Smartphone

Smartphone Users Spending Surprising Amount Of Time On Facebook

Reuters | Sarah McBride | Posted 05.07.2012

By Sarah McBride (Reuters) - The average time spent accessing Facebook via smartphone in the United States was 441 minutes in March, co...

Orphans Of Technology: Choosing Between Our Smartphones And Kin

Nancy Colier | Posted 05.01.2012

Nancy Colier

Like everything, humans included, technology resolves itself in contradiction. And yet, we must be mindful of what we are doing with technology, particularly when in the company of our children. Our emotional presence is the greatest gift we can offer our children.

Smartphone Addiction: Why I'm Putting the Phone Down

Susan Conley | Posted 04.07.2012

Susan Conley

The sneaky thing that my Smartphones does is make me feel like every hour of every day is the absolutely most perfect time in the world to get my email. Except it's not.

Breaking Up With My Blackberry

Zach Stafford | Posted 04.06.2012

Zach Stafford

Dear BB: As I sit here in the airport, I listen to Lauryn Hill's song "The Ex-Factor" and I reflect on our relationship, which has stretched almost four years, and I have come to the conclusion that "it ain't working," to quote Ms. Hill.

Smartphones About To Surpass Dumbphones

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.30.2012

As of February 2012, nearly half (or about 49.7 percent) of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone, according to a new Nielsen report. That'...

Catherine New

More Smartphones, More Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 03.02.2012

Just last year my 70+ year old mother asked me to help her program the VCR. Then in February she bought an iPhone. I knew change was afoot. Like thos...

Can D.C. Cops Foil Smartphone Robbers?

Georgiana Bloom | Posted 04.14.2012

Georgiana Bloom

Your chances of actually losing your life in the nation's capital have gone down. Murders are at an all-time low, according to D.C. crime statistics. But cellphone robberies are on the rise.

Are Smartphones Replacing Human Memory?

Nancy Colier | Posted 03.19.2012

Nancy Colier

We must remember to look up from our screens, not only to avoid getting hit by oncoming traffic but because of the possibilities that looking up offers, and to remind ourselves that we are a part of a much larger matrix of life upon which we all depend.

The Year Of The Smartphone Photographer

Posted 12.27.2011

Forget that Nikon. It's all about the smartphone these days. A new study by NPD shows that the percent of photos taken with a smartphone grew from ...

The New Epidemic: Chronic Boredom

Nancy Colier | Posted 01.28.2012

Nancy Colier

Technology is encouraging our belief that open time, or free play as it used to be called in pre-school, means boredom. What happened to our delight in not knowing what might unfold? Where has our interest and faith in creating something out of nothing gone?

And The World's Largest Smartphone Market Is...

Boy Genius Report | Posted 11.23.2011

China has overtaken the United States as the world’s top smartphone market by volume according to new data released on Wednesday....

What Are Smartphones Doing To Our Relationships?

Nancy Colier | Posted 01.20.2012

Nancy Colier

I suppose that I too am guilty (if that's the right word) of avoiding contact, or taking the easy way out. And so I asked myself, what are we all so afraid of? The easy way out of what?

Android Gobbles Up Even More Smartphone Market Share

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 01.03.2012

Android continues its reign as the leading smartphone platform of choice among U.S. smartphone users. On Thursday, Nielsen released its third quart...

Apple No Longer World's Top Smartphone Leader

Posted 12.28.2011

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world's top smartphone maker in the July-September period wit...

Mobile Marketing: 5 Ways to Make Sure Your Business Doesn't Get Left Behind

Claire Hughes Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

Claire Hughes Johnson

Smart businesses are already advertising on smartphones, here's how not to get left behind.

How To Use QR Codes To Engage Your Customers

Karen Leland | Posted 10.18.2011

Karen Leland

Even though QR codes are relatively simple to set up and use, many small businesses don't know where to begin.

Huawei's New Smartphone Features '3D' Display

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.08.2011

China-based Huawei Technologies on Monday released a video showing off its new Vision smartphone. Under the hood, Vision runs on Android's Gingerbr...

WATCH: Luddites Don't Get Robbed

Posted 08.20.2011

We've all heard rumors that walking around with an iPhone makes you more likely to get mugged, so The Jazzie Show at BBC Comedy came up with a solutio...

Battery Low!? 12 Tips To Keep Your Smartphone From Dying

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.16.2011

You can check your email, browse for shoes, play with Angry Birds, and do a whole host of other things on smartphones--unless the battery dies. As ...

Smartphone Radiation: The 10 Highest And 10 Lowest Emitters

Techland | Posted 08.02.2011

The World Health Organization recently revealed the radiation levels emitted from common cell phones to be "possibly carcinogenic." The new findings p...

Throw Your Smartphone Down the Rabbit Hole

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.04.2011

Timothy Karr

Do you believe in fairy tales? AT&T wants you to. The phone giant is trying to make everyone believe that its takeover of T-Mobile would be good for jobs, innovation and the economy, while saving you hundreds of dollars on your smartphone.

iPhone Dominates As Most Popular Phone: Study

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 06.28.2011

Chalk up yet another accolade for the iPhone 4. Though Apple's latest phone may have gotten off to a rocky start with the antennagate debacle, market ...

How China Is Powering North Korea's Smartphone Mania

Techland | Posted 06.15.2011

North Korea has a new problem on its hands besides poverty and reported bouts of famine -- Kim Jong Il's new enemy is cellphones. ...

Give Flip Cameras a New and Better Life

Tamar Abrams | Posted 06.14.2011

Tamar Abrams

There are places on this planet where the Flip camera can change a life.

U.K. STUDY: Smartphone Users Overpay Hundreds Of Dollars Per Year

TechCrunch | Posted 06.12.2011

A new study says that smartphone users are overpaying for their service by several hundred dollars each and every year. ...