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Samsung is planning to ship a half billion phones in 2013

Samsung is planning to ship a half billion phones in 2013
  • Posted December 27, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • A new report from The Korea Times points out that Samsung plans to increase handset shipments by 20 percent next year following a record-setting 2012. In total, the Korean electronics giant wants to move some 510 million phones in 2013,…

Pentagon drops exclusive BlackBerry contract for iOS, Android

Pentagon drops exclusive BlackBerry contract for iOS, Android
  • Posted November 1, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Despite RIM's impending BlackBerry revamp with BB10 and updated hardware, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) announced it would be dropping its exclusivity contract with RIM. According to Reuters, ICE will be transitioning to Apple's iPhone to fill gaps…

Verizon to hike price for FiOS and fees, shared data plans coming

Verizon to hike price for FiOS and fees, shared data plans coming
  • Posted May 17, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Speaking at an investor conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo shared that the company will be raising prices for FiOS and charging more for various aspects its services and products. The price hike is intended to offset the tens of billions…

Samsung tops mobile sales, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry plummet

Samsung tops mobile sales, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry plummet
  • Posted May 16, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • According to figures by research firm Gartner, Samsung once again holds the top spot when it comes to global sales of mobile phones. The Korean-based company managed to bump Nokia from its perch after sales from the former king of…

T-Mobile, Verizon Android 4.0 upgrade schedules leaked

T-Mobile, Verizon Android 4.0 upgrade schedules leaked
  • Posted April 30, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Some Verizon and T-Mobile device owners will be pleased to hear that Ice Cream Sandwich may be making its way to their subsidized smartphone or tablet. Please bear in mind these are rumors and haven't been officially confirmed. ICS, or…

Windows Phone 7 app store to require 7.5, Zune access pulled

Windows Phone 7 app store to require 7.5, Zune access pulled
  • Posted April 26, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • Over at the Windows Phone Blog, Microsoft has announced a couple of changes coming to the Windows Phone Marketplace. First, the company will be removing the ability to download Windows Phone apps through their Zune PC software. Secondly, the app…

Google Maps gets real-time traffic, crowdsources Android GPS data

Google Maps gets real-time traffic, crowdsources Android GPS data
  • Posted March 30, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
  • Although traffic data has been available on Google Maps for quite some time, the traffic information delivered by the popular mapping service was frequently stale or incorrect. In fact, estimated arrival times with traffic were so frequently incorrect, Google actually…

Samsung, RIM sued over emoticon display patent :-(

Samsung, RIM sued over emoticon display patent :-(
  • Posted March 20, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Described as "pictorial representations of an expression or a person's mood", emoticons are widely used amongst habitual texters. Unfortunately for Samsung, Research In Motion and possibly others, Varia Holdings claims they own a patent which would prevent companies from providing a…

PayPal reveals mobile credit card reader, undercuts competition

PayPal reveals mobile credit card reader, undercuts competition
  • Posted March 16, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Earlier this week, PayPal mentioned plans to compete against Square, Intuit and other credit card payment processors. The company aims to become yet another way to process credit cards on the go for small businesses, offering a mobile card reader and…

HTC confirms plans to release Android 4.0 for 16 smartphones

HTC confirms plans to release Android 4.0 for 16 smartphones
  • Posted March 14, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • HTC has confirmed plans to release Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) for a number of its smartphones -- 16 to be exact. One thing all of the phones seem to have in common is they were released in 2011. If…

Symantec "lost" phone study shows most people are dishonest

Symantec "lost" phone study shows most people are dishonest
  • Posted March 12, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Mobile Computing
  • Symantec's Honey Stick Project (pdf) confirms what many of us already knew: almost no one can resist the temptation of poking around on someone else's smartphone. The study placed 50 smartphones in various public areas throughout several major American and Canadian cities...

Verizon benefits from iPhone more than other carriers combined

Verizon benefits from iPhone more than other carriers combined
  • Posted December 5, 2011, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • With Apple's latest handset now officially in the hands of three major carriers, Verizon currently leads AT&T and Sprint with the most new postpaid subscribers (ie. contracts) signing up to get the iPhone 4S. Verizon is expected to add around…

Smartphones to account for 28 percent of handsets in 2011

Smartphones to account for 28 percent of handsets in 2011
  • Posted July 27, 2011, 1:17 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Smartphone sales have exploded in recent years and are expected to surpass 420 million units worldwide, representing nearly 30 percent of all mobile phones sold this year. The study from IMS Research also indicates that annual sales will exceed one…

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