Tag: cell phone statistics

Technology news shows smartphone penetration in the US is higher than ever

L. Green
US Smartphone Survey wearable technology news

The latest data from comScore has indicated that there are 166 million Americans who own these devices. When it comes to mobile marketing and m-commerce, the technology news is great because comScore is now reporting that a record 166 million Americans now own smartphones. This data does not include the devices that are used by individuals for exclusively business purposes. The comScore technology news figures that have just been released take into account the penetration of domestic smartphones, which is climbing quite rapidly, and that is coming ever closer to…

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Cell phone users prefer their mobile devices to caffeine and sex

Jennifer Goula
cell phone users and mobile additiction cures and stats

Though the growing addiction to cell phones isn’t news to anyone… What is surprising are the results of a study performed by TeleNav, which identified the extent to which cell phone users would go instead of giving up their mobile devices. It determined that: • 54 percent would prefer to live a week without any physical activity than to relinquish their mobile phones – though it was not determined how many were already leading sedentary lives. • 70 percent stated that they would stop drinking alcohol if it meant that…

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The A War…Apple vs. Android: A fight for first place

Jesse Collins
Apple vs Android mobile marketing

Android technology may be overtaking Apple by 2012. IT and technology experts who attended the Droidcon developers’ summit in Berlin last week, are confident that Android has what it takes to be the new number one. Android is the open source software developed by Google. In the last three years Apple has sold more than 85 million iPhones and iPod touch devices. Statistics from late 2010 show that Google’s Android phones rose in sales so rapidly, they outsold Apple handsets for the first time on record. Google’s phones made up…

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