Tag Archives: iPhone

Android on top but dissatisfaction among developers grows

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Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. While Android has continued its steady climb up the smartphone OS pecking order, opinion is divided on the extent to which its market influence will continue to grow Most recent industry reports make encouraging reading for Google. Smart phone market data for Q1 2011 released by Canalys showed that Android led the global market for the second …

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Call quality in decline: is it the smartphone?

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Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. Studies suggest that as smart phones get smarter, voice quality seems worsen. Last year, a survey by JD Power among North American mobile users looked at wireless call quality based on seven problem areas that impact overall carrier performance: dropped calls; static/interference; failed call connection on the first try; voice distortion; echoes; no immediate voicemail notification; and …

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Who needs NFC when femtos can do cashless payments?

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Posted on February 15, 2011 by admin

By David Swift The press has been abuzz with news that near field communications (NFC) will be coming to mobile devices any time soon. NFC is an RFID chip which will allow mobile phones to be used to pay for low-cost items, simply by passing the phone over a card reader. Recently Orange and T-Mobile in the UK and announced …

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Monetizing the five-bar lifestyle with femtocells

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Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

By Aditya Kaul Femtocells have been largely seen as a cost effective voice-based coverage solution that works out of the box, helping unfortunate mobile users that suffer with poor coverage in their homes and offices. However, the value proposition of femtocells goes beyond being just a coverage solution, or a ‘churn-reduction’ tool. The end-game for femtocells is about enabling a …

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Winners and losers in the smartphone race

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

By Glenn Le Santo. Smartphones took a giant leap into the future when Apple released the iPhone which, when combined with all-you-can-eat unlimited data plans, revolutionised the way we use phones. With Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker recently predicting that mobile internet connections will overtake desktop internet connection by 2014, the potential market for internet enabled mobile phones is huge. While …

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iPad – boom or bust for mobile operators? Part 2

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Posted on April 29, 2010 by admin

By Steve Costello The launch of the iPad heralds a new breed of smart device. So what will be the impact on mobile data? In the second of two parts, we look at the opportunities for operators. With Apple releasing its first iPad devices with integrated 3G connectivity late in April 2010, there will be significant interest among the operator ecosystem …

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