Saturday, January 26, 2013

Phones

1.6 billion mobile phones shipped in 2012: Samsung ships 396.5M, Apple ships ...
VentureBeat
“Fuelled by robust demand for its popular Galaxy models, Samsung was the star performer, shipping a record 396.5 million mobile phones worldwide and capturing 25 percent marketshare to solidify its first-place lead,” Neil Shah, a senior analyst at ...
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VentureBeat
With the DMCA making unlocking phones illegal, a new White House petition ...
The Next Web
In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress deemed that unlocking of mobile phoneswould no longer be allowed under the DMCA. Why would such a rule come from the Librarian? Because it is their responsibility to determine who is exempt from the “strict...
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The Next Web
The 10 Best Symbian Phones Ever
PC Magazine
At the OS's height of popularity between 2004 and 2007, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and LG all churned out Symbian phones with a range of UIs for hungry, early smartphone users. Apps? Yeah, we had apps. Back in 2004, I wrote approvingly ...
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AT&T Warns Cell Phones Can Pose Flu Risk
Christian Broadcasting Network
Cell phone provider AT&T is issuing a warning to its customers about the flu: the mobile devices can spread the flu virus easily. That's because of how often people shake hands, turn doorknobs, and use railings before using their phones. "If you don't ...
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Mobile phones 'main way of discovering a cheat'
Digital Spy
Managing director of MobileInsurance.co.uk John Lamerton said: "You'd be surprised how often relationship arguments and cheating gets cited in mobile phone insurance claims. Evidently, those being unfaithful in relationships need to keep better tabs on ...
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Android Central 123: Giant fake phones?
Android Central
Android Central 123: Giant fake phones? Podcast · Podcast. By Phil Nickinson | Jan 25 2013 | 7:27 am | 3 Comments. Audio-only stream below. type="audio/mpeg">. The Galaxy Note 8.0 is coming, Samsung says, but are recent leaked pictures real? Plus ...
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Unlocking Cell Phones Will Become Illegal this Weekend
OzarksFirst.com
You'll still be able to buy unlocked phones from carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, or you can pay the retail price through the phone's maker. "Jailbreaking," in which users can expand aphone's software abilities, is not targeted by the change ...
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Unlocking Cell Phones Will Be Illegal in the US Come Sunday
TechnoBuffalo
This is so bizarre, especially because we own the devices, but apparently it will be illegal to unlock phones starting on Sunday. I always unlock my phones, especially if I have a carrier locked unit that I want to use overseas with a cheaper SIM card ...
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TechnoBuffalo
Student group organizes drive to collect 147 cell phones for soldiers
AnnArbor.com
Students at South Arbor Charter Academy collected 147 cell phones in a donation drive for CellPhones for Soldiers, a nonprofit organization that sends free cellphones and calling cards. ReCellular_Motorola_cell_phones.JPG. The Green Team collected 147 ...
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Criminalizing the unlocking of phones will pique developers' interests
PhoneDog
As I'm sure many of you are aware, this Saturday, January 26, will be the last day you will “legally” be able to unlock your carrier locked device in the U.S. This movement stems from the decision of the Librarian of Congress, who last October made a ...
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Mobile

