In 2011, Apple sold 39 million iPads versus 7 to 8 million tablets using the new Android tablet OS (v3.x). Amazon and B&N, with Google’s ball, developed low-price tablets based on Android 2.x; they sold about 6-7 million this year. However, the bigger picture still has room for Google’s operating system to pose as the […]
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Google locked horns with Apple in mobile technology in 2008 after the release of its first Android operating system. Since then it has been the ball game of two; other operating systems like Blackberry OS and webOS didn’t stand a chance in the market. Google’s strategy in mobile computing had been totally different from others. […]
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Worst Phones 1. Samsung Trender There is no doubt in the fact that there is exists a market that prefers a messaging handset over a smartphone but Samsung’s attempt to hit both with the same bat did not pan out well. The Trender was supposed to address both mobile computing and messaging at the same […]
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Verizon’s LTE network works fine on the smartphone. It is a huge upgrade to other Galaxy versions like the SII and SII Skyrocket. 3. Apple iPhone 4S The phone has one of the best features in the market but in some cases it was a disappointment as well. In the contemporary world, where the reigning […]
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Best of 2011 1. Motorola Droid Razr This phone came in the middle of the year but its good looks and a very speedy processor was a romantic marriage. Motorola has been blowing hot air in the smartphone industry for the last three or four years but the Droid Bionic followed by Razr were a […]
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The smartphone trend went into full swing after the release of original iPhone that offered the real touch screen experience that only was possible to see in the movies. Apple opened the Pandora’s Box that unleashed a number of smartphones in the last four years. This year was no different and considering the fact that […]
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Users of Apple’s smartphone and tablets have been crying for a long time for the smallish battery time of the devices. The industry leader has finally listened to the concerns of the consumers and announced that they will introduce devices with longer lastinng batteries. According to The Telegraph, Apple has registered a patent which will […]
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Google announced that companies being charged for the services are a mere 0.35 percent of whole population that uses it. However, unfortunately both Fubra and Nestoria among others come in that small 0.35 percent. Big companies with strong capital support can afford to continue to use Google Maps by paying for the service but Fubra […]
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Google Maps is one of the most used applications in the world at the moment. Among the most frequently utilized Application Programming Interfaces (API), Google Maps is the most visited followed by Twitter, You Tube and Flickr. The main reason behind this frequent use, even more the most famous websites like the Twitter and Facebook […]
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However, this year, though the economy is still finding its footing on a stable terrain and Europe is going through a tough time, the trend of making online transactions has shown its healthy signs. The public is preferring to go online and order a product and are willing to pay for the shipment charges, which […]
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That means almost 18.4 percent of all the transactions were made through mobile devices like the tablets and smartphones. Netbooks and notebooks are not included in this category. The story does not end at these facts. There has been an enormous shift seen in the increase of online sales and the biggest part in encouraging […]
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International Business Machine (IBM) released the stats of Christmas Day purchases mostly made on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011. The most amazing fact that mesmerised even IBM was this year’s statistics of online shopping. Since the 2008 recession, the online shopping trend had shifted steeply to traditional brick and mortar transactions. In a survey, it […]
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