Mobile News Archives - Page 11 of 52

Smartphone Sales Will Exceed 420 Million Devices in 2011, Says IMS‎

July 28, 2011

Sales of smartphones will exceed 420 million devices in 2011, accounting for nearly 28 percent of the entire global handset market, according to IMS Research. With the introduction of affordable “entry-level” smartphones, annual sales will surpass one billion devices by 2016. […]

The Most Popular Mobile Applications are Games – Reveals A Study

July 28, 2011

Distimo has published a report on ‘Mobile Gaming Trends: Popularity, Pricing and Monetization’, covering all the popular application stores. It shows that while the average selling price of smartphone games has shrunk, revenues from the freemium games have increased. […]

Windows Phone IS12T – First Smartphone with Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” Announced

July 28, 2011

Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited will manufacture “Windows Phone IS12T” – the first smartphone featuring “Windows Phone 7.5” (Mango) operating system. This water- and dust-proof smartphone features a 13.2 megapixels camera and will be available after September 2011. […]

Access Nokia Maps From Android and iOS Devices

July 23, 2011

HTML 5 version of Nokia maps is now avaialble for iOS and Android. Nokia Maps is now available on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with iOS4 or Android phones with Android 2.2/2.3 with an HTML5 compatible browser. To access this simply type maps.nokia.com in your mobile browser. […]

Mobile Web Consumers’ Expectations Are Increasing, But Mobile Web Disappoints

July 21, 2011

Global consumers’ expectations for mobile and application performance are not being met with a majority of users experiencing slow or unreliable mobile and application performance – Reports a new survey titled “What Users Want from Mobile” conducted by Compuware Corporation. […]

One -Third of Cell Phone Users (33%) in U.S Own Smartphone

July 18, 2011

Pew Internet Project finds that one third of American adults – 35% – own smartphones. The Project’s May survey found that 83% of US adults have a cell phone of some kind, and that 42% of them own a smartphone. That translates into 35% of all adults. […]

Nokia Zeta ( Nokia 700) – NFC, 1GHz Processor, 3.2-inch AMOLED Display

July 9, 2011

Nokia Zeta aka Nokia 700 expected to be a low-budget smartphone, and is likely to sport a 3.2-inch AMOLED display with an HD resolution of 640×360 pixels, 5 MP camera, and the second front-facing VGA camera. It is reported to be powered by a 1GHz processor and have NFC capabilities. […]

Overall Tele-Density in India Reaches 73.11, with 874.68 Million Subscribers (May 2011)

July 8, 2011

TRAI’s Telecom Subscription Data report for May 2011 estimates that, total telephone subscribers in India reached 874.68 Million, making the overall Tele-density 73.11. Total Wireless subscriber base is 840.28 Million – 88.30% by Private operators and 11.70% by BSNL and MTNL. […]

Nokia N950 Handset for MeeGo Platform Developers

July 6, 2011

Nokia N950, the slide-out QWERTY keyboard bearing handset was announced recently at the Nokia Connection Event 2011 in Singapore. The developers-only device will feature a slightly bigger 4.0″ TFT LCD display, a 1 GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and the physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. […]

iOS and Android Mobile OS are More Secure than Desktop OS – Symantec

July 6, 2011

Symantec published report on Security approaches employed in Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. It says both iOS and Android offer improved security over traditional desktop-based OS. And iOS’s security model offers strong protection against traditional malware than android. […]