Phone – New Smartphones Club

Moto X

22 Mar 2014 Sat by Smartphones Expert

The first expression of the new Motorola, the Moto X is the first smartphone to meet your desire for responsiveness with the best delivery of Google services. It’s faster because it hears your voice and responds with Google Now. It tells you what you need to know, even when you’re not touching it. You’ll also

Mobile phone manufacturers – emerging competition

19 Mar 2014 Wed by Smartphones Expert

Prior to 2010, Nokia was the market leader. However, since then competition emerged in the Asia Pacific region with brands such as Micromax, Nexian, and i-Mobile and chipped away at Nokia’s market share. Android powered smartphones also gained momentum across the region at the expense of Nokia. In India, their market share also dropped significantly

Apple – most admired company & most valuable brand

19 Mar 2014 Wed by Smartphones Expert

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating

Verizon Wireless – largest mobile network operator in US

19 Mar 2014 Wed by Smartphones Expert

Cellco Partnership (doing business as Verizon Wireless), a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, is the largest mobile network operator in the United States, providing wireless services to 102.8 million subscribers as of Q4 2013. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the company was formed as a joint venture of American telecommunications firm Bell Atlantic (renamed Verizon

Close call – bad weather drives up phone calls to nearest and dearest

19 Mar 2014 Wed12 Oct 2012 Fri by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Who we call and how long we speak to them changes with the weather, according to new research by experts at Newcastle University. Analysing the call patterns of 1.3 million mobile phone users, the team found that in ‘uncomfortable’ weather – such as very hot, humid, wet or cold weather – call length increased but

Graphene could revolutionize smartphones

09 Oct 2012 Tue by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Smart phones almost as thin and flexible as paper and virtually unbreakable. Solar panels molded to cover the surface of an electric or hybrid car. Possible treatments for damaged spinal cords. It’s not science fiction. Those all are possible applications of a material known as graphene. This so-called “wonder material,” the world’s strongest (100 times

Driver cellphone blocking technology could save lives

08 Jul 2012 Sun by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Researchers in India are developing a new technology that will prevent truck drivers and other road users from using their cell phones while driving. The technology based on RFIDs could also be integrated with police traffic monitoring.

Facebook Smartphone in 2012 or in 2013

29 May 2012 Tue by Smartphones Expert

Facebook is preparing facebook company to release its own smartphone this year or next year. This news is reported by the New York Times.

What is NFC or Near field communication in smartphones?

13 Apr 2012 Fri by Smartphones Expert

Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimetres. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi.

Ads in mobile apps poses privacy and security risks

19 Mar 2014 Wed02 Apr 2012 Mon by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google Play market, researchers noticed that more than half contained so-called ad libraries. And 297 of the apps included aggressive ad libraries that were enabled to download and run code from remote servers – which raises significant privacy and security concerns.