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Apple becomes world's third largest mobile phone manufacturer

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 2012)

In just five short years, Apple has become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. International Data Corporation (IDC), as part of the continuing Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker survey, noted that the overall mobile phone market is still growing despite a major decline in numbers ...

6.5 million downloads for Angry Birds on Christmas Day

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2012)

Rovio says that it saw a whopping 6.5 million downloads of Angry Birds this past Christmas Day, which is just phenomenal, even for this overwhelmingly popular game. That number is very close to the number of iOS and Android devices activated overall, which means that most people who got an ...

Phone Arts shows off original works created only with iOS

by Mike Schramm (Nov 29th, 2011)

This is one of the more interesting art projects revolving around Apple's touch devices -- Phone Arts is a series of works that highlights pieces made specifically with the iPhone or the iPod touch. We've seen art made with iOS apps and devices before, but this is a little different. Rather ...

Samsung withholds mobile phone sales data due to Apple legal battle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 29th, 2011)

Samsung reported its quarterly earnings today and, for the first time, the Korean manufacturer did not report its mobile phone sales. Samsung withheld this information because the company has a new information policy that discloses less information about its mobile phones and ...

Misuse of labels: On the definitions of "mobile" and "computer"

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 9th, 2010)

In the world of corporate communications, a big part of delivering a message involves defining the terms of the discussion. Over the past few weeks, both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been caught up in this action while discussing the mobile space. During the most ...

iPhone apps make up 21% of Gameloft sales in 1Q

by Ken Ray (Apr 30th, 2010)

Gameloft's emphasis on iThings seems to be paying off. The French developer, one of the world's biggest publishers of games for mobiles, says iPhone apps accounted for 21% of its sales in the first quarter of 2010. That's a decent percentage considering that, for all of 2009, iPhone games only ...

Voice on the Go makes your cellphone safer in the car

by Mel Martin (Oct 30th, 2009)

Voice on the Go has been out for quite a long time, and I'm surprised we never reviewed it. Imagine getting your emails and texts read to you while you drive, and creating and sending emails and texts while never touching your cellphone. Recently a friend suggested I give it a try, so I did and ...

Salling Clicker v3.5 brings new Front Row controls, device support and much more

by David Chartier (May 11th, 2007)

One of the major things I miss about switching away from a Windows Mobile or even Sony Ericsson mobile phone is Salling Clicker - just about the best darn software I've ever seen for controlling your Mac with a mobile phone or PDA. Clicker offers a wide array of customizable controls with which you ...

Nova Media Address Book plugin for Nokia, Sony Ericsson phones

by David Chartier (Jan 26th, 2007)

German-based Nova Media landed on our radar last year with their iSync plugin that supports more phones than Mac OS X's default set. Not content with mere syncing, however, the company also makes an Address Book plugin, recently updated with more supported models, that allows phones from Nokia and ...

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