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Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?: In my story earlier today I pointed out how African researchers see mobile data networks as the key to improving health outcomes on the world's poorest continent. The French group formerly known as Fone+, now combined under Craig Mundie into Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, is pushing precisely...; Tags: Mobile, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Smart Phones, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market: I have been enjoying the recent posts on the Nokia Conversations site and a couple that I found particularly interesting was the post about Nokia's changes in the USA and the interview with the N96 and N78 creators. One is directly applicable to U.S. users of Nokia products, like myself,...; Tags: U.S., Strategy, Phone, Device, Nokia Corp., N96, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
YouTube Robot (exe): YouTube Robot help you download video from YouTube.com, Break.com, Putfile.com, Google.com,iflim.com,Vimeo.com and Angryalien.com convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune. Support batch and schedule mode. You may as well schedule...; Tags: Phone, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Video, Mobile Device, Isofter, Corporate Communications, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Robots, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-05-08
RIM's Balsillie: 'Not religious' about form factors; B2B the company's core: The Research in Motion vs. Apple smartphone face-off makes for a good story, but the companies present an interesting business strategy question: Is it better to start in the enterprise and then go consumer or vice versa? In an interview with me at SAP Sapphire (all resources)...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., SAP AG, Wireless, B2C, B2B, Smart Phones, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Jim Cramer: Stop trading, buy Apple: On CNBC's Stop Trading! segment Monday, Jim Cramer advised viewers to "buy Apple." Cramer said that there is a "grudging recognition" in the market, especially after Nokia's cautious guidance, that the iPhone will continue to win among smartphones. He said the iPhone is "huge, and when we get the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Instant Messaging, Smart Phones, Internet, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-21

Smartphones out of stock across the board: Looking for a good smartphone? Good luck. Out of stock smartphones abound. According to a research note by Tavis McCourt, an analyst at Morgan Keegan, there are "an increased number of Out of Stock (OOS) situations involving Palm, RIM, and Apple." In addition, McCourt...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Stock, Board, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Palm Treo, AT&T Corp., Profit Margin, Sprint Communications, Smartphone, Treo 680, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Investment, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-21
ABBYY Lingvo 12 (exe): ABBYY Lingvo Dictionary software offers the easiest way to translate words from Russian to English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Latin and the other way around. It provides comprehensive collection of dictionaries, advanced search capabilities, easy-to-use interface and can be installed on desktop PC, laptop, PDA and smartphones....; Tags: ABBYY, Smart Phones, PDAs, Desktops, Handhelds, Search, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-04-10
EdgeWay Battery Tester (zip): EdgeWay Battery Tester gives an accurate estimation of how much time your battery has left in hours and minutes based on current power consumption, for example you can see how much time you have left with your screen at full brightness or if you turn it down low, wireless on...; Tags: EdgeWay Software, EdgeWay Battery Tester, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Operating Systems, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-09
31% of phones sold in 2013 will be smartphones: The market for smartphones will grow from around 10% of the total handset market in 2007 to 31% of the market in 2013, ABI Research says. The market is currently dominated by Nokia (52%) and Symbian (65%). However, the coalescence of the framework wars in the Linux environment and the...; Tags: Phone, Environment, Smart Phone, Market, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Linux, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Software, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-25
49.7% of iPhone users accessed a social network in January 2008: M:Metrics found that a staggering 30.9% of iPhone owners watched mobile TV or video, versus a 4.6 market average, and more than double the rate for all smartphone users, according to M:Metrics. Usage of social networking is also popular among iPhone users: 49.7% accessed a social networking site in January,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Network, Google Maps, YouTube Inc., Social Networking, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Mobile activity on iPhones vs. regular smartphones: Activity iPhone Smartphone Market Any news or info via browser 84.8% 58.2% 13.1% Accessed web search 58.6% 37.0% 6.1% Watched mobile TV and/or video 30.9% 14.2% 4.6% Watched on-demand video or TV programming 20.9% 7.0% 1.4% Accessed...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phone, On-demand, TV, Programming, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-23
74.1% of iPhone owners listened to mobile music in January 2008: 74.1% of iPhone owners listening to mobile music in January 2008, compared to 6.7% of the total mobile audience, according to M:Metrics. 84% of iPhone owners who use an MP3 player use an iPod. Demographic composition of iPhone users, which are similar to the demographics of other smartphone owners. They...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Music, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-22
Palm's good news: The Centro is a hit. That's the bad news too: Palm had a simple message during its third quarter earnings conference call: The Centro is selling. It's a hit. Normally, that would be great news. But when you're biggest product is a $99 smartphone you have a few profit margin issues. After the closing bell Thursday, Palm...; Tags: Palm Inc., Centro, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Smartphone companions: Is there a market?: The Palm Foleo project went down in flames before it even launched, but there must have been something behind the idea of a smartphone companion since other companies are still trying. Matthew Miller has an interesting post and gallery (right) on the REDFLY Mobile Companion, it's basically...; Tags: Smart Phone, Smartphone, Companion, REDFLY, Matthew, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-19
The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumption: According to a m:metrics report released today, the Apple iPhone keeps setting the bar for all other mobile devices. This time it is in the area of mobile media consumption and even before I checked the stats I knew the iPhone would reign here because this is one major reason...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Video, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-18
CellSpin (CAB): CellSpin lets users create content (video, audio, photos and text) on their mobile phone or via the CellSpin Web site, and then post it to their favorite social networks and content-sharing Web sites using an intuitive, single-click interface.CellSpin currently supports sharing media with Facebook, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, Live Journal,...; Tags: Smart Phone, CellSpin Soft, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Social Networking, Handhelds, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Internet; Software downloads 2008-03-18
X2Net OneStore (exe): X2Net OneStore is an easy to use system to save time and frustration by securely storing and retrieving all your important information. Supports scanning, a virtual printer, screen clippings, audio recording and more. You can even can share that information around your home or office network or even over the...; Tags: X2Net, X2Net OneStore, Internet, Smart Phones, Printers, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-03-17
Tide Chart (Windows Mobile) (zip): Get day 2 day tides, sunrise and sunsets for the west, east and gulf coasts of the United States. (Hawaii, Puerto Rico included) View these tides seamlessly and easily at the tip of your fingers on your mobile based smartphone or PDA. All tides are calculated on the users phone...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Tide, Neildot.com, Smart Phones, PDAs, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Software; Software downloads 2008-03-14
Smart Phone Software Developer Increases Download Speed and Revenue by 30 Percent: With more and more people conducting business while out of the office, the ability to increase mobile productivity has never been more important. Quickoffice has furthered that productivity by creating Quickoffice Premier, which makes it possible for mobile users to open, edit, and send original word-processing, spreadsheet, or presentation files...; Tags: Software, Revenue, Developer, Mobile, Smart Phone, Quickoffice, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware; Case studies 2008-02-27
Garmin: The curse of the Nuvifone and GPS price competition: On the surface Garmin's fourth quarter results could be summed up in one word: Wow. But there are cracks in the model and worries about falling prices abound. And those cracks were enough to spook investors. These cracks--essentially worries about average selling prices--overshadowed a nice quarter. How...; Tags: Garmin Ltd., Nuvifone, GPS, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Financial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-20