Tag Archives: Hardware
LTE phone shipments will grow tenfold this year
 According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global LTE phone shipments will grow tenfold to reach 67 million units in 2012. It is a breakout year for 4G technology. Companies leading the growth spurt will include Apple, Samsung, HTC and others.
Neil Shah, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We forecast global LTE phone shipments to grow tenfold from 6.8 million units in 2011 to 67.0 million in 2012. Major countries driving LTE growth this year will include the United States, Japan and South Korea. Multiple operators, such as Verizon Wireless, NTT Docomo and SK Telecom, are aggressively expanding their LTE networks.
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Apple will lose its tablet dominance by 2016
Apple iPads
Tablets are still gaining traction in the mobile device market, with Apple selling a record 3 million new iPads within days of its launch. Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the online retail giant’s best seller, and a host of new tablet devices are slated for release this year.
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, Apple iPad, Hardware, IDC, infographic, Kindle Fire, mobile, Statista, Studies, surveys, reports, tablet market forecast, Telecommunications
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Social media, cloud computing top internal auditor’s hot list
 Increasingly, internal audit professionals must possess a strong understanding of hot areas of technology such as cloud computing and social media – and the risks they bring – in order to perform their jobs at a high level, according to a new study from
Protiviti
, a global consulting firm.
However, many internal auditors say their technology IQ could be improved a few points, both in understanding new technologies and employing technology-enabled auditing processes.
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Tagged asset management, best practices, CAATs, Cloud, cloud computing, computer-assisted tools, fraud prevention & detection, Hardware, Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, internal audits, Internet/New Media, IT, mobile, Protiviti, regulatory noncompliance, Social Media, soft skills, Studies, surveys, reports, Tech life/Culture, tech-enabled audits
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Apple’s new iPad sold 3M units, strongest launch yet
 Apple says it has sold three million of its new iPad since its launch on Friday, March 16.
The new iPad features a new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life while remaining thin and light.
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What do smartphone owners really want?
The Motorola Droid RAZR has a 4.3 inch screen and is only 0.28 inches thick.
Smartphone buyers have a wide-range of features, styles, sizes and providers these days – but what they really want, says
Strategy Analytics
, are bigger screens on thin devices.
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Tagged Digital Devices, Hardware, Internet/New Media, LG Optimus Vue, mobile, Motorola Droid RAZR, Samsung Galaxy Note, smartphone screen size, smartphones, Strategy Analytics, Studies, surveys, reports, tablet/phone hybrids, Telecommunications
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How often does an iPad break?
SquareTrade, the largest independent warranty provider in the world, just completed an extensive report on
iPad breakage rates
. Based on data compiled from 50,000 SquareTrade iPad customers, the company found that iPad 2 owners reported breakage 3.5 times as often as iPad 1 owners.
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Smartphone battery life a significant drain on user satisfaction
 As smartphone users place increasingly complex demands on the functionality of their devices, satisfaction with battery performance is becoming a critical factor in overall satisfaction as well as brand loyalty, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study.
The study also says 70 percent of smartphone users have signed in to social networks, and they are continuing to integrate the devices into both their personal and business lives.
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Tagged brand loyalty, customer satisfaction, Hardware, Internet/New Media, IT, J.D. Power, mobile, smartphone battery life, smartphones, Social Media, Studies, surveys, reports, Telecommunications, U.S. Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study
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iPad reviewers love the Retina display, speed, camera
David Pogue
writes in the New York Time
s that the new Apple iPad should have been called the iPad 2S, because it makes only incremental changes to the iPad 2, like the iPhone 4S. The technical improvements in the new device, which is available Friday, “keep it at the forefront of desirability – just ahead of the snapping jaws of its Android competion.”
Like most reviewers, he’s dazzled by the “very, very sharp screen.” The new Retina dispaly is four times sharper than that of the iPad 2. Apps rewritten for the new screen are “incredibly sharp,” he says and high definition videos are “dazzling.”
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Posted in iPad
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Tagged Apple, Daringfireball, David Pogue, Hardware, Internet/New Media, iPad3, IT, John Gruber, Joshua Topolsky, NYTimes, Reviewed, Reviews, Tech life/Culture, The Verge, Wall Street Jouranal, Walt Mossberg
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China top smartphone market, Brazil, India to join top 5 by 2016
Smartphone shipments to emerging markets will drive growth in the worldwide smartphone market in the years ahead.
According to the latest smartphone forecast from the International Data Corporation (
IDC
)
Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker
, China will become the leading country-level market for smartphone shipments in 2012, moving ahead of the current leader, the United States. Looking ahead to 2016, two additional emerging markets, India and Brazil, will enter the top 5 country markets for smartphone shipments.
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Tagged Brazil, China, Hardware, IDC, India, PRC, smartphone market, smartphones, Studies, surveys, reports, UK
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Small businesses ignoring risks of data protection on mobile devices
Personal mobile devices used at work can present a security problem.
A study by online backup service Mozy® (NYSE:
EMC
), found that an increasing number of professionals (80 percent) work remotely and rely on personal devices such as smartphones (63 percent), iPads (30 percent) and laptops (80 percent) to access company data.
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