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The true cost of any smartphone is considerably more than the amount you shell out for the actual device. Free or deeply discounted smartphones won’t necessarily translate to savings in the long run. When making a purchasing decision, it is essential to evaluate the carrier commitment, contract l ... Full Article »
Confused about all this 4G nonsense? You're not alone: A new survey full of eye-opening information suggests plenty of people don’t have all (or any of) the facts on the upcoming switch to the fourth generation of cellular network service. Worse, though, is that many customers mistakenly already ... Full Article »
Less than three years after Apple (AAPL) transformed the mobile and all other media industries by enabling third-party developers to develop and market apps through its iTunes App Store, today comes word that the company has now approved more than 500,000 apps for sale. Mind you, because of a myria ... Full Article »
President Barack Obama has joined the 15-or-so million people in the iPad nation. He was recently photographed carrying the iPad with an Apple smart cover. Last month, the President told Univision’s Jorge Ramos that he owns an iPad, and joked that of course he has his own computer (reportedly a M ... Full Article »
As anyone with BlackBerry thumb can testify, the smartphone addiction sweeping the nation has less to do with the phone aspect of our cellular devices and more to do with the smart part, meaning primarily the 5 billion apps downloaded just last year that consumed 667 minutes of the average smartphon ... Full Article »
Gadget makers are swarming over the tablet market like ants on a dropped sandwich, yet they’re barely making a dent in iPad’s dominance of the market. Consumers are confused and don’t find much to lure them from Apple (AAPL). In just the past week, two newcomers have joined the rush at Appleâ ... Full Article »
Research In Motion (RIMM), the Canadian firm behind BlackBerry, is set to release their tablet called the PlayBook on April 19th. There have been many questions whether RIM can stay relevant in this market given the other big players in this space and those about to enter it. For the consumer, there ... Full Article »
Similar to the rise of online investment banking during the Internet boom of the late ‘90s, consumers are increasingly using mobile devices to manage and monitor their investment activities. Merrill Lynch earlier this month announced the launch of mobile banking applications for the iPhone, iPad ... Full Article »
The horserace for domination of the smartphone market is tighter than ever, with Apple’s (AAPL) iOS leading the way and Google’s (GOOG) Android attracting the newest customers, the Nielsen Co. reports in Nielsen Wire. From June through November, Android represented 40.8 percent of smartphone ac ... Full Article »
It’s good to be Samsung, and Google (GOOG) has to be excited as well: the phone-maker has sold 10 million of its Galaxy S smartphones worldwide, and they all run Google’s Android operating system. Samsung is reporting that 4 million Galaxy S phones were sold in North America, with 2.5 million s ... Full Article »
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