18-24 year olds Completely Lost with out Smartphones
A study of 2,000 smartphone users has revealed that the younger demographic struggle the most when without an internet connection, with 50 per cent of 18-24 year olds admitting that they would feel “completely lost” if they are out and about and could not get online.
According to a new survey conducted by Telenav GMBh, the German developer of Scout - a free sat nav app which includes offline functionality, nearly a third of respondents in the 18-24 age bracket say that they would have little use for a smartphone that didn’t have an internet connection, which is not surprising considering that they were born in the digital age and 37 per cent say they use an internet connection on their handheld more than any other feature, including making calls this however did not distinguish between 3G, 4G and WI-FI.
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New Handset from Lenovo for India
Chinese company Lenovo has launched S850, a new dual-sim phone Android smartphone in India. first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, the phone will be available July 30 starting at a price of Rs 15,499 ( £150).
The Lenovo S850 sports a 5-inch 720p display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM, and comes with 16GB internal storage. It sports a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera, and is backed by a 2,000mAh battery. Weighing 140gram, the 8.2mm thick phone runs Android 4.4 KitKat. It will be available in pink, white, and dark blue colour variants.
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Pontis Launches New Contextual Data Service Solution For CSPs
News from Ra’anana, Israel
Allowing Operators to Increase Revenues from Data Services by 15% through Increased Data Service Adoption, Monetization and Customer Experience
Pontis’ new solution uses a unique analytical model to build the "data profile" of each customer and automatically engage in a personalized manner. With full integration to DPI and PCRF network systems, the new Pontis solution enables CSPs to execute personalized actions that leverage the real-time context of each individual customerincluding customer engagement, product activation and price plans, and applying dynamic network policies such as zero-rate data.
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Telco consolidation in Europe
Telco consolidation in Europe, National mergers in mobile, and regional in cable. Waiting for cross-border mega-fusions.
In its latest report dedicated to " Telco consolidation in Europe", IDATE presents its analysis and approach of the deterioration of Europe's telecommunications services markets, urging operators to consider different means of consolidation, with a view to achieving economies of scale and/or increasing market share.
Who will own Blackberry
Google, Intel and Germany’s SAP are among a group of technology giants weighing takeover bids for BlackBerry, the once “Must have” Canadian gadget maker.
Travel safely and "Know Before You Go on your trip"
Here at European Reseller GeoSIM we know the importance of being prepared when you travel, especially with low cost telephones whilst traveling.
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Smart Phone Eco-ATM launched in Washington
Smart Phone Eco-ATM launched in Washington
Sales of used smartphones are expected to reach $5 billion by 2015 and this market is quite lucrative with used-phones market stretches from the Philippines to Brazil. In Brazil, consumers are willing to pay as much as $1,000 for a new iPhone 5,
BYOD Survey
TheiPhone and iPad as well as increased mobility of workforces is forcing a shift in the way that companies operate on a day-to-day basis.
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 1.7 Per Cent in 2012
Apple and Samsung Increased Share to Control 52 Per Cent of Worldwide Smartphone Sales, while Huawei Reached No. 3 Spot in Worldwide Smartphone Sales Ranking
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 1.7 Per Cent in 2012
Apple and Samsung Increased Share to Control 52 Per Cent of Worldwide Smartphone Sales, while Huawei Reached No. 3 Spot in Worldwide Smartphone Sales Ranking
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.75 billion units in 2012, a 1.7 per cent decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphones continued to drive overall mobile phone sales, and the fourth quarter of 2012 saw record smartphone sales of 207.7 million units, up 38.3 per cent from the same period last year.
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New CEO for Research In Motion (RIM)
Canada's mobile giant Research In Motion (RIM) known for the BlackBerry resigned earlier this week after a year of lows for the company.
Smart phones exceeded sales PCs for Q4 2011
Vendors shipped 158.5 million smart phones in Q4 2011, up 57% on the 101.2 million units shipped in Q4 2010. This quarter took total global shipments for the whole of 2011 to 488.0 million units, up 63% on the 299.7 million smart phones shipped throughout 2010.
Microsoft to buy Skype
Confounding expectations that it would be Facebook that eventually went for Skype, it has emerged yesterday that Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for US$8.5bn.
Payphones A New Option for Resellers
With the explosion in mobile phone technology dealers could be forgiven for thinking the days of traditional payphones are numbered, but not according to Jeff Wilkes who says when times are tough businesses are always looking for ways to save money, control costs and create a revenue stream.
BlackBerry Message Service Disrupted
It has been a tough start to the week for Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), as their second major outage of the week affecting BlackBerry Internet Services continues to affect millions of users web and messaging capabilities.
The timing of these events does not work to RIM's favor, following the use of BBs in the (not so) petty thieving in the UK
Machine to Machine (M2M) focused mobile network operator announces
Enterprise quality connection over 3G keeps businesses connected in an emergency. Stream Communications offers small business to large enterprise easy, robust insurance against a range of disaster scenarios Instant failover for Internet access and digital communications Provide temporary connectivity to remote sites.
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Ovi services rebranded as Nokia
Nokia’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Jerri DeVard, announced today that Ovi services will be rebranded as Nokia services, in a transition beginning this July and expected to continue into 2012.....IDC's view
LTE networks
As the popularity of smartphones and other intelligent devices increases, mobile network operators recognise that future revenue growth hinges upon their ability to deliver a wider range of broadband applications and services.
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