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Nielsen recently published some study data comparing smartphone operating system and manufacturer market share recently, showing RIM and Apple battling for second place with 27% each, while the combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG have pushed Android to 29%. It was only two months ago that iOS had a pretty distinctive lead, and…
Insurance firm State Farm, in an informal survey of 912 licensed drivers performed in November 2010, found that 19% of respondents say that they browse the web at least once a week while driving their car. If that figure isn’t bone chilling enough they also found that 74% of people take and make calls while…
Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren’t surprised to learn that Juniper Research predicts augmented reality elements within mobile applications will lead to…
Analysts are estimating that Verizon sold 1 million iPhone 4 units on its opening weekend, following up on commetary Verizon’s CEO saying that it had set records (though he didn’t disclose numbers). The iPhone 4’s debut on AT&T scored 1.7 million sales on launch weekend, so excitement for the thing hasn’t tapered off that much.…
Two analysts are providing conflicting reports over whether or not there will be enough iPad 2 tablets for buyers at launch. Goldman Sachs said the new displays would see a bottleneck, or “yield difficulties”, but that’s par for course, as they say “almost all of Apple’s new iOS products start out with limited volumes”. They…
It’s not much of a shock but a new study from Intel says that mobile etiquette is getting much worse. The survey of 2,000 adults found that 75% of people think the lack of mobile etiquette is getting worse and that 65% of people are actually getting visibly angry around people who show off bad…
While we still wait for the Motorola Xoom to prove itself against the iPad, most folks still prefer Apple’s tablet over any other similar device. U.S. immigrants are no exception to the rule, according to recent survey conducted by the mobile VoIP company Rebtel. Rebtel collected 1,340 responses from immigrants residing in the United States,…
Accessing the internet while on the go is the reason why many of us use smartphones in the first place. Whether you’ve got 100+ applications installed or absolutely none, the browser icon is the one you most often reach for while waiting in line at the supermarket or when you’re bored listening to your friends…
IHS has just published some research on much revenue was made through the Android Market, iPhone App Store, Nokia Ovi Store, and BlackBerry App World in 2010. Predictably, the iPhone App Store is still the king of the hill with $1.7 billion in revenue, but they’ve lost some market share since 2009 (82% vs. 92%).…
When portable music players first hit the market, and I’m talking about the Sony Walkman here, it changed the way not only people consumed the songs they loved, but how they interacted with the world around them. Whether or not you think the army of zombies marching with headphones plugged so deep into their ear…