Kenton Cool is a British climber who was the first to tweet from the summit of Mount Everest. Also, he did a very original unboxing for Samsung Galaxy S II, as shown below. The climber was sponsored by Samsung and uses the services of Nepali mobile carrier Ncell to tweet from the top of the world. Ncell installed the first 3G station at the base camp...
IDC analysts have just published the handset sales for the first quarter of 2011, with quite impressive results, to be honest. However, the top 5 vendors are not the focus of these results, as lower placed companies have also scored important sales. The total number of devices sold in Q1 is 371.8 million, in case you’re wondering. Feature phone...
It seems Gartner’s predictions concerning the evolution of Android, iPhone and RIM weren’t that accurate. The graphs below are pretty clear on that matter, if you’re wondering. Meanwhile, Gartner has revised its predictions on Android’s dominance on the market. While in 2009 the analysts predicted a tie between Android, iPhone...
In order to promote the HTC EVO 3D smartphone announced at CTIA 2011, its maker not only resorted to a normal promo, but also to a 3D ad, that you can see below. Both commercials are focused on the specs and power of the handset, especially as far as 3D graphics are concerned… We remind you that a GSM version of this dual core HTC device will...
comScore statistics are a good way to see which phone manufacturer is selling the most goods and in February it seems that the Verizon iPhone was the most acquired model. The data we have on the handsets comes from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the telecom biz, based on a 3 month average. 30,000 US mobile clients were surveyed,...
After announcing its partnership with Microsoft and its focusing on Windows Phone 7, Nokia has started its rebranding, that for now involves switching the font. Nokia Sans will be replaced with Nokia Pure, which is a pretty solid choice, as shown by the comparisons below. Nokia Sans was already easily recognizable, as you could only see two blue letters...
HTC Incredible S was one of the best smartphones at MWC 2011 and now it’s getting a promotional method to match its sexiness. The vampy woman below is Sarah Harding, from Girls Aloud, the new image of the handset. Her dark look stands for elegance and power, which is the message also conveyed by the device. We remind you that the Incredible S...
The following infographics is pretty revealing, if you want to understand the current status of the mobile OS market. The data it uses comes from Statcounter, meaning that it’s not necessarily accurate, but still, it seems pretty realistic. As you can see, Apple rules Canada and the USA, followed by BlackBerry and Android. The same trio, in that...
A recent Nielsen study has shown that although Android was recently named the world’s best shipping smartphone platform, the competition is actually tighter with BlackBerry and iOS devices. The graphs below are also a proof of the current status of mobile operating systems. Nobody is clearly on top, and the competition is pretty tied up at the...
Turns out that people are more pleased with Windows Phone 7 than with BlackBerry OS and they’re also more likely to buy a Microsoft OS-based handset than a RIM one in the following months. We’re not the ones making these claims, but rather the figures of a recent ChangeWave study, that analyzed the trends in mobile operating system adoption. 5%...
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