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15 Incredible Mobile Statistics

By PamSahota | 294 days ago

Love your smart phone? Debating a tablet? Gone app crazy? Check out these stats on the mobile market … 1. Smart phones “Of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones in use, 1.08 billion are smartphones.” 2. Smart phones Of those, 3.08 billion are SMS enabled. 3. Mobile One half of searches are done via a mobile device: smartphone,t… Read the rest

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Is Your App Necessary?

By Kathy Garfield | 299 days ago

These days there’s an app for just about everything. But if you take a closer look, you’ll find that many of them serve little purpose.As an iPhone user, I have roughly 60 apps, some paid, some free. But of those 60, only 5-10 get used on an regular basis. I also work in social media, so when I came across apps for social media gurus and agencies, I was intrigued. At… Read the rest

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Smartphones turn bar code squares into sales tools

By Ryan Bethea | March 3, 2011

Good article from USA Today, talking about QR code usage among various groups. More and more brands seem to be utilizing QR codes to help engage consumers. The article references several interesting use cases: Real estate agents are placing them on front lawn for-sale signs, enticing prospective buyers to hop out of their cars, scan the tags and receive a… Read the rest

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GEO Beyond Foursquare and Gowalla

By Erik Qualman | February 22, 2011

SCVNGR, Glympse, TaskAve and more; Mathew Latkiewicz, managing editor of Zengage, looks into lesser known geo location tools for SmartBlog. Latkiewicz points out that by some estimates there are over 6,000 location-aware applications available for the iPhone; 900 for Android. Messaging: Glympse – This app tracks you on a map where you are. Similar… Read the rest

Posted in Mobile, Socialnomics | Tagged Geo Location Tools, Scanvenger, SCVNGR | 7 Responses

Verizon White iPhone Arrives Feb 10

By Erik Qualman | January 12, 2011

New York City: Verizon and Apple announced the launch of the long-awaited Verizon iPhone 4 at their press conference. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits: Available Feb 10 Available Feb 3 for Verizon customers CDMA rather than GSM (AT&T) White iPhone 4 expected Compatible with hot spots allow for tethering Estimate shipping 9 million units… Read the rest

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iPhone Table

By Erik Qualman | November 5, 2010

Giant iPhone Table with touch screen By Erik Qualman If this giant iPhone table is for real, then I want one! Who wouldn’t want a giant iPhone table in their office or kitchen? It’s estimated this is a 58″ HD-capable capacitive iPhone with touch screen capability. If this comes to market I’m going to try and make some cool coasters for it.… Read the rest

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