Cracking the mobile ad market
CNN
121220105228-best-ipos-2012-millenial-media-gallery-horizontal FORTUNE -- Paul Palmieri, chief executive of Millennial Media, had a point to make about the future of his fast growing mobileadvertising company. Staying independent is perfectly fine for ...
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IDC: Mobile market grew 2 percent in Q4, Samsung remains in lead
ZDNet
IDC said in its latest quarterly mobile phone tracker, vendors shipped 482.5 million mobile phones during the fourth-quarter of 2012, whereas for the full year sales were essentially flat, declining 0.2 percent on shipments of more than 1.7 billion units.
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Say goodbye to more bank branches
CNN
Looking to cut costs, many banks are aggressively shuttering branches they deem unnecessary and encouraging customers to shift to online and mobile banking instead, said Nancy Bush, a bank analyst and contributing editor at SNL. "All the costs of ...
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Yahoo's Mayer Sees Future in Personalized, Mobile Web
Bloomberg
Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer said the company is working on technology that will personalize content from the Web and feed it to people on theirmobile devices. Users' data will make it possible to create a so-called interest graph...
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Bloomberg
Mobile Ad Industry Calls for Standards As Devices Proliferate
AdAge.com
With the proliferation of tablets, smartphones and corresponding apps and mobilewebsites, mobile ad unit inventory is varied, complex and constantly growing. For creative shops, this has meant a difficulty in devising campaigns engineered to run on a...
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AdAge.com
Mobile, Local & Search: 5 Sources of Innovation & Investment in 2013
Search Engine Watch
Growth in mobile local ad spending will be driven by continued momentum in advertiser evolution to localize campaigns, due to users' mobile local intent (i.e., 50 percent of mobile searches are local). Premiums on higher-performing mobile ads will also ...
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Calling China: How Mobile Startup Jolla Will Sell An Android Alternative
Forbes
Finland is no longer the suicide capital of the world–it lost that distinction in 2007. So why would a handful of ex-Nokia engineers decide to get into the murderous smartphone business, taking on Google's Android platform, Apple and Samsung? Answer: ...
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Dial I for infidelity: Checking partner's mobile phone is most common way ...
Daily Mail
In the past, lipstick on the collar, the scent of another woman's perfume or receipts from mysterious dinners for two were the clues suspicious wives looked for to discover if their man was cheating. But in the age of modern technology, now snooping on ...
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Daily Mail
Global mobile phone shipments breached 1.6 billion units in 2012, Samsung ...
Engadget
According to research from Strategy Analytics, a staggering 1.6 billion mobile phones were shipped (not sold) globally in 2012, and 700 million of them were smartphones. Samsung, Nokia and Apple, in that order, were the biggest movers of handsets ...
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Pakistan bars mobile phone service in 58 cities
Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a security measure for Eid Miladun Nabi gatherings and processions, a media report said. Mobile phone services will stay suspended in ...
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Tablet

Acer Iconia W510 Review: A Weak Windows 8 Tablet with a Dealbreaker Dock
TIME
With a 10.1-inch screen, it's smaller than all the other hybrids, and more manageable when used as a tablet. When plugged into its dock, the W510 becomes a small laptop (a netbook, if you will), with a keyboard, trackpad, a full-sized USB port and ...
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TIME
Malta parties fight "tablet war" as election nears
Yahoo! News (blog)
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Parties running for election in Malta launched a 'tablet war' on Thursday, issuing rival promises to hand out iPad-style computers to school children if elected next month. Putting education and technology at the center of the two ...
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Yahoo! News (blog)
How the tablet is taking over from the TV: BBC reveals record iPlayer figures ...
Daily Mail
Record numbers of people are abandoning their living room TV set to watch shows on their phone, tablet and laptop. As researchers say a third of viewers now prefer gadgets to their TV, the BBC revealed record viewing figures for its iPlayer on demand...
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Daily Mail
Samsung's rumored 8” Android tablet looks like a flattened-out smartphone
Ars Technica
Earlier today, apparent "spy shots" of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet were discovered on Italian technology site Digital Day Revolution. The site claims it cannot confirm whether the leaks are of a prototype or the final product, but from what we ...
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Ars Technica
Tablet Sales to Trump Laptops in 2013 – That Was Fast!
Singularity Hub
To get an idea of just how quickly the tablet market is evolving consider this June 2012 headline: “Tablet Growth Will Surpass Notebook Growth by 2016 [NPD Report].” Fast forward a mere six months and NPD had to fast forward its forecast. The research ...
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Singularity Hub
Hyundai T7 Tablet Costs $166, Features Quad-Core Exynos Chip
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
In addition to the powerful processor, the tablet is outfitted with a 7-inch 1280 x 800-pixel IPS display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage and a Mali 400 GPU. However, on the camera front the T7 sports a measly a 0.3-megapixel forward-facing camera and a 2 ...
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Sony Xperia Tablet Z (Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor 1.5GHz; 10.1-inch ...
CNET Asia
The first high-end Android tablet of 2013 was announced this month. But it didn't happen at the mega CES tradeshow. Nor did it involve the usual suspects--Asus, Google or Samsung. Instead, the launch happened in Japan, where Sony revealed the ultraslim ...
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CNET Asia
Global tablet sales to hit 145 million in 2013: Research
NDTV
Global tablet computer sales are expected to hit 145 million this year, a research firm said Wednesday in the latest upgrade of the sizzling segment. ABI Research said it raised its forecast due to "a combination of new market entrants, more affordable ...
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NDTV

