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Entries Tagged as 'Handsets'

Amherst Freshmen Outnumbered by Their Digitalia

by Allison

At Amherst College, more digital devices were registered by Freshmen (443) than there are actual Freshmen (438).
This is according to the “IT Index” by the school’s Director of Information Technology, Peter Schilling. Also of note: 1% have landlines while 99% have Facebook accounts. Clive Thomson recently posted on the report, concluding that “landlines are […]

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Tags: Handsets · Stats, Studies & Surveys · Teens · Youth Trends · iPhone

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Motorola x Shozu: Share It in a Click

by NGT

Motorola has a vision–a vision of providing a rich ecosystem of applications for its users. The new Motorola handset–the VE538–helps deliver on this in a big way. With the push of a button, you are directed straight to ShoZu, a social networking portal that connects you to everything from Facebook to your Blogger account.
ShoZu’s Share-It […]

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Tags: Handsets · Mobile · Social Networking · Youth Trends

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The Week in Mobile: Handsets, Auto, Culture, Music, Video

by NGT

HANDSETS
Touchscreens getting big for Asian market [IntoMobile]
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, Japan is really getting into touchscreens. This is backed up ina new report from ABI: “Because it’s difficult to represent even a fraction of the common Asian characters on a QWERTY-style keyboard, touch screen devices on which characters can be written with a stylus […]

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Tags: Auto · Culture & Entertainment · Emerging Technology · Handsets · Mobile · Music · TV & Video

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