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Mobile Devices Will Outnumber Earth’s Population

April 7, 2023 By 901am

A decade ago, having a mobile phone was considered a status symbol. Not everyone can afford them then. But now, mobile phones are so ubiquitous it’s not unheard of for a person to carry more than one phone. Mobile devices like phones and tablets are encroaching on our lives in a huge way.

Network company Cisco recently conducted research on mobile devices and according to its findings, sometime this year there will be more mobile devices being used on earth than there are humans. This means there will be more than seven billion mobile devices on the planet by the end of the year. [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 16, 2012 @ 7:05 pm

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: mobile phones, research

ZTE, Huawei To Release Powerful Phones

April 7, 2023 By 901am

Chinese electronics manufacturers are known in the west not so much for their own products for the fact that they are usually used as OEM companies by more established companies from the west. But this close relationship with the giant electronics companies only means that technology transfer happens and these companies benefit from the relationship.

Two companies that are getting a lot of benefits from its role as an OEM are both ZTE and Huawei. These two companies are actually extremely huge and successful companies from the east that are rarely known outside of the region. But both companies have a desire to enter the western market and they are going to do it this year. [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 28, 2012 @ 8:30 pm

Filed Under: China, Mobile Tagged With: Huawei, mobile phones, ZTE

More People Using Mobile Phones To Research Purchases

April 7, 2023 By 901am

A study recently conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project shows that more than fifty percent of people who shopped during the 2011 holiday season used their mobile phones to do research on various products before committing to buy them.

The study involved 1,000 adults and according to the results, it was found out that a fourth of them took out their mobile phone while shopping inside a store in order to look up the price for the products they’re eyeing at online resellers.  [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 1, 2012 @ 7:40 pm

Filed Under: News, Shopping Tagged With: mobile phones, product reviews, research, Shopping, study

New “Mobile” Game Brings Back The “Social” in Social Situations

April 7, 2023 By 901am

Mobile phones bring a lot of conveniences for everyone. Gone are the days when you have to desperately look around for a phone booth (you still remember those?) if you need to call someone. Mobile phones allow people to reach us wherever we are. It’s a great benefit, but also one that has become a great annoyance, as attested by anyone who has attended a dinner party and everyone’s more busy playing with their phones than talking with the people in the same room. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 18, 2012 @ 8:17 pm

Filed Under: Social Network Tagged With: games, mobile phones, social interaction

Mobile phone thefts up by 400 percent in London

April 7, 2023 By 901am

Smartphones are quite expensive devices. Our wallets and bank accounts know it, but unfortunately so do criminals. In the UK, phone mobile phone theft is becoming quite a problem, based on figures released by the authorities.

Based on a report published by The Guardian, the police in Islington, one of London’s boroughs, reported a whopping 400 percent rise in crimes involving mobile phones, namely, phone snatching. The 400 percent increase happened over the span of just one year, that is from 157 reported crimes in 2010 to 786 the following year, 2011. The increase may actually be higher because the figure does not even include the last two months of 2011. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 23, 2012 @ 11:07 am

Filed Under: Mobile, News Tagged With: mobile phones, theft

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