the great pleasure of air travel within that. Waiting to get off the plane, during what seemed…
Nokia’s 3D mobile phone doesn’t need special glasses
Not sure how this one slipped through the cracks, but Nokia apparently showed off a new 3D stereoscopic display at Nokia World 2009 that it doesn’t require any special 3D glasses! The new tech can display simple 3D perspectives on a handheld-sized device, paving they way for truly 3D mobile phones in the future. Nokia…
ABI Research: One billion people will use mobile cloud services by 2014
ABI Research forecasts that the number of people using mobile cloud services will rapidly grow over the next five years, reaching 998 million in 2014. Last year, these kind of services were used by 42.8 million subscribers, which is approximately 1.1% of all mobile users. In comparison, the number of people that are expected to…
Juniper Research: NFC mobile payments to exceed $30 billion by 2012
According to Juniper Research, the NFC technology will take off, after all. As a matter of fact, the research company argues that coupons and smart posters will support the growth of NFC mobile payment transaction values from $8 billion in 2009 to $30 billion within three years. Some of the findings from the NFC research…
OLEDs for mobile phones to boom, only cost 8% more than LCDs
OLED-info.com is quoting iSuppli on some news regarding a potential boom of OLED screens in mobile devices… Apparently iSupply says that OLED displays for mobile devices are going to rise from 22m to 178m units, between 2009-2015 – that’s quite a growth! However, in a contrasting statement, OLEDs will still only account for 6% of…
Coda Research: Mobile broadband laptop and netbook users to consume 1.3 exabytes of video per month by 2017
In its latest report tiled “Laptops and Netbooks: Mobile Broadband Traffic Across Regions 2009-2017,” technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy forecasts that portable laptop and netbook users will access 1.3 exabytes of video content per month by 2017. That’s a sixty fold increase over 2009! This figure will account for nearly three quarters of…
Bluetooth headsets – The coolest mobile tech that no one uses
On paper, Bluetooth headsets are all kinds of futuristic “cool.” With a little Bluetooth-connected earpiece, you can use your mobile phone without actually having to press a handset up against your face. These headsets were once just figments of geeks’ imaginations, but now that they’re a reality, it seems no one is really using them.…
ABI Research: WiFi-enabled phone shipments continue to double every two years
In February of this year, ABI Research found that WiFi-enabled handset shipments were set to double between 2008 and 2010. Now with the latter date fast approaching, ABI’s analysts have confirmed that a similar pattern will hold true (or even accelerate) for the period 2009-2011. In that sense, this year is on track to see…