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A 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.
Making calls is one of the last things we use smartphones for: study Read More
According 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 overtakes iOS app downloads in UK, Germany and Russia. US set to fall soon Read More
Android has overtaken Apple to grab the biggest chunk of the installed base of smartphones among consumers in the UK.
Android pushes the Apple iPhone aside to become the #1 UK platform Read MoreAccording 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.
Android users more frisky on a first date while Blackberry fans hit the bottle Read MoreMarket research firm Nielsen has published the findings of its month-long study to find out the most-used apps on the Android platform.
The most popular apps on Android: Market, Facebook and Google services top the list Read MoreNew 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, …
Android hold on to dominant share, HTC and Samsung creeping up on Apple: Millennial research Read MoreNo, 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 …
What’s the most used data service in the world? You might find the answer surprising Read MoreHalesworth 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 …
Is your street the worst in the UK for broadband speeds? Read MoreIt was pretty much inevitable, but now it’s been confirmed: smartphones are officially out-shipping feature phones in Europe.
Smartphones outsell feature phones in Europe, Samsung king of the hill Read MoreA 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 …
Android rules the US smartphone market; Samsung the #1 mobile brand Read MoreThe 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.
There are now One Billion cars polluting the planet Read MoreMore 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 …
Humble SMS remains the most popular app on fancypants smartphones Read MoreAs 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.
The growing risk of mobile phone malware explained in a hefty graphic Read MoreRecent 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 …
Gartner slaps iPhone off top spot and declares Nokia the #1 smartphone vendor, with Android still the top OS Read MoreThe 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 …
Mobile gaming by numbers: 81% of all downloads are free, Angry Birds rake it in [infographic] Read More