Tag: smartphones

InstaHam app for smartphones, an idea worth $1 billion [video]

InstaHam app for smartphones, an idea worth $1 billion [video]

| April 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Some truly strange stuff (I want to practice the other “s” word, but satisfy filters) comes into the BetaNews Tips box. I’m gainful more attention to what’s in it this week, given my 7-sunshineight Google Reader fast. Weirdness knows not at all bounds, nor my perplexity to include and share it. I swear to debating [...]

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HTC One Smartphones’ Hardware Defects, Software Bugs

HTC One Smartphones’ Hardware Defects, Software Bugs

The HTC One series is the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s new flagship line of smartphones, powered by Google’s open-source Android operating system. It’s split up into three models, including the high-end, quad-core HTC One X, and the midrange HTC One S….

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Smartphones bridge US digital divide

Smartphones bridge US digital divide

Smartphones are bridging a US digital divide as minorities tap into the Internet using mobile devices, according to a Pew study released on Friday.

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Smartphone sales estimated to surpass 1 billion by 2014

Smartphone sales estimated to surpass 1 billion by 2014

Credit Suisse estimates that annual global smartphones sales will surpass 1 billion units in 2014, Reuters reported on Thursday. Global sales are predicted to grow nearly 46% to 687.9 million units this year, and then to reach 1.05 billion units in 201…

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Smartphone Sales to Hit 1 Billion Mark in 2014 [STUDY]

Smartphone Sales to Hit 1 Billion Mark in 2014 [STUDY]

Global sales of smartphones will top 1 billion units in 2014, according to one analyst’s estimate.

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FCC wants to institute new rules, tech to help curb rampant cell phone thefts

FCC wants to institute new rules, tech to help curb rampant cell phone thefts

The theft of cellular telephones and smartphones is becoming so widespread that the U.S. government is actively searching for ways to help people make their devices – and the data stored on them – more secure.

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Laser-Pointing Smartphones – The Tangram ‘Smart Dot’ Gives More Purpose to the iPhone Audio Jack (TrendHunter.com)

Laser-Pointing Smartphones – The Tangram ‘Smart Dot’ Gives More Purpose to the iPhone Audio Jack (TrendHunter.com)

(TrendHunter.com) The iPhone can be synchronized with many devices to make presentations easier but now it can double and triple up as a stylus and laser pointer with the Tangram ‘Smart Dot’ extension and…

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Five new mobile apps for gaming on the go

Five new mobile apps for gaming on the go

Smartphones and tablets are giving video game consoles a run for their money. Touchscreen  gaming on iPhones, iPads and Androids is easy, inexpensive and addictive! While dozens of new and interesting mobile games come out everyday, these five are wor…

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Analyst: One in three high schoolers owns an iPhone

Analyst: One in three high schoolers owns an iPhone

Smartphones are exploding among the United States population, with nearly 50 percent of everyone in the country now owning one. And there are rising trends even among teenagers.

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Taking credit payments on the go? Smartphones can make it easier

Taking credit payments on the go? Smartphones can make it easier

| April 4, 2012

Several options allow mobile merchants such as taxi drivers to validate credit cards

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