Archive for category iPad
An iPhone APP to sidestep At&t?? does this really work…
Posted by RealtyGo.co in At&t, iPad, Line Phone, Smartphones on January 28, 2011
Its been our experience that At&t tends to block any type of APP that circumvents their operating system. If you have some experience with this APP please let us know.
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iPad 2 Rumor Roundup
Posted by RealtyGo.co in Apple, Green Real Estate, iPad, iPad2, MMS, Mobile Ads, Mobile Real Estate Listings, QR Code on January 21, 2011
comScore: One third of U.S. subscribers using mobile apps – RealtyGo.co
Posted by RealtyGo.co in advertising, Android, APP, Apple, At&t, Blackberry, iPad, iphone, MMS, mobile friendly websites, Mobile phone, Mobile Real Estate Listings, Motorola, QR Code, Smartphones, T-Mobile, Tablets, Text Messaging, verizon, Verizon LTE, WiFi on January 9, 2011
Slightly more than a third of all U.S. subscribers used a downloaded mobile application in November 2010–up 1.1 percentage points over the previous three-month period–according to digital research firm comScore. In addition, 67.1 percent of subscribers used text messaging services in November, up 0.5 percentage points, and 23.5 percent accessed social networks or blogs, a 1.0 percentage point increase. comScore adds that mobile gaming attracted 22.6 percent of the U.S. wireless audience, and 15.0 percent tuned in to mobile music services.
According to comScore, about 61.5 million U.S. subscribers own smartphones as of November, up 10 percent over the preceding three-month period and a figure certain to increase even more significantly following the recent holiday season. Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry operating system continues to lead the U.S. market at 33.5 percent of subscribers, but its dominance is shrinking rapidly, decreasing 4.1 percentage points over the previous three months. Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android is now in second overall at 26.0 percent market share (a 6.4 percentage points leap), edging past Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS at 25.0 percent (up 0.8 percentage points). Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone fell further off the pace in November, sliding 1.8 percentage points to capture 9.0 percent of the U.S. smartphone market.
via comScore: One third of U.S. subscribers using mobile apps – RealtyGo.co
Skype acquires mobile video sharing startup Qik – VOIP – RealtyGo.co
Posted by RealtyGo.co in advertising, Android, iPad, iphone, Mobile Advertising, Mobile phone, Mobile Real Estate Listings, skype, Smartphones, SMS, T-Mobile, Tablets, Text, verizon, Verizon LTE, VOIP, WiFi on January 9, 2011
Internet telephony services provider Skype entered a definitive agreement to acquire mobile video software and services provider Qik. The transaction is expected to close later this month; financial terms were not disclosed, but multiple insider sources peg the purchase price at $100 million.
Qik’s platform enables consumers to capture and share video across mobile devices, the web and the desktop–content can be shared in real time or archived. The Qik solution extends across more than 200 mobile phones spanning the iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems; in addition, Qik comes preloaded on a series of devices via partnerships with multiple manufacturers and mobile operators.
According to Skype, the acquisition bolsters its existing video calling services by adding recording, sharing and storage capabilities to its product portfolio. In addition, Skype can leverage Qik’s Smart Streaming technology, which optimizes video transmission over wireless networks. Approximately 40 percent of Skype-to-Skype calls take place over video.
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Google wants to patent mobile commerce • RealtyGo.co
Posted by RealtyGo.co in Android, google, Google Places, Green Real Estate, iPad, iphone, LG, MMS, Mobile phone, Mobile Real Estate Listings, Powerlines, QR Code, Real Estate, Smartphones, SMS, Text Messaging on January 5, 2011
Google wants to patent mobile commerce
Google owes its success to putting advertising into parts of our lives where no one has ever put adverts before. Now a new patent illustrates the extent of its ambitions.
Last week Google applied to patent one of the cornerstones of mobile commerce – billing by SMS. Details of the invention, entitled “Text message payment”, are scant in the application that was published on Thursday. But US 2007/0203836 does, however, illustrate the extent of Google’s ambitions. It envisages payments for conventional retail shopping (for example at Starbucks or McDonald’s), as well as browser-based surfing, and SMS services such as ringtones.
Now that Text messaging is so natural to everyone with a cellphone, can m-commerce prevail vs the traditional card swipe? what happens if you loose your phone? We can’t wait till the mobile phone can get us dressed and brush our teeth some day.. .