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Budding teenagers once looked forward to owning their first car, being able to go wherever they wanted, when they wanted, but according to The New York Times today’s teens would rather own a smartphone. Five out of every ten 16 year olds had a driver’s license in 1978, but fast forward to 2008 and it’s…
Apple’s smartphone has ranked highest in customer satisfaction for the past five years, but that statistic isn’t stopping British buyers from voicing their complaints. 1,694 British iPhone buyers were surveyed for satisfaction with their iPhone and over 22 percent indicated that they regret buying one. Interestingly, 73 percent of the unhappy participants are men. The…
The enterprise market, where BlackBerry has traditionally reigned supreme, is now ruled by the iPhone according to recent reseach. A survey by iPass questioned 2,300 employees across 1,100 businesses around the world, and showed that 32.2% owned a BlackBerry (compared to 34.5% last year), while 45.0% claimed to use an iPhone for work, compared to…
Android’s momentum is still going strong, as the latest Gartner numbers said the platform had 52.5 percent of worldwide smartphone sales to end users for the third quarter of 2011. That’s a rather impressive figure and it’s even more impressive when you consider that Gartner said its market share in this category doubled from the…
While the U.S. may be the biggest smartphone market out there, and RIM’s foothold there is slipping, BlackBerry continues to be popular in the UK and Canada according to recent survey data. In Canada, BlackBerry has snatched 41% of the smartphone market, which is more or less in line with where RIM sat at the…
Even though the iPhone 4 came to Verizon as an alternative carrier in February, the iPhone 4S was the first phone to launch without exclusivity to AT&T. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all carry the iPhone 4S nationwide — well, at least when it’s in stock — and even with all the complaints over the years,…
RIM made its debut in the Greenpaece Guide to Greener Electronics this month, and it’s not a good start. The maker of BlackBerry is dead last among other electronics manufacturers, including LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and Apple. RIM gets a beating in the ratings for not providing external verification of its greenhouse gas emission…
In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking at the growing mobile retail marketing, suggesting it will reach $15 billion globally by 2012, which is a growth of 50% over 2011. Unsurprisingly we have the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets to thank for this trend, both of which (smartphones and tablet) have increased the…
Smartphones are becoming more of an important part of our lives seemingly as the hours and days go by. This year’s holiday season will be different then most, as 62 percent of folks are planning to use their mobile device to make a purchase, according to a U.S. survey conducted by Sybase 365 and the Mobile…
Demand for the iPhone 4S stays very strong almost one month after its release. The vast majority of Apple stores are running out of iPhone 4S units on a daily basis, says one analyst. His name is Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank, and he took a poll of 30 different Apple stores, revealing that between…