Posts Tagged iphone
Parents with iPhones (“iParents”) more social on Facebook
According to the Retrevo Gadgetology Report, an ongoing study of people to understand the changing role of parents in this new age of technology, today’s parents have a whole new world of social tools to consider when it comes to raising their children. Leading the way in most digital activities are iPhone owning parents, or “iParents,” coined by the report.
When compared with the general parent population, iPhone owning parents are more likely to be social on Facebook than the average parent. The study found that 13% of iPhone owning parents had more than 500 Facebook friends as opposed to only 8% of all parents who had more than 500 Facebook friends. Conversely, only 5% of iPhone owners were likely to have a small amount of Facebook friends, as opposed to 20% of all parents.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Facebook, Teen Talk, Trend Tracker on July 8th, 2011
Android phones more desired than iPhone or BlackBerry, survey says
Google’s Android operating system already runs on more smartphones than any other OS, and Android phones may also be the most desired.
According to a Nielsen Co. survey of U.S. cellphone consumers conducted from January to March of this year, 31% said they planned on buying a new smartphone and that Android was their preferred OS.
A close second was Apple’s iOS, which runs on the iPhone, with 30% of those surveyed saying they wanted the smartphones from Steve Jobs & Co. above all other options, Nielsen said.
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphone were coveted by 11% of respondents, while about 20% said they didn’t know for sure what they would choose, Nielsen said.
Not all that long ago Apple was edging out Google.
From July to September of 2010, a Nielsen survey found, Apple’s iPhone was the most wanted smartphone.
About 33% of consumers surveyed in that period said they wanted an Apple iPhone, while 26% said they would choose Android phones and 13% said they planned on picking up a BlackBerry phone.
“Those dynamics are already translating into sales,” Nielsen said in a blog post reporting the findings. “Half of those surveyed in March 2011 who indicated they had purchased a smartphone in the past six months said they had chosen an Android device. A quarter of recent acquirers said they bought an iPhone and 15% said they had picked a BlackBerry phone.”
As of March, 37% of smartphone owners in the U.S. had phones running Android, while 27% owned iPhones, the research firm said.
Both, however, are beating the BlackBerry, which accounted for a 22% share of the market, Nielsen said.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Trend Tracker on April 26th, 2011
Apple to make new iPhone for Verizon
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL/NEWSCORE
Apple plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smart phone early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Apple plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smartphone early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people briefed by Apple.
The new iPhone would be similar in design to the iPhone 4 currently sold by AT&T but would be based on an alternative wireless technology called CDMA used by Verizon, these people said. The phone, for which Qualcomm is providing a key chip, is expected to be released in the first quarter of next year.
An Apple CDMA iPhone would spell the end of the exclusive U.S. arrangement that Apple and AT&T have had since 2007, when the original iPhone debuted.
Separately, Apple is also developing a new iPhone model, said people briefed on the matter.
To read more, go to wsj.com
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Gadgets & Gear on October 6th, 2010
What to Know Before You Buy that Hot New Gadget or Gizmo
By Tom Polanski
If you’ve been on the internet for any length of time, you’ll quickly learn that there’s a LOT of neat stuff out there. iPods and iPhones, An MP3 player inside a pen, or even a Blackberry or Palm to store your information and keep appointments are all examples of the latest and greatest must-have gadgets to keep you organized and on schedule.
But what do you do with all that…stuff? How do you know if you really need that gadget or if it’s just a passing fad? One way is to use the Internet (also once declared to be just a passing fad!) to research before you buy. But what, exactly do you look for?
Posted by Tom Polanski in Gadgets & Gear on April 12th, 2008