http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPad-takes-home-more-J.D.-Power-and-Associates-awards_id42422For the second consecutive time, the Apple iPad received the J.D. Power and Associates award for consumer satisfaction in the tablet industry, edging out Amazon; the two finished in the same position back in September when the award was last given out and this time Apple received high scores for performance; ease of operation; styling and design; and features...]]>NewsSun, 28 Apr 2013 00:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPad-takes-home-more-J.D.-Power-and-Associates-awards_id42422/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablets-are-the-hottest-consumer-electronics-category-in-the-US-at-the-moment_id42263The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has come up with a new study that has found out which are the most sought after consumer electronics categories in the US this year...]]>NewsTue, 23 Apr 2013 10:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablets-are-the-hottest-consumer-electronics-category-in-the-US-at-the-moment_id42263/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Smartphones-changing-our-shopping-behaviour_id42253Few are the activities we enjoy more than shopping for a new smartphone, but there are some people out there that are actually more interested in discovering how we're shopping using our smartphones...]]>NewsTue, 23 Apr 2013 08:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Smartphones-changing-our-shopping-behaviour_id42253/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-keeps-its-30-share-in-smartphones-Apple-shrinks-in-Q1_id42242According to a new survey made by DRAMeXchange, which is a division of research company TrendForce, Samsung has managed to keep its dominant 30% share in Q1 2013, but some of the other major players have seen their shares shrink a bit...]]>NewsTue, 23 Apr 2013 05:51:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-keeps-its-30-share-in-smartphones-Apple-shrinks-in-Q1_id42242/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-Demand-in-the-industry-is-strong-but-the-pace-of-expansion-has-begun-to-slow-down_id42124Wireless is one of the few industries that actually grow these days, but it looks like the pace at which it spreads has started to slow down. Research firm PwC has made a thorough survey of the US market, using data from all major carriers...]]>NewsFri, 19 Apr 2013 08:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-Demand-in-the-industry-is-strong-but-the-pace-of-expansion-has-begun-to-slow-down_id42124/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablet-usage-statistics-show-the-iPad-is-expanding-its-lead-over-competitors_id42102By the looks of it, the iPad just can't be surpassed when it comes to web usage. Ad network Chitika has released its latest findings and notes that after a slight drop in the traffic generated by Apple's iPad family, it has now increased its lead over the competition...]]>NewsFri, 19 Apr 2013 03:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablet-usage-statistics-show-the-iPad-is-expanding-its-lead-over-competitors_id42102/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-Brand-and-price-more-important-than-carrier-to-smartphone-buyers_id41968Which is the decisive factor for you when choosing a new smartphone? Is it the price, the specs, the carrier, or the brand? According to a new report by Google and digital intelligence firm Compete, the brand and the price are the most important factors when people in the US are buying smartphones...]]>NewsTue, 16 Apr 2013 09:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-Brand-and-price-more-important-than-carrier-to-smartphone-buyers_id41968/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Half-of-surveyed-iPhone-users-in-China-express-interest-in-switching-to-the-Galaxy-S4_id41943China is a very important market for Tim Cook and gang, ringing in a huge percentage of Apple's revenue now. Avanti, the Taiwanese research arm of TrendForce, took to the streets in China to survey a representative sample of 3000 smartphone users, and it turned out that more than half expressed interest to own Samsung's newest Galaxy S4 flagship...]]>NewsTue, 16 Apr 2013 02:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Half-of-surveyed-iPhone-users-in-China-express-interest-in-switching-to-the-Galaxy-S4_id41943/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-is-on-top-of-users-wont-buy-list-suggests-survey_id41773Another day, another poll bashing BlackBerry. 71.4% of the respondents agreed that “nothing would get them to buy a BlackBerry”...]]