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Apple iPhone 5 On Its Way And iPhone 4 Coming To Verizon
WSJ quotes ‘one person familiar, said the fifth-generation iPhone would be a different form factor than those that are currently available’, well my bet it is something to do with the positioning of the antenna. So, although not massively surprising considering that Apple launch a new iPhone every year around May/June time. What is also interesting though is the news that Apple are soon to start the production of a CDMA-compatible iPhone – meaning it will be suitable for the Verizon network and should be available early 2011, more below… This news means Apple will be ending the exclusive deal they have currently had with AT&T since 2007, as Verizon…
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Apple Is Killing The Mobile Phone Business
According to a report in Fortune today, they state that despite Apple being the most profitable mobile company, this has come about largely due at the expense of Nokia, Sony Ericcson, LG and Motorola. Asymco’s Horace Dediu who put this data together said, "Will Android change this picture?" he asks rhetorically. "As I’ve argued before, Android is most attractive to the unprofitable and the strategically constrained. Can having undifferentiated new products change this? As Nokia is unlikely to license Android, and RIM seems very unlikely and Apple is out of the picture, the only possible contenders are Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. "Motorola and Sony Ericsson have both…
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104 million iPhone users VS 12 million Android users on Facebook
With all the latest user stats for Facebook being displayed it is now possible to find out how many specific users are using Facebook based on their cell phones. It is incredible albeit not all surprising that the iPhone contributes with over 104 million active monthly users, second are Blackberry users that make up nearly 60 million active users, in third place it is the Android fan boys with 12 million and WebOS/Palm make up 2,500 users. So what do all these stats mean? Does it mean perhaps that the Android and WebOS Facebook apps are no good? Certainly there have been many comments supporting this or is something to…
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Angry Birds = Happy Birds With WebOS Version
Angry Birds have taken flight and can now be found on WebOS – this means specifically Palm Pre and Pre Plus handsets running WebOS 1.4.5. This is sure to create greater interest for Palm users but what about all our Android fan boys, they must be feeling pretty left out – hopefully they won’t have to wait too much longer…. Watch this great video of Angry Birds on WebOS. Download here
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Get A Super Cool Android Smart Phone For 1 Cent
In the UK we have a saying ‘a penny for your thoughts’ – now I’m not sure if you have a similar thing in the US ‘a cent for your thoughts’ perhaps – but for what it’s worth, if you’re looking for a top notch Android handset then head over to AmazonWireless and pick up this great Samsung Captivate for literally 1 cent that’s with a saving of $599.99. Click here to order one
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Sexual Activity By Smart Phone Brand
okCupid have some excellent data on their site, with their latest chart, apparently, when compared to users who post pictures from other smartphone brands, users who reported using iPhones for their profile pictures tend to identify more sexual partners over all. As you can see in the chart below, male and female iPhone users report higher numbers of sexual partners to OkCupid. Excel – Plot by Age… Now, I wonder if they can devise a chart on users of specific apps having more sex – what do you think?
