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The graphic heading created by Michael DeGusta at the Understatement.com, seems to be grabbing everyone’s attention around the Internet. The graphic (down below) illustrates Android’s serious problem with the way it updates its devices. This comes after the company recently announced that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The chart demonstrates…
Some say that the iPhone changed how people interact with their mobile phones, and for the most part it’s been a change for the better since touch has paved the way for simpler user interfaces, but one thing we all hate, regardless of which platform we use, is the crap that our screen accumulates over…
The bean counters at IDC have just released their Q3 2011 mobile industry figures, and they tell a tale that many of you who’ve been following IntoMobile with a close eye are already well familiar with. Beginning with the market as a whole, 393.7 million devices were sold between July and September, which is up…
According to a new report by Juniper Research, soaring usage of social gaming will push the global market for virtual goods bought from mobile social media services from $3 billion this year to $4.6 billion by 2016. Needless to say, we have the sharp rise in smartphone adoption to thank for this trend, even though…
Not everyone can afford a high-end Android smartphone. Devices costing $400 and more are out of reach for many users in the emerging markets of the world and for them handset makers are launching entry-level devices. According to In-Stat, Android is set to dominate this low-cost smartphone segment (which BTW is defined by price –…
CheckPoints, which is a mobile app/service that engages consumers as they make purchasing decisions in-store, unveiled results of its research into the media consumption of mobile-enabled shoppers. According to their results, shoppers are spending more time on mobile than any other source, including traditional online — while spending over 8 times more on their phones…
Since many of us our glued to our cell phones throughout the day, it’s natural to worry whether all those radio waves and the radiation are harming us. For every handful of studies that show no correlation between heavy cell phone use and brain cancer, there are a few that do. However, a 15-year study…
Mobile VoIP clients downloaded to the smartphone will account for four fifths of 640 million mVoIP users by the end of 2016, while alliances between carriers and mVoIP specialists will remain relatively few in number. According to Juniper Research, the factors that will mostly drive the adoption of this technology are improved technology, more intuitive…
Samsung managed to ship over 20 million smartphones in Q3 2011, one report says, and this means it shipped more smartphones in that quarter than any other company, including Nokia and arch-nemesis Apple. The two latter manufacturers cranked out 16.8 million and 17.1 million smartphones last quarter, respectively. Samsung has proven itself to be the…
Microsoft researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a completely new way to interact with your smartphone called “PocketTouch“. The name is incredibly apt since it describes a system that allows you to control a device while it’s still in your pocket. Using a capacitive element that’s placed on the back of your smartphone, you…