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Monthly archives for February, 2010

Valentines Survey Shocking Results

Feb14
2010 Leave a Comment Written by admin

There can be little worse then being dumped around this time of year. Everywhere you look there are happy couples showing off their love & rubbing it in that you are newly single.

However most people would agree that the only thing worse would be to be dumped by mobile phone! With the introduction of smart phones we are all using our mobile phones more and more, to check emails, social networks and more.

And according to a survey by social network MocoSpace we also use them to get out of awkward situations. No more “its not you, its me” face to face conservations, it seems that 57% of the people questioned said that they had used their mobile phones to dump some one that they didn’t want to see anymore.

Out of all those questioned, 48% of them said that they would go even further down and not even ring some one to dump them but would do it by text message. It seems that our mobile phones really can be used to get us through those difficult situations.

Mobile phone social network MocoSpace asked its users a number of questions based around their mobile phones and what they use them for. However it was the fact that nearly 50% of the people asked would consider using a text message to dump some one. So next time you see a text message in your inbox from a partner, be aware – it could be something you aren’t expecting at all!

Posted in Surveys

Apple iPhone Apps Reach Milestone

Feb08
2010 Leave a Comment Written by admin

We all know how excited the world of gadgets was when Apple announced their new iPad. The all singing all dancing machine really brought Apple and the technology that they offer back into the spot light, with a big high light on the iPhone.

The Apple App store allows you to download any number of applications for any of your Apple gadgets – iPhone, iPod etc.

Now it seems that that since the iPad was formally announced there have been an additional 10,000 applications approved. The iPad is not due for release until spring 2010 but it is already causing a stir, which this massive increase in application shows.

It means that if you have an Apple iPhone you have around 150,000 different applications to choose from to download to your phone. This includes 28,000 different games and 27,000 books. In the just under 2 years since the App store was opened there have been well over 3 billion downloads.

However it seems that the types of App’s we are changing. Back in December 2008 if you wanted an application for your iPhone you were given around 22% of the app’s for free and had to pay for the rest and you had a choice of around 10,000 app’s. Now it is estimated that around 25% of the 100,000 applications that you have to choose from you can get for your iPhone for free. This can only be great news for consumers because it means we get more choice and even more for free. Lets hope that once the iPad is released even more applications are developed.

Posted in Applications

New Nokia Gadget

Feb04
2010 Leave a Comment Written by admin

It seems that the Nokia bods have been hard at work to develop new applications to rival the likes of the iPhone. We all know that there are hundreds of applications to download and enjoy on the iPhone and other smart phones. It seems that Nokia have decided to take this seriously and have now started to introduce their own applications for their phones.

This week they announced the launched of their newest application… “Nokia Feel”.

This fun application actually asks how you are and recommends a function or feature of the phone to help. Lots of people that have beta tested this phone just love the idea of a phone actually asking how you are every day.

In actual fact the Nokia Feel is a very clever application because it gets you used to using the other functions on the phone. For example if you say you feel lost then it will direct you to their Ovi Maps Navigation function, or if you say that you are bored it will tell you make a video using the video camera on the phone.

This means you get a fun application that actually introduces you to parts of the phone that you may have not used before. This application is current available to download if you have a Nokia N97 or a N97 mini.

As long as it proves popular then they will be rolling this out across all their Nokia smart phones so we shall wait and see what happens.

Posted in Devices, News