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Making calls is one of the last things we use smartphones for: study
Posted on Monday, Jul 2, 2012 | 1 CommentA new study has found that making calls is only the fifth most popular use for smartphones, with users spending twice as much time browsing the internet on their handsets. -
Android overtakes iOS app downloads in UK, Germany and Russia. US set to fall soon
Posted on Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 | No CommentsAccording to new stats from analytics bods Xyologic, Android now make up the majority of app downloads in the UK, Germany and Russia, with Apple’s heartland, the USA, set to... -
Android pushes the Apple iPhone aside to become the #1 UK platform
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 | No CommentsAndroid has overtaken Apple to grab the biggest chunk of the installed base of smartphones among consumers in the UK. -
Android users more frisky on a first date while Blackberry fans hit the bottle
Posted on Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 | No CommentsAccording to a fabulously pointless new survey, users of Android phones are supposedly more likely to have sex on a first date and embark on more one-night stands than owners of other smartphones. -
The most popular apps on Android: Market, Facebook and Google services top the list
Posted on Monday, Dec 12, 2011 | No CommentsMarket research firm Nielsen has published the findings of its month-long study to find out the most-used apps on the Android platform. -
Android hold on to dominant share, HTC and Samsung creeping up on Apple: Millennial research
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 | No CommentsNew figures from mobile ad analysts Millennial Media show Android remaining king of the smartphone OSs, hogging a hefty 56 per cent global share – double the share of its nearest rival,... -
What’s the most used data service in the world? You might find the answer surprising
Posted on Friday, Oct 28, 2011 | 1 CommentNo, it’s not email, Facebook or even Twitter. It’s actually good ol’ SMS text messaging. There’s over 4.2 billion people texting worldwide, with 6.1 trillion SMS messages sent in 2010 – working... -
Is your street the worst in the UK for broadband speeds?
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 | 4 CommentsHalesworth is a pretty market town in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, boasting the largest Millennium Green in the UK and rivers stuffed full of herons, kingfishers, otters and all sorts... -
Smartphones outsell feature phones in Europe, Samsung king of the hill
Posted on Monday, Sep 12, 2011 | 1 CommentIt was pretty much inevitable, but now it’s been confirmed: smartphones are officially out-shipping feature phones in Europe. -
Android rules the US smartphone market; Samsung the #1 mobile brand
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 | No CommentsA study by stat-juggling spods comScore has found that Google Android remains on an unstoppable trajectory in the States, with their smartphone market share reaching 41.8 per cent – a huge... -
There are now One Billion cars polluting the planet
Posted on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 | 1 CommentThe number of stinky vehicles burning up non-renewable resurces on the roads across the world has now passed the 1 billion-unit mark, according to research from WardsAuto. -
Humble SMS remains the most popular app on fancypants smartphones
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011 | No CommentsMore and more folks may be strutting the streets toting fancypants, app-stuffed smartphones, but when it comes to using the thing, old-fashioned text messaging is still the most popular application... -
The growing risk of mobile phone malware explained in a hefty graphic
Posted on Friday, Aug 12, 2011 | No CommentsAs smartphones explode in popularity, ne’er do wells, virtual footpads and mobile garrotters continue to try and find ways to pickpocket your phone and purloin your precious data. -
Gartner slaps iPhone off top spot and declares Nokia the #1 smartphone vendor, with Android still the top OS
Posted on Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 | No CommentsRecent reports from Nielsen, Strategy Analytics and IDC all placed Apple at the top of global smartphone vendor list, based on their second-quarter smartphone sales, but UK based stats firm Gartner is having... -
Mobile gaming by numbers: 81% of all downloads are free, Angry Birds rake it in [infographic]
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe busy folks at Geekaphone – an online resource for the mobile industry – have been ticking boxes, totting up totals and compiling lists, with the results being slapped together...