Can you hear me now? Well, not if you’re chattin’ it up in the middle of a solar surface event. Disturbances on the sun’s surface, known as “solar flares” are reportedly to blame for many of the dropped calls this summer. A new research study being published in the next issue of Proceedings of the…
22 billion dollars to be moved over mobile phones by 2011
Juniper Research published a report stating that the uptake of NFC (near field communication) devices along with the cooperation of major financial institution’s will make payments with your mobile phone the preferred way to do commerce. I simply can’t wait. My wallet is absolutely useless and I recently purchased a simple, small, card holder that…
Apple iPhone closer than ever to getting unlocked!
Head on over to our Into iPhone mini-site to get the downlow on the latest breakthrough in the race to unlock the iPhone! Apparently, hackers have been able to gain access to the iPhone’s console, leaving them within sight of actually hacking the iPhone’s radio. News of this development comes hot on the heels of…
Samsung patents technology for single-click GPS direction information
Sure it’s nice having a GPS unit built into your mobile phone, but what good does it do you when you’re driving along at (just over) the speed limit? Try looking up your destination, committing it to memory, and entering it into the GPS’s map-routing software – all while keeping one hand on the wheel…
15% of U.S. mobile workers wants an iPhone
It seems that iPhone sales have just started… Market research firm RDA Global polled 1,027 U.S. mobile workers, and found that 15% of workers who either travel, work away from their office or are telecommuters are interested in buying Apple’s flagship product. By taking into account the total number of mobile workers in the States…
USA Today: People really like their iPhones
USA Today felt it necessary to poll 350 newly minted iPhone owners to see if they actually liked their iPhone. To our un-surprise, they found that almost all respondents were “immensely satisfied.” Now, we could have told you that the iPhone was a genius piece, but since USA Today put the official stamp of approval…
iPhone in numbers – Up to 500,000 units sold during the weekend!
It’s likely that Apple has met even the highest sales forecasts. Here’s the brief recap of iPhone numbers: Apple have sold 200,000 iPhones on the first day – Bloomberg 500,000 iPhone were sold over the weekend, most of them 8GB models – Piper Jaffray (via: Crave) As of Sunday afternoon, 2,700 iPhones have been sold…
Motorola and Nokia lead the world in cameraphone segment – finally some good news for Motorola
With the global cameraphone market set to pass the 1 billion-handset mark this year, Strategy Analytics believes that the industry is entering its third-phase. The move from megapixel and features to quality and imaging experience will help drive the growth of the market – led by Finnish handset manufacturing giant Nokia and the US runner-up…
Samsung may snatch #2 spot from Motorola
Analyst Ittai Kidron at CIBC says that the South Korean handset manufacturer, Samsung, may be making another move to take the number two handset manufacturing spot from Motorola. We’re not surprised to hear that Motorola is losing global market share – what with all of Moto’s recent financial woes and setbacks. According to Strategy Analytics,…
UK companies lose £1 million a day on employee’s personal phone calls
Latest research from telecom expense management specialist Aurora Kendrick James reveals that about £400 million are spent annually by UK workers talking to friends and family using company mobile phones. In the other words, UK employees spend more than £1 million per day on personal phone calls — or 20 to 25 percent of all…