Is the Honeymoon Period Over for iPhone?

August 1, 2010 by 1 Comment



Looks like Facebook is not the only thing we are getting addicted to. Our addiction to smartphones is certainly becoming as important. Their shipments jumped 43% year-over-year to 60 million units globally in the second quarter of 2010 and handset shipments grew by 13% in the quarter to 308 million, according to the Strategy Analytics. And no! they weren’t all iPhone. Others have been also kicking ass taking names! Read more of this post

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BlackBerry Wants You!

July 29, 2010 by 2 Comments

Better organization of pictures

From Blackberry blog post, it looks like the company is coming after us, the consumer market with their new multimedia features.  They are  going to change with BlackBerry 6 that includes:

-         A new improved camera UI,

-         Better picture handling and organization,

-         Improved YouTube integration which allows for streaming, sharing and uploading of videos,

-         Built in Podcast app,

-         And, better ways to handle and organize your music and videos.

Media capabilities always felt like a back burner issue on BlackBerry and it’s nice to see that Research In Motion has brought it forward with BlackBerry 6. Read more of this post

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More and More Texting, Browsing, Downloading

July 11, 2010 by 1 Comment


Nearly two-thirds of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging in May, while nearly a third used their mobile web browsers or downloaded apps, according to a new report by comScore.

All three categories rose about 2% from figures released in February. The largest increase, however, occurred among those using their mobile devices to access social networks or blogs (up 2.6% to 20.8%). All told, 49.1 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in May, up 8.1 percent from February, with Research In Motion‘s (Blackberry) platform running on nearly 42%. Apple (24.4%) and Microsoft (13.2%) followed, with Google‘s Android platform (13%) the only one among the top five gaining market share, up 4%.

The report further shows that 65.2 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device in May, up 1.4 percentage points versus the prior three month period, while browsers were used by 31.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points). Read more of this post

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Smartphones Becoming a Necessity

June 12, 2010 by 2 Comments


According to a report from Nielsen, 23% of U.S. mobile consumers owned a smartphone in the first quarter of 2010, up from 16% in the second quarter of 2009.  I don’t have any  stat on this for early 2000, but for sure I don’t remember any of my friends or colleagues  owned a smartphone back then compare to today. Slowly, but surely the smartphones are indeed becoming a must have thing to more and more people.

Research in Motion’s BlackBerry leads with a 35% market share, followed by Apple’s iPhone (28%); Microsoft  Windows Mobile (19%); Google  Android (9%); Palm (4%); Linux (3%); and Symbian (2%). Read more of this post

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iPhone Lovers To Stay in Misery till 2012

May 11, 2010 by 1 Comment


by Elias Shams
Indeed love hurts.  Even technology love hurts. I am so sorry to be the one to break the News to you :-(

Those of you so in love with iPhone, but in misery with AT&T, you will stay in your misery till 2012. I know… SHIT! :-( There might be some light at the end of the tunnel though :-) Read the rest…

Apple just confirmed that the original deal signed with AT&T for iPhone exclusivity back in 2007 was a five-year deal which means they can’t get out of it till 2012. Read more of this post

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Android killed iPhone in Web Traffic

April 28, 2010 by 5 Comments


by Elias Shams
According to the latest data from mobile ad network AdMob, mobile Web traffic generated by users of mobile devices running Google’s Android operating system was greater than traffic from Apple iPhone users in March in the U.S., TechCrunch reported.

Android accounted for 46% of U.S. mobile Web traffic in March, compared with 39% for the iPhone — although international traffic figures show the iPhone on top with 46% to Android’s 22% of market share.

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