Latest mobile phones in South Africa
The app economy is booming with devastating effect. According to a recent 2013 Gartner report, the Global Mobile Advertising revenue is expected to increase 400% between 2011 and 2016, reaching a stagering $11.4 billion in 2013, up from $9.6 billion in 2011. Moreover, worldwide mobile advertising revenue is expected to reach $24.5 billion in 2016. It is …
Earlier this month, We got our hands on Sony’s latest flagship high end smart phone — The Sony Xperia Z — to ‘test use’ and discover for ourselves what the buzz around this device is all about. Up on first inspection, there are two notable details that stand out completely. …
A few weeks ago, we brought you the story of Viber, a multi platform mobile application that allows for free calls on mobile phones. The company has just announced that they have reached 200 million subscribers. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, the company has completely updated the mobile app user interface and …
Over the last few years, it has become common practice for developer’s aspirations to be fulfilled by app stores. Apple’s App Store, Google’s Play Store, Amazon’s App Store and BlackBerry’s App World (just to name a few) have created massive wealth for developers — yet, of the above mentioned platforms, …
In the era of pervasive technologies such as instant messaging, twitter, facebook, skype, etc… ,traditional mobile phone calls can sometimes appear to be irrelevant because of high costs of calls involved. Over the years, mobile network operators have been trying to reinvent themselves by diversifying their service offerings, yet, the …
The (infamous) battle between the two leading mobile phone manufacturers (Apple and Samsung) continues to intensify in every aspect imaginable. Gartner reports that in the last quarter of 2012, Both Samsung and Apple raised their worldwide smartphone market share to 52% from 46.4% in the third quarter of 2012. But …
Mobile commerce may have taken some time to take off, but some of that hindrance may be attributed to a number of issues that previously affected ecommerce back in the days of its infancy. Consumers were previously hesitant to make online transactions because of issues of trust, privacy, security, etc …
If you watch any youtube reviews of the current leading smart phones on the market, or read an article in the news profiling any of the top devices, the everlasting debate about which mobile OS is superior, tend to elicit some kind of reaction of: “operating system x is better …
The Mobile industry, it seems, has an incredible potential for enormous innovations, an uncanny ability to attract many market entrants and a very intensive competition for market share. Android has very well positioned itself as a global leader in terms of the number of devices activated running its platform, and …
Monday 3 December marks 20 years since the world’s first SMS was sent via Vodafone UK’s GSM network. The message was received …
In recent years, mobile phones have become so pervasive to a point where they have become extensions to people’s lives and almost …