Mobile posts

Believe it or not, people are still using flip phones, Motorola Razors, and phones with buttons!… what? But those folks are increasingly in the minority. A new study by Princeton Survey Research Associates International found that 61% of American cell phone users are now using a smartphone. But why now? I think social media plays a huge role. Here’s why:   It’s always with you Right now the only way to connect with friends and family through social media is through a PC/Mac, tablet or a smart phone. So unless you want to wait till you get home to make a Facebook post about how excited you…

Perhaps you’ve heard that HP has launched two detachable, hybrid PCs and you aren’t sure which of these cool devices is right for your needs. One of these devices, called the Split x2, is built around Windows 8; the other one, called the SlateBook x2, is built around Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Could either of these convertible devices be the next tech purchase you make? Compare these two to determine which one is the right option for you.   Checking Out the Windows Split x2 Windows lovers get their option with this nifty hybrid. If you would rather be operating with Windows 8, then the Split x2 is…

Keeping up with the world of sports can be a challenge, but not if all the info is right on a smartphone. When it comes to choosing the right apps, don’t forget about the constantly evolving games every fan should be following. Whether it’s cricket in India or the NFL, if the sport exists, there’s probably an app for that. Choose apps that work on both Android and iOs to avoid any face-palming moments down the road. There are endless apps available, so how can fans and sports betters know which are best? Some are free, some are more user-friendly and some offer real-time coverage. To make things simple,…

There was a time when high school science projects involved baking soda volcanoes dropping egg-filled containers from helicopters. That may actually still be the case, but not for a batch of 1,600 high school students at this year’s 2013 Intel International Science. 18-year-old Eesha Khare developed a super-capacitor with a special nano-structure that allows more energy within a lower volume. It is able to deliver the energy more efficiently and stores it for up to 10,000 cycles (compared to most batteries that last around 1000 cycles). It can charge cellphone batteries in 30 seconds and…

Ten million down. Ninety million to go. That’s the news out of Samsung as their mobile chief announced today that they were nearing the 10 million unit mark in sales and believe that they may be on pace to break 9-digits with their current flagship before all is said and done. “We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week,” said co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun at a press event in Seoul yesterday. “It is selling much faster than the previous model S3.” The device has been on sale for less than a month, launching in Korea on April 26th and expanding to much of the rest of the world…

The good news: Samsung has made a breakthrough that inches us closer to having 5G mobile broadband technology at our fingertips. The bad news: it likely won’t be available to the public until around 2020. According to their Samsung Tomorrow blog: Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for cellular communications. The new technology sits at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will provide data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current…

Technology often gets accused of making our world less beautiful. Progress has a price and it’s often associated with taking the wonders of nature and making them less wonderful. To combat this, many cell infrastructure providers are trying their best to blend in. In this collection of images compiled by FastCo, we see a dozen examples of how technology is worked into the landscape in an effort to not stick out and ruin the view of the surroundings. In some cases, it’s a great success and only under close examination would anyone be able to tell that there are conversations coursing through the apparently…

The world of apps and Smartphone’s primarily started off with Apple’s iPhone in June 2007, with Google soon following up with the Android OS. At that time, the South Asian market was full of old school mobile phones, and the co-called Symbian Smartphone’s. For the common user, colored screens and polyphonic ringtones were the best that our market had to offer. However, it’s a different story today. These days we can get our hands on the touch-based Smartphone’s by spending almost the same amount that bought us a colored-screen polyphonic ringtone phone back in the day. There are thousands…

The iPhone 5 is six months old. That isn’t stopping happy T-Mobile subscribers from lining up to get it as part of the T-Mobile’s bold new pricing and marketing plans. People were lining up outside of T-Mobile stores this morning across the country. The hype is what one would expect of the launch of a new device, not an aged device adding a new carrier. It demonstrates the popularity of Apple, but is this good news going to translate as well for T-Mobile? Perhaps the real test will come when the carrier pushes forward head to head with the other carriers with the Samsung Galaxy S4, set to launch May 1. If…

In the art of war and business, knowing your enemy is arguably the most important key to success. The only real attribute that might hold the same level of importance is knowing your own strengths and weaknesses. BlackBerry showed today that they don’t know either very well. There has been some positive buzz lately surrounding BlackBerry 10, something that the company formerly known as Research in Motion hasn’t seen in years. They have a product that might actually be hot and the last thing they can afford to do is to squander the momentum. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what BlackBerry and CEO Thorsten…