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Articles tagged with: Ims and Smartphones
Survey finds smartphones transforming mobile lifestyles of college students
Once reserved for busy business executives, smartphones are now being incorporated into the mobile lifestyle of college students, says new research from Ball State University. A recent survey of about 300 college students found that 27 percent own a smartphone as compared to the national average of 19 percent for working adults. more
Related Tags: sim, smartphone, eu, text-messaging, edge, tim, personal, instant-messaging, smart, USA
Comsys Mobile Offers WiMAX-GSM Handset Reference Platform
Fabless semiconductor vendor, Comsys Mobile has announced the launch of their latest ComMAX reference design platform, the CM1125RD - an optimized multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE smartphone reference design platform. Based on the ComMAX CM1125 baseband processor and integrating solutions from Comsys Mobile's partners, it incorporates all the features and functionalities required of smartphones, from antennae up to application processor. more
Related Tags: m1, 3g, semiconductor, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, voip, edge, gps, wimax-forum, ovi, battery, gsm, life
Market is Ready to Make Money Mobile
The time is right for services such as banking, money transfers and on-line payments to make the move to mobile handsets and services concludes ims Research in a new report. Improved coverage, greater uptake of feature phones and smartphones, higher mobile penetration and service availability have all contributed to this. As much as anything, greater demand from consumers, operators and financial stakeholders has seen the number of application developers and platform providers all multiply in numbers in recent years. more
Related Tags: mms, bluetooth, rcom, personal, ims-research, mobile-banking
Explosive Smartphone Growth Driven by New Features, Ease of Use
The smartphone segment of the handset market is forecast to experience strong growth, increasing from just over 10% of the market in 2007, to more than 25% of the market by 2012 says ims Research. The growth in the smartphone market is being driven by a new breed of smartphones, which are decidedly more consumer friendly. Historically, new technologies have been positioned as a unique selling point for the handset, as was the case with MP3 players and Cameras. These are attractive to customers, but have offered limited operator revenue returns to date. more
Related Tags: microsoft, gps, mobile-search, touchscreens, mp3
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