Earlier this week, it was reported that HTC, once one
of the leading smartphone companies, is contemplating on acquisition prospects.
Samsung, one
of the the leading smartphone manufacturers in the world, has two flagship offerings: the Galaxy Note 8 and the Galaxy S8.
While we will remain operationally independent, joining forces with Samsung will enable us to support
all of the leading smartphone vendors, devices, and applications; expand our base of developers and enhance the tools and programs that they rely on; and help many more people around the world easily control and monitor their homes using SmartThings, «said Hawkinson.
OtterBox is one
of the leading smartphone accessory brands in the world.
Spigen is one
of the leading smartphone accessory brands.
Xiaomi is one
of the leading smartphone vendors in the world right now.
With the Snapdragon 835 powering a number
of leading smartphones, the aim is to bring that 4G connection to your Windows device, so there's no fuss - just instant access to everything online.
Not exact matches
Thiel Fellow and 19 - year - old Harvard drop - out Connor Zwick will explain the «democratization
of hardware over the next decade» that
led him to leave school and found Milkshake Labs, which is building a game controller for
smartphones.
It's true that Apple's
lead in
smartphones is thinning — Samsung's innovative hardware and design in the Galaxy S8 is all the proof you need
of that.
Over the past few years,
smartphones and tablets have arisen to become mobile gaming powerhouses,
leading observers to speculate on whether the death
of portable systems such as the Vita is nigh.
Led by management professor Russell Johnson, the research looked at
smartphone use both among upper - level managers and a variety
of mid-level professionals, like nurses and accountants, asking them to both report their nighttime
smartphone use and then answer questions about their levels
of alertness and productivity the next day.
Features unique to the Pixel, such as the Google Assistant, the Pixel camera, and Daydream (Google's virtual reality headset, which works with the Pixel), plus the
smartphone's deeper app integration, increased prominence
of Android Pay, and improved computing power (compared to other Android devices), will ultimately
lead to users spending more money on Android, according to the research note.
He wants Qualcomm for its
leading smartphone modem - chip division, an example
of what he calls a «franchise» that will continue to dominate its industry.
The increasing popularity
of the
smartphone has
led to a high demand for mobile apps.
And because pWave doesn't require costly LTE technology, it could potentially
lead to a new generation
of cheap
smartphones.
It can be a confusing platform to use, tweets are often dashed off from
smartphones, hashtags can be hijacked and humor doesn't always translate in 140 characters or less — all
of which can
lead to fiascos like these.
AirStrip is the
leading player in the new mHealth subindustry
of remote patient monitoring, which allows clinicians to get detailed, real - time readouts
of monitors on their tablets or
smartphones anywhere in or out
of the hospital.
Their revolutionary impact was not technology, but behavior: People
of today
lead much more mobile lives because
of smartphones and tablets.
WhatsApp
leads globally and in countries with expensive SMS rates like India; Line dominates in Japan; KakaoTalk has been downloaded by 93 %
of South Korea's
smartphone users; WeChat has a near monopoly in China.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Alberto Villarreal, the creative
lead and industrial design manager for Google's consumer hardware unit, was the
lead designer behind the exterior
of the Pixel, Google's latest
smartphone.
These plastic electronic displays could also provide
smartphones with shatterproof displays (good news for anyone who's inadvertently tried drop - testing their phone onto the pavement) and
lead to the next generation
of flexible wearable technology.
For example, a recent study by Lee, the KAIST professor, found that people who turn to their
smartphones for «mood adjustment purposes,» such as to relieve boredom, stress or depression, may form a habit
of using their phones for those objectives, which can
lead to addictive behaviors.
In February, Agricxlab, an agri - tech venture using
smartphone imaging to assess the quality
of agri produce, had raised $ 500,000 in a seed round
led by early - stage venture capital firm Ankur Capital.
Brian X. Chen, our
lead consumer technology reporter, writes about solving tech - related problems like sluggish Wi - Fi, poor
smartphone battery life and the complexity
of taking your
smartphone abroad.
We have the ability to reach millions
of people daily on their
smartphones, tablets and computers to engage them with your brand, which
leads to valuable new customers.
It's an interesting play — not least because Rogers will preload it on
smartphones that it sells, or because it's a platform that developers can hook into and build on top
of via APIs — but it's only possible because
of major technology upgrades in Canada that have it ranked the second -
leading national market in contactless payment, according to Juniper.
