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Android: a Trademark, iPhone iOS: a Lovemark

Android: a Trademark, iPhone iOS: a Lovemark

While Android-based phones will likely outnumber iOS devices 5 to 1 in the coming years, no single Android device and software is likely to emerge in the stellar category.

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Mobile Security: Jailbreakers See Bigger Teeth in New Apple Security Patent

Mobile Security: Jailbreakers See Bigger Teeth in New Apple Security Patent

A recently filed Apple patent describes technology that could give iOS devices the ability to use voiceprints, photos and even heartbeats to determine whether the person using it is authorized to do so.

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iPhone 4 Connectivity Performance Bad, Really Bad – Here’s Proof

iPhone 4 Connectivity Performance Bad, Really Bad – Here’s Proof

I decided to conduct some simple tests. I specifically pitted iPhone 3GS against iPhone 4 over 3G connectivity for data throughput performance.

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iPhone Contact Capture, WorldCard Gets The Job Done

iPhone Contact Capture, WorldCard Gets The Job Done

I only publish stories about iPhone apps that are compelling or change my attitude in some way. So here I am, eating my own words concerning contact capturing tools.

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iPhone Business Use Impacted by iPad in Surprising Ways

iPhone Business Use Impacted by iPad in Surprising Ways

When I first watched the iPad announcement in January 2010, I decided to take a few notes about how iPad might affect my use of iPhone when I eventually got an iPad.

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Bookmaker.com Sets Odds on iPhone 4G Sales Today; Upgrade Risks Abound

Bookmaker.com Sets Odds on iPhone 4G Sales Today; Upgrade Risks Abound

As the iPhone 4 hits stores today, Apple fans anxiously wait in line so they can be the first to try out the new device and all of its innovative applications and new hardware capabilities.

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Vegas Reality, Star Walk: Augmented Reality for iPhone and iPad

Vegas Reality, Star Walk: Augmented Reality for iPhone and iPad

To be perfectly candid, I knew little about about AR, had never taken a second look at any AR app, and like many, I viewed this segment as having one foot in the entertainment camp and another in the “soon to be in my shelfware” category.

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iPhone 4G: Killer Smartphone Will Change Mobile Business Collaboration – Six Apps To Watch in 2010

iPhone 4G: Killer Smartphone Will Change Mobile Business Collaboration – Six Apps To Watch in 2010

With high-speed network access and a 5.2 mega-pixel front-facing camera, you can plan on some serious business benefits for conferencing, sales calls, and mobile communications agility. This new beast will have the same memory as iPad and probably the same A4 processor. Is this simply an iPad Nano with a telephone and camera?

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Book Review: The Secrets to Selling iPhone & iPad Apps

Book Review: The Secrets to Selling iPhone & iPad Apps

The book’s title, “iPhone and iPad Apps Marketing: Secrets to Selling Your iPhone and iPad Apps” (by Jeffrey Hughs), is nearly as long as its detailed

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Appolicious: An Innovative iPhone App Directory

Appolicious: An Innovative iPhone App Directory

With a few hundred thousand App Store choices, how does a newcomer, or anyone for that matter, decide what apps are best or will provide the best overall iPad or iPhone experience?

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APPCON 2010: Mobile App Developers Get Down To Serious Business

APPCON 2010: Mobile App Developers Get Down To Serious Business

APPCON™ 2010 attendees will have an unprecedented opportunity to meet and learn—live and in-person—from some of the most highly respected authors and experts in the programming and mobile App development industry

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2011 Mobile Enterprise Development Controversy: Native App versus Web App

2011 Mobile Enterprise Development Controversy: Native App versus Web App

By 2012, for every Apple device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) in circulation, at least 3 Android-based devices are likely to be glued to corporate user’s ears or serving up business apps at a blinding adoption rate.

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