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Visa teams with RBS to launch TouchPay mobile commerce platform

Stephen Vagus
Mobile Commerce

iPhone may be able to participate in mobile commerce after all Apple fans are not likely to see the iPhone make its entry into the mobile commerce field any time soon. Those interested in mobile commerce held high hopes that the iPhone 5 would signify Apple’s entry into the industry and spark some innovation in the field of NFC technology. Though Apple has revealed that the next iteration of its smart phone will not include NFC technology, there is still hope that iPhone users will be able to participate in…

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The impact of Siri on mobile commerce

Jesse Collins
iphone4s

Though the iPhone 4S release was initially disappointing to most people who had been eager for the latest Apple mobile phone, it is still now being applauded as an incredible new device for many reasons, especially in its revolutionary Siri. Siri – a form of Apple digital assistant – is not only significantly different from other forms of interface between users and devices, but it also creates the potential for a wide range of changes in consumer computing and mobile commerce as a whole. Its impact on the way that…

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Report shows three quarters of mobile phone profits belong to Apple

John Montgallo
Augmented reality mobile marketing

Though Apple currently holds a share of approximately 9 percent of the worldwide mobile phone, a recent report by Horace Dediu, an analyst from Asymco, has shown that its profits and sales are significantly greater, having taken in 75 percent of all of the mobile industry’s profits in the last quarter of 2011. The remainder of the profits in Q4 of 2011, according to Asymco, went to Samsung (16 percent), RIM and its BlackBerry (3.7 percent), HTC (3 percent), and Nokia (1.8 percent). All told, the profits received by the…

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Study shows latest iPhone doubles the consumption of data

Sam Lambert
iphone 4S

According to a recent study, the latest Apple mobile phone release, the iPhone 4S, consumes an average of two times more data than the previous generation of the device, and even more than the iPad tablets, as a result of the growing use of its online services such as Siri, the virtual personal assistant. This latest device has been in users’ hands since October 2011, and the small improvements that were made to it over its previous version brought disappointment to many reviewers and analysts, but this didn’t stop the…

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What do customers think of the new iPhone 4S?

Sam Lambert
iphone 4S

It’s no shock that the new iPhone 4S has left the store shelves empty, as all new releases of Apple devices always leave a “sold out” sign in stores both brick-and-mortar and online, but what people really want to know is what the actual customers think of their new devices. So far, the news for the iPhone 4S has been quite good. The reviews have been positive and users seem happy. The device is much faster than the previous version, with an improved camera and notably better software. It has…

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