Agricxlab, an agri - tech venture that uses
smartphone imaging to assess the quality
of agri produce, has raised a seed round worth $ 500,000 (Rs 3.2 crore)
led by early - stage venture capital firm Ankur Capital.
By the end
of 2017, Xiaomi topped Samsung to
lead sales charts in India, which had surpassed America to become the world's second - largest
smartphone market after China.
It's part
of an ongoing shift in the industry in how consumers pay for their service, with more people actually opting to pay for their own
smartphones because it can
lead to lower monthly charges down the line if you stick with the same device after two years.
Heins acknowledged, though, that RIM has a lot
of work to do if it wants to
lead in the
smartphone market again.
Offering Internet connectivity for laptops, PDAs, and
smartphones on nine
of the 11
leading American airlines, GoGo Inflight remains the leader in in - flight Wi - Fi.
The Waterloo, Ont. - based
smartphone company, riding momentum in the
lead - up to its BlackBerry 10 launch at the end
of January, implemented a strategic review as its financial situation worsened because
of declining sales in 2012.
A new article out today on Android Central by Jerry Hildenbrand discusses similarities between
smartphones and computers that could eventually
lead to the cost
of phones increasing...
The number
of smartphone users in the world is constantly increasing and this has
led to more apps being created.
Today, the android OS dominates market share and shipments
of smartphones whereas iPad / iOS still retains the
lead for install base
of tablet devices.»
Such gaps tend to narrow for a number
of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government -
led redistribution
of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration
of technology, including
smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.
Fairfax Media has a portfolio
of leading websites, tablet and
smartphone apps, including the online news sites smh.com.au and theage.com.
Millennials in the United States enthralled by augmented reality technology on wine labels — where they can visualise zombies crashing out
of wine bottles through their
smartphones — have
led to one analyst predicting Treasury Wine Estates» shares are headed to $ 21.
She co-authored From Baby to Big Kid, ZERO TO THREE's first age - based monthly e-newsletter for parents; co-produced ZERO TO THREE's first podcast series; co-developed ZERO TO THREE's video series Magic
of Everyday Moments; and
led the creation
of ZERO TO THREE's first
smartphone app, Let's Play.
Growing demand for cellular data by
smartphones, tablets and other devices has
led wireless carriers across the country to deploy a new kind
of wireless transmitter called «small cells» to provide better coverage in densely populated areas.
The state - run Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subway, faces a litany
of problems, including antiquated signals and overcrowded cars, that have
led to frequent breakdowns — much
of it documented by
smartphone - toting commuters for the world to see.
Teens whose eyes are habitually glued to their
smartphones are markedly unhappier, said study
lead author and San Diego State University and professor
of psychology Jean M. Twenge.
«Less than 10 years ago, Steve Jobs promised that
smartphones «will change everything,»» said Kostadin Kushlev, a psychology research scientist at the University
of Virginia, who
led the study with colleagues at the University
of British Columbia.
Lead author Timothy Wilson, a University
of Virginia psychologist, says that with
smartphones, tablets and TVs within reach anytime, many
of us may not know what to do when we have time to ponder without distraction — but the electric shock results were still surprising.
Researchers
led by Yang Yang, the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr., Professor
of Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School
of Engineering and Applied Science, said the new cells could serve as a power - generating layer on windows and
smartphone displays without compromising users» ability to see through the surface.
«Young children are attracted to
smartphones more than other forms
of media and there is a need for more techno - behavioral studies on child -
smartphone interaction,» said
lead author Savita Yadav,
of the Netaji Subhas Institute
of Technology, in New Delhi.
While
smartphones harness a normal and healthy need for sociality, Professor Veissière agrees that the pace and scale
of hyper - connectivity pushes the brain's reward system to run on overdrive, which can
lead to unhealthy addictions.
The authors found that driving performance degraded regardless
of secondary texting task type, but manual entry
led to slower reaction times and significantly more eyes - off - road glances than voice - to - text input using both
smartphones and Google Glass.
«In post-industrial environments where foods are abundant and readily available, our cravings for fat and sugar sculpted by distant evolutionary pressures can easily go into insatiable overdrive and
lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease -LRB-...) the pro-social needs and rewards [
of smartphone use as a means to connect] can similarly be hijacked to produce a manic theatre
of hyper - social monitoring,» the authors write in their paper.
Led by MIT chemical engineering professor Patrick Doyle and Lincoln Laboratory technical staff member Albert Swiston, the researchers have invented a new type
of tiny,
smartphone - readable particle that they believe could be deployed to help authenticate currency, electronic parts, and luxury goods, among other products.