Tag Archives: Smartphones; Technology; Blogski

The era of dismissing, cheap-without-any-real-features Smartphones just might be drawing to a rapid end. (Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/3KTrXK

“I’m calling from 35,000 feet…” (With the droning howl of the plane and fellow passengers scowling intensely…) Let’s hope that the possibility / discussion regarding the use of mobile phones on commercial airplanes is just that. (Source) Huffington Post: http://goo.gl/5CyrbE

Japan’s largest mobile carrier (DoCoMo) lost a record number of subscribers last month. Moreover, the firm’s marketshare continues to slide… which, metaphorically, represents Japan’s biggest dilemma: forestalling economic and social reform… Long story short, OECD nations continue to languish due … Continue reading →

With the high-profile, hiring of a (now former) Google Executive, Xiaomi looks to be focused on branching out past their current market (Hong Kong, PRC and Taiwan). Moreover, with the firm beginning to make an earnest challenge of Samsung in … Continue reading →

ZTE’s new Smartphone built on Mozilla’s Firefox (the latest entrant into an ever-crowded field) will be sold direct-to-consumer via eBay. Let’s see if said tactic proves fruitful (aside from whether this handset will be a success). (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/cPU6fP

Not the game but – yet another – potential flaw is discovered in a technology that’s become increasingly commonplace; do’h! (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/VKrBO

The verdict is in (according to the ‘cool kids’) and Smartphones are the overwhelming winner (are you listening HTC / Microsoft & Nokia / Motorola and RIM?) Granted, this news really comes as no surprise… (Source) Digital Trends: http://goo.gl/qrrwW

With roughly 700 million Smartphones sold (1/2 of the overall market was dominated by Samsung & Apple – in that order globally last year)… the market is indeed slowing down. Potentially the biggest caveat in all of this is simply: … Continue reading →

A study released today predicts that Smartphone sales will hit 1 billion in 2014. Towards that end, depending on how one does the math that breaks down to between 14 and (just under) 17% of the entire planet’s population purchasing … Continue reading →

According to Cisco, there will be more smartphones (connected) than humans by 2016. Moreover, with mobile data traffic in 2011 being eight times the size of the global Internet (data) in 2000… this leads one to believe that Cisco (and … Continue reading →