Sentences with phrase «study says the smartphone»

A new JD Power study says the smartphone operating system is the key differentiator in customer satisfaction...

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A recent study by comScore said the iPhone held 27.3 % of the U.S. smartphone market.

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

North Korea has shown a persistent interest in computer technology since the early 1980s so it is conceivable that a country, which has launched long - range missiles and tested nuclear weapons has also developed a smartphone, said Kang Ho Jye, a research fellow at Ewha Institute of Unification Studies.

In a study of retailers in the United States, Britain and other European countries, Professor Adrian Beck and Matt Hopkins of the University of Leicester in England said the use of self - service lanes and smartphone apps to make purchases generated a loss rate of nearly 4 percent, more than double the average.

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.

Trying to harness the world's 1 billion smartphones for earthquake warning isn't new, says John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who was not involved in the study.

«If you get access to a typical smartphone, that can reveal their whole social network,» said Lindqvist, coauthor of a recent study on Bitcoin, a controversial virtual currency.

Nonetheless, the authors say: «Overall, simple smartphone prompts appear to be a promising strategy for reducing sedentary behavior and increasing activity, though adequately - powered and well - designed studies will be needed to confirm these preliminary findings.»

«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.

Roberts and David said as smartphones become more ubiquitous, researchers need to continue to study the implications in the workplace.

«Smartphones are so common that industries may let their guard down, thus creating a situation where intellectual property is ripe for theft,» says Chi Zhou, PhD, assistant professor in UB's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, another study co-author.

Before the floater had appeared, he said he had been glued to his smartphone night and day and could hardly pry himself away to study, eat and sleep.

Scientists say that the techniques used in this study could also be used to improve smartphone voices, loudspeaker announcements or sat - nav systems.

Get off your smartphone Multi-tasking at meal times could downgrade perceptions of flavour, causing diners to shovel more to get the kick, says a study published in journal Psychological Science.

Modern parents and caregivers interact with tablets, smartphones and other communication devices for about three hours a day, the study authors said in background notes.

The study shows that smartphones can be a valuable tool for improving mood in «concrete, everyday situations,» says Tegethoff — and that they could be a relatively inexpensive, widely accessible way to provide psychotherapy techniques to people who aren't getting them face - to - face.

Unsane, says Guy Lodge, «serves as an interesting case study for the ever - expanding possibilities of smartphones in cinema, not least because its grimy aesthetic and breath - on - your - face atmosphere couldn't be further removed from the iridescent visual poetry of Sean Baker's Tangerine — the first major title handed the «iPhone movie» label.

In addition, almost half of students said they had used a Smartphone in their studies over the past 12 months.

Dr Leonie Rutherford is the project leader behind the new study and said that despite the proliferation of e-readers and smartphones, teens are reading print.

(Some 15 % of library websites are optimized for mobile devices, according to the ALA's 2011 - 2012 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study, while 7 % of libraries have developed smartphone apps for access to library services.54) Many patrons also said that they would like to have more staff members available to answer questions about e-books, similar to Apple's «Genius Bar.»

According to a recent study, one in three workers regularly gets up in the middle of the night to check e-mail and almost half of the people surveyed said they can not sleep without their smartphone in reach.

In a recent study by Common Sense Media, nearly half of the adults surveyed said that their children exhibited addictive behavior in their use of a smartphone.

A study in August carried out by TalkTalk Mobile surveyed 2,000 owners of the three major smartphone brands — iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users — determining whether their choice of phone said anything about their personality.

Source: «What Your Choice of Smartphone Says About You,» Science Daily (Nov. 21, 2016) and «Android and iPhone Users Do Have Personality Differences, According to Study,» Deseret News (Dec. 1, 2016)