Who would have thought that the iPhone would ever surpass Windows 7 machines in terms of Wi-Fi usage? As we become more mobile and increasingly reliant on data, it becomes easier to see why iPhone users would be gobbling up data via Wi-Fi over laptops – we tend to have our phones with us more…
iPhone 5 packing dual-LED flash for its camera?
iPhone 5 rumors have been so rampant that they’re trickling down to even the smallest details, such as the type of flash its camera will be using. Honestly, when is the last time you heard a rumor about whether a smartphone will have a single LED versus a dual LED for its camera’s flash unit?…
Apple iPhone 5 coming in September, latest report says
The Apple iPhone rumors go into overdrive this year because Steve Jobs didn’t introduce the 2011 model at WWDC and Bloomberg is reporting that the next iPhone (iPhone 5? iPhone 4GS?) will land in September, just in time for the back-to-school season. The report says that the iPhone 5 will sport the new dual-core processor…
Apple iPhone 4 now most popular camera on Flickr
The camera on the iPhone 4 has made it one heck of a point and shoot camera. It has become so popular that Flickr is now calling the Apple phone its most popular camera. The 5-megapixel camera on the iPhone 4 has made it on Flickr’s top five list many times before, but for the…
Apple iPhone 5 to have major redesign?
The Apple iPhone 5 rumors are being taken to a different level this year because we didn’t see it announced at WWDC. Despite many thinking that we’d get a modest update this year, BGR is reporting that the iPhone 5 will feature a radical redesign to go along with iOS 5.0. Normally, we’d have heard…
Nielsen: Mobile data in the U.S. is cheap
Nielson released some new information regarding how smartphone data usage has changed in the past year and it shows that usage has gone up even though prices haven’t. It’s no doubt that the amount of smartphones in the market has increased dramatically and this is all thanks to the growth of Android and the iPhone…
U.S. government spent $117 million on BlackBerry devices over last decade
When it comes to spending money on technology, we’d like to believe we are best at it, but apparently you don’t work for the US government. It appears that after the government gets your tax checks in, they go on a tech shopping spree much like we do when we get our tax returns. Gizmodo…
Nigeria enjoys 31% mobile browsing penetration, US 6%
The mobile phone world seems to revolve around the North America, Korean, and UK mobile phone market, but there’s more to the mobile scene than what we usually talk about. Quirksmode.org put together a chart of how other countries are using their phones to browse the web. The countries covered include Brazil, China, Egypt, India,…
The WildChords iPad app will help you learn guitar
I’m dashing through Finland checking out its mobile tech scene (disclosure: Finnfacts paid for my trip) and I stumbled across a few, cool apps. The WildChords iPad app has the potential to be a big hit because this music game can help you learn how to play guitar by using your Apple tablet. The WildChords…
iPhone and Android almost tied for app ad revenue
Millennial Media, a market research company, just released its Mobile Mix report for the month of May to give us an idea of how the market is being split between all the major platforms. Wednesday, they released this chart showing us how Android and iOS are currently doing against Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry OS and…