|
|
Articles tagged with: Wi Fi and Smartphones
Smartphone sales to overtake standard mobile phones by 2012
Despite an estimated 10% increase in the number of worldwide mobile and wi-fi phones sold the second half of 2009, a 9% revenue decline is expected due to downward price pressure, reports Infonetics Research. In total, 1.1 billion mobile phones are forecast to be sold in 2009 worldwide. more
Related Tags:
AT&T Sees Surge in Wi-Fi Connections
AT&T has reported dramatic growth in the number of wi-fi users and connections. The US firm reported wi-fi connections totaled 10.5 million in the first quarter of 2009 - more than triple the 3.4 million connections in the first quarter of 2008, and more than half AT&T's 20 million total wi-fi connections for all of 2008. more
Related Tags: at&t, starbucks, wayport, roaming, smartphone, iphone, 3g, , ovi, iden, wireless-broadband, hotspot, hotspots, airports, USA
Dutch Railways launches mobile context-aware travel application
Service2Media, Appear and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the National Dutch railway, have announced the launch of Reisplanner Xtra, the first implementation of wireless context-aware services for Dutch train travelers. more
Related Tags: 3g, sms, smartphone, gps, personal, displays, Netherlands
Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Handset Shipments to Double from 2008 Through 2010
Shipments of wi-fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business models, and increased value for handset manufacturers, wi-fi technology will continue to penetrate deeper into mobile handsets over the next five years. more
Related Tags: nokia, iphone, smartphone, eu, itunes, apple, itu, lte, abi-research, femtocells, apple-iphone, ieee
Toshiba Offers Up Details of Snapdragon Smartphone
Toshiba has announced the details of its much heralded Snapdragon based smartphone - the Toshiba TG01. The Toshiba TG01 will be available across Europe in Summer 2009. more
Related Tags: m1, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, sim, mms, sms, smartphone, eu, qualcomm, bluetooth, edge, gps, wind, mts, hsupa, toshiba, touch-screen, snapdragon, toshiba-tg01, windows, lcd, mobile-content, 802.11
200 Million Mobile Small Businesses Offer Great Wi-Fi Opportunity
Sometime late this year, the estimated number of mobile small-medium businesses in the world (those with between five and 99 employees who use smartphones when travelling) will pass 200 million. In some regions, 99% of all businesses are classed as "small-medium." According to a new study from ABI Research, this SMB market, which has not adopted 802.11 network solutions to a great degree, provides a golden opportunity for wi-fi vendors of both equipment and services. more
Related Tags: smartphone, cisco, cisco, edge, wind, 802.11
Consumers Want Citywide Wi-Fi - And Are Willing to Pay for It
A report commissioned by wi-fi application vendor, Devicescape has found that most respondents want citywide wi-fi (84%) and, surprisingly, many are willing to pay for it (56%) as they would a utility. The report also found that an overwhelming number of wi-fi users expect wi-fi while on the road (91%) and when traveling, the most-often used device for accessing wi-fi was the smartphone, such as an iPhone (vs. laptops) more
Related Tags: google, nokia, iphone, smartphone, lte, USA
iPhone Showing High Wi-Fi Usage Rates in the USA and UK
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has highlighted growing wi-fi usage in the US and the UK in its November Metrics Report. Worldwide iPhone requests grew 52 percent month over month to 359 million in November, giving the iPhone 6.3 percent of total requests. In the US the iPhone is now the top device with 9.9 percent of requests. more
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, ipod, blackberry, admob, sony, playstation, 3, blackberry-bold, operating-system, USA
i-mate Shows Off Windows Mobile Based TouchScreen User Interface
Microsoft Mobile based smartphone vendor, i-mate has launched Go, a new user interface for i-mate handsets. With the tap or slide of a finger, i-mate Go navigates through the full suite of Windows Mobile tools. Users can customise the interface adding their own icons for one touch access to the things they use every day from emails, notes and text messages to pictures, the internet or music. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, qualcomm, bluetooth, rsa, wind, text-messages, battery, windows, i-mate, i-mate
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as AppleÃ's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, NokiaÃ's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony EricssonÃ's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, gps, abi-research, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, personal, sony, a-gps, e911, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia