Should we even bother calling them cell phones any more? They do so much more than that now that it seems we barely ever make phone calls on them any more, and now there is research and data that backs this up. According to The New York Times, the length of the average cell phone call has dropped in length from 2.27 minutes in 2008 to 1.81 minutes in 2009, and overall voice minute...
While the iPhone app scene seems to get all of the attention and love, there is no mistaking that the Google Android Market is coming up strong and fast. The only problem is that while the number of apps is certainly growing faster and faster each month, it is becoming more and more like that old question of, “which matters more, quantity or quality?” There is no denying that there...
While many people have speculated that this new decade will be all about mobile devices, there have been just as many that feel that this is all hype and that mobile won’t be that important. Well, it seems that at least one company seems to be betting on it indeed being the main focus for some years, and if the rumors are true, it may be making a very big move to prove it. According...
It seems that AT&T has finally decided to give some love to Google's Android operating system in the form of the new Backflip from Motorola. It has taken some time for AT&T to warm to the Android OS, but the Backflip is just the first of a reported five handsets coming to the cell phone provider this year. The new Motorola handset does look like a decent start to the...
Gone are the days of calling Windows Mobile "WinMo", now it will be something more akin to "WinPho7" or "WinPho7Series" … who knows, but the full and official name is "Windows Phone 7 Series." Officially announced today at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Windows Phone 7 Series is a ground up reimagining of the long running Windows Mobile operating system. Gone is the...
The 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress is heading for sunny Spain next week, kicking off in Barcelona on Monday 15 February and running for four days. Last year’s show attracted some 47,000 visitors and if the pre-event buzz is anything to go by, this year’s “Vision in Action” themed Congress should top that figure. As is common with events such as this, some manufacturers just can’t wait...
It would appear from the latest data on the sales of smartphones that no matter what operating system or manufacturer you choose, sales are way up across the board. According to new research from IDC, the sales of smartphones reached a new record level in the fourth quarter of 2009. According to the company’s research, a total of 54.5 million units were shipped in the three months...
The following takes place between articles about iPhones and Apple Tablets … The events happen in real time. It's that magical time of year again when Jack Bauer, also known as Keifer Sutherland, gets involved in another terrorist plot which amazingly takes exactly 24 hours to resolve on the series 24. Seeing as this is the eighth time this has happened, you'd think he'd learn to...
We’ve all seen the ad for the LG eXpo phone that has a man walking into the office kitchenette, turning off the lights and projecting a trailer for Avatar on to the wall for his coworkers to see. While the commercial is cute, it does make you wonder if this is something that will ever become a standard feature on phones. For as long as phones have had multimedia functions and Internet...
Holding a private conversation on a mobile phone may no longer be possible after the security measures protecting the vast majority of the world's portable communication devices have been unlocked by researchers.