Ice Cream Sandwich


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Samsung Note

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Reportedly Caught On Camera, Inherits Design ...
TechCrunch
Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is rumored for an official unveiling at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, but this week it's been the subject of a lot of rumors and speculation ahead of release. Today, there's a new leak from Italy's DDAY.it that ...
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TechCrunch
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 image 'leaked' online
Times of India
Previously, tech new website SamMobile said that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will have an 8-inch Super Clear LCD display and S-Pen stylus compatibility. The big draw will be Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) out-of-the-box, considering that Google's ...
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Leaked photos may show Samsung's oddly phone-like Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet
The Verge
An 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note tablet seems a sure thing at this year's Mobile World Congress in February, Ahead of that, DDay.it has posted what it says are pictures of the tablet. If this is really theNote 8.0, it uses the rounded shape of the Note ...
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Samsung may cut expenses as Apple shops elsewhere for chips
Yahoo! News (blog)
Reuters/Reuters - The new Samsung Galaxy Note II tablet device is pictured duringSamsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event in Berlin's Tempodrom hall ahead of the start of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, …more August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Pawel...
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Yahoo! News (blog)
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 shows up in the wild
SlashGear
We've been hearing plenty of chatter about Samsung's rumored 8-inch Galaxy Notetablet lately, and we've already seen plenty of leaks of the new tablet, as well as a hint from a Samsung exec that we should be seeing the new device at Mobile World ...
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SlashGear
Samsung's iPad mini rival, the Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, revealed in leaked images
BGR
While Samsung (005930) has had tremendous success over the past year with its Galaxy brand of smartphones, the company hasn't been able to generated the same amount of buzz for its Galaxy tablet line just yet. But now SamMobile points us to the first ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 purportedly spied out and about with rounded corners ...
PhoneDog (blog)
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 leaks and news continue this morning with a fresh batch of "in the wild" photos purportedly showing off the upcoming tablet. The shots, which were posted by Italian site DDay.it, show a white Samsung-branded slate with what ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Tablet: 8-Inches of Android Paradise
Technabob (blog)
According to rumors and tipsters, the Samsung Galaxy Note Android tablet will ship with an 8-inch display. It's expected to have on board Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, a 1.6GHz quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 5MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front facing one.
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Technabob (blog)
Samsung to launch 'Galaxy Tab 3' tablets in 2013, Note 8.0 could be priced ...
NDTV
A day ago we had shared an indicative product roadmap for Samsung's devices that are expected to launch during the course of this year. The company's tablet plans include the Galaxy Note 8.0, which is more or less confirmed for an Mobile World Congress ...
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NDTV
Is This Samsung's Answer to the iPad Mini?
Mashable
Samsung will announce a new Android tablet, the Galaxy Note 8, at a mobile trade show next month, a company executive revealed to reporters earlier this week. But the unveiling has come a little early, if these photos from an Italian technology site ...
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Mobile ADS


Cracking the mobile ad market - Fortune Tech
Meet Millennial Media, the most important advertising company you've likely never heard of. Its technology has the likes of Google and Apple paying attention.
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Mobile E-book


Mobile Masters ebook Available Soon!
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Samsung's bada 2.0


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