The percentage of American households which have “cut the cord,” replacing their landlines with mobile phones, increased to 18% in the first half of 2008, according to a recently released survey. That’s up from 16% of U.S. households in early 2007, and just 7% in early 2005.
Leading the trend towards cord cutting are households made […]
Smartphones will continue to surge in popularity over the next few years, likely becoming the world’s primary internet connection platform by 2020, according to web analysts and business leaders surveyed by Elon University and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
77% of respondents predicted that “the mobile device will be the primary connection tool to […]
TomTom, a Dutch manufacturer of GPS navigation devices, introduced its first mobile internet-connected navigator, the GO 740 LIVE, at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The new in-vehicle navigator features a built-in GPRS-based data link, allowing it to recommend the quickest route to a destination, based on constantly updated traffic reports. It also comes […]
The Consumer Electronics Association has released preliminary numbers confirming that the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw far fewer attendees than last year’s event. Uncertainty persists, however, about whether the lower turnout was a result of the weakening economy, or a deliberate effort on the party of CES organizers.
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show […]
The vast majority (84%) of of Wi-Fi users are interested in citywide Wi-Fi services, and a surprisingly large percentage (56%) say they would be willing to pay for it just like any other public utility, according to a recent survey by Devicescape, a wireless application vendor.
The international poll of 2700 Devicescape customers found that laptop […]