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Half of all mobile phone owners now have smartphones

Half of all mobile phone owners now have smartphones

Smartphone ownership levels According to a Nielsen survey in January, your age correlates with the likelihood of your being a smartphone owner, based on a survey of over 20,000 mobile consumers. Overall, the volume of consumers owning smartphones is on the rise, now up to 48 percent as iPhones and Androids take over the market. Smartphone ownership is also linked ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/21  | 6 Comments Smartphones

Evernote Hello forever changes how you remember new people

Evernote Hello forever changes how you remember new people

Innovation in the palm of your hand As mentioned in the video above, the brain does not categorize new contacts the way a Rolodex does, no, we remember people based on what they look like, where we met them, and other contextual clues like chronology. Evernote Hello app for iPhones is not new, but the company has completely overhauled the ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/12  | 34 Comments Smartphones

Find your missing iPhone, even when it is dead

Find your missing iPhone, even when it is dead

Last Alert app Modern mobile technology is fantastic. It keeps you connected to your loved ones, clients, and acquaintances. It allows you to search the internet easily, and from pretty much anywhere. These days, it seems that smartphones can do just about anything. But there is one thing they can’t do—direct you to where it is when the battery has ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/11  | 28 Comments Smartphones

Tweetbot Twitter client release for iPad

Tweetbot Twitter client release for iPad

Tweetbot Twitter client Tapbots just released their Tweetbot Twitter client for the iPad, making for a more streamlined and user-friendly Twitter experience with the convenience of using your iPad. And on an even better note, they’ve also released a 2.0 upgrade for the iPhone version. If you already had Twitterbot on your iPhone, you can upgrade for free. And if ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/10  | 12 Comments Social Media

Genius BlackBerry smartphone concept changes the game

Genius BlackBerry smartphone concept changes the game

Survival mode for BlackBerry With a dwindling market share, it is no secret that in recent years, RIM/BlackBerry has lost its edge against Apple and Android devices and while devoted “crackberry” users will defend the BlackBerry to death, sexier smartphones with less expensive apps have eaten away at RIM’s dominance. For this reason, designers rarely pay attention to BlackBerry, as ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/09  | 30 Comments Smartphones

IDAPT can charge 99% of all mobile devices, four at a time

IDAPT can charge 99% of all mobile devices, four at a time

IDAPT universal charger As demonstrated in the video above, Barcelona-based tech company, IDAPT offers a line of universal charging stations at surprisingly reasonable rates that accommodate over 4,500 gadgets, eliminating the inevitable cord clutter. Managing devices has become a tremendous hassle, especially with the rise of people owning multiple devices – a 2011 study revealed that Android users are likely ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/02/09  | 9 Comments Gadgets

Viddy app brings Instagram-like features to mobile video

Viddy app brings Instagram-like features to mobile video

Instagram for video If you’re a fan of Instagram and how you can basically give your photos an entirely new feeling by using different filters, you’ll love the Viddy mobile app. Viddy is essentially the Instagram of video. Viddy allows you to take 15-second videos of your life and share them with friends and family on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/08  | 15 Comments Smartphones

7 newly free Android apps for business

7 newly free Android apps for business

Free quality Android apps don’t come around as often as you may hope. And a lot of the time you have to sift through ridiculous and unrelated apps to find the one that matches your professional needs. So, we’ve done the work for you so you can spend your valuable time elsewhere. Here are seven newly-free Android apps that can ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/08  | 21 Comments Smartphones

Google finally brings Chrome browser to Android

Google finally brings Chrome browser to Android

Incognito browsing, bookmarks now available The Google Chrome browser launched in 2008 for desktops and in 2012, the company is announcing the long awaited launch of the browser for Android devices running the latest operating system (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), bringing all of the functionality of Chrome to mobile users. Often when a desktop feature becomes available on a ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/07  | 14 Comments Browsers

Smartphone plugs directly into the wall, no wires

Smartphone plugs directly into the wall, no wires

Autonome smartphone concept Over the years, AGBeat has addressed a variety of new tools for purchase and in the concept phase that tackle the problem of smartphones’ drained batteries, one of the most common complaints of these expensive devices. Designer Francois Rybarczyk has created a smartphone concept with a charging feature that requires no wires, no funky base to plug ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/02/07  | 11 Comments Smartphones

iPad app boosts productivity, saves professionals’ time

iPad app boosts productivity, saves professionals’ time

Boosting productivity with an iPad app Sometimes taking and creating effective notes, plans, and documents requires more than just typing on a computer. Some find it easier to understand or formulate ideas when they have more freedom to create, draw, notate, and even scribble. The obvious solution is to do all of your note-taking and document formation and creation on ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/04  | 19 Comments Tablets

Android dominates market, mobile use going mainstream

Android dominates market, mobile use going mainstream

More phones are Androids A new comScore report notes that in the three month period ending in December 2011, Samsung was found to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.3 percent market share and Google Android increased to 47.3 percent of all smartphone operating systems, approaching the 50 percent mark nearly a year ahead of what was originally projected. ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/02/03  | 20 Comments Smartphones