Mobile phone manufacturers – emerging competition

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

Verizon Wireless – largest mobile network operator in US

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

Mobile network operator

A mobile network operator or MNO, also known as a wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, or mobile network carrier, is a provider of wireless communications services that owns or controls all the elements necessary to sell and deliver services to an end user including radio spectrum allocation, wireless network infrastructure, back haul infrastructure,

Android based network to study cyber disruptions – Sandia

Android based network to study cyber disruptions – Sandia

As part of ongoing research to help prevent and mitigate disruptions to computer networks on the Internet, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have turned their attention to smartphones and other hand-held computing devices. Sandia cyber researchers linked together 300,000 virtual hand-held computing devices running the Android operating system so they can study large

Ads in mobile apps poses privacy and security risks

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.

Health monitoring with your smartphone

Health monitoring with your smartphone

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and movements.

Liquid Express android smartphone from Acer

Liquid Express android smartphone from Acer

The LIQUID EXPRESS is whatever it has to be for you. Designed to adapt perfectly to your mobile lifestyle, it features Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread, an ultra-modern user interface, and a brilliant 3.5-inch large screen in a compact, attractive design.

4G LTE enabled Galaxy Nexus by Samsung for Verizon

4G LTE enabled Galaxy Nexus by Samsung for Verizon

The world’s first smartphone running on Android 4.0 (a.k.a., Ice Cream Sandwich), the 4G LTE enabled Galaxy Nexus by Samsung for Verizon brings a redesigned user interface with enhanced multitasking, notifications, full Web browsing experience, and more. You’ll also enjoy innovative, next-gen features such as Face Unlock, which uses facial recognition to unlock the Galaxy Nexus.

Best smartphone for women

In a big shift about cell phone industry, women have emerged as eager buyers of not just iPhones but of all so-called smartphones — BlackBerrys, Treos and other models of cell phones, mobile phones also. In the last year the number of American women using smartphones more than doubled, growing at a faster pace than

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