>NewsThu, 11 Apr 2013 07:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-is-on-top-of-users-wont-buy-list-suggests-survey_id41773/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-shows-that-only-17-of-Americans-know-that-BlackBerry-10-has-launched_id41706It does seem hard to believe, but a survey conducted for institutional equity research firm MKM Partners shows that nearly 83% of the 1,500 Americans surveyed over the last three weeks had no idea that the new BlackBerry 10 OS had launched in Canada while nearly 61% did not know that Windows Phone 8 handsets are available...]]>NewsTue, 09 Apr 2013 17:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-shows-that-only-17-of-Americans-know-that-BlackBerry-10-has-launched_id41706/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-survey-shows-commuters-continue-to-text-and-drive-outnumber-the-kids_id41347Even though 98% of consumers say they are aware of the dangers of texting and driving, 49% of them admit to doing it anyway actually surpassing the percentage of kids (43%) who are taking their lives into their own hands; Distracted Driving Awareness month is coming next month so concentrate on what you are doing behind the wheel...]]>NewsFri, 29 Mar 2013 15:55:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-survey-shows-commuters-continue-to-text-and-drive-outnumber-the-kids_id41347/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/OpenSignal-Size-matters_id41259A report from OpenSignal shows that for each square inch on the screen of a smartphone, an extra 75MB of data is loaded through a cellular connection and 288MB of data is sent via Wi-Fi; the information comes from Open Signal's Android app and is the result of 9,962 different Android devices being surveyed and only those who used both Wi-Fi and cellular in the same day were part of the results...]]>NewsTue, 26 Mar 2013 17:20:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/OpenSignal-Size-matters_id41259/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Amazon-Apple-and-QVC-are-where-shoppers-on-the-go-go_id39721A survey done by analytics firm ForSee reveals that shoppers like to point their mobile browser to Amazon when doing their shopping; Amazon led the survey which was based on customer satisfaction, and the online retailer was followed by Apple and QVC which tied for second and with the new trend of "showrooming," 70% of respondents used a mobile phone while in a retail store and 37% of those people were browsing a competitor's app...]]>NewsTue, 12 Feb 2013 21:21:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Amazon-Apple-and-QVC-are-where-shoppers-on-the-go-go_id39721/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-tops-J.D.-Power-customer-survey-for-fourth-consecutive-time_id39624“Big Red” keeps the top spot in J.D. Powers & Associates’ semi-annual survey about the full-service wireless carriers...]]>NewsSat, 09 Feb 2013 04:26:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-tops-J.D.-Power-customer-survey-for-fourth-consecutive-time_id39624/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-Windows-tablet-favored-for-work-over-the-iPad-or-Android-tablets_id39502Based on a survey of 10,000 employees in 17 countries, a full third want their next tablet to be powered by Windows...]]>NewsWed, 06 Feb 2013 01:57:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-Windows-tablet-favored-for-work-over-the-iPad-or-Android-tablets_id39502/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-10-Z10-and-Q10---meh-or-yeah_id39301Does BlackBerry 10 and the accompanying Z10 and Q10 handsets stand a fighting chance against the specs juggernaut Android, the loyal base of Apple, and the up and coming Windows Phone aided by Nokia's engineering prowess? Mark your preference in the poll below and sound off in the comments with your arguments...]]>NewsWed, 30 Jan 2013 12:34:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-10-Z10-and-Q10---meh-or-yeah_id39301/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-claims-70-of-the-global-smartphone-market-in-2012_id39227According to the latest report by Strategy Analytics, the mobile industry sold about 700 million smartphones throughout 2012. As you can imagine, most of those, and by most we mean 68.4%, were Android-powered handsets...]]>NewsTue, 29 Jan 2013 09:12:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-claims-70-of-the-global-smartphone-market-in-2012_id39227/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Would-you-buy-a-phone-with-no-wall-charger-in-the-box_id39062British carrier O2, together with HTC, recently completed an experiment called "Charger Out Of The Box", where the Taiwanese supplied their One X+ handset without a wall charger in the box...]]>NewsThu, 24 Jan 2013 09:03:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Would-you-buy-a-phone-with-no-wall-charger-in-the-box_id39062/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-further-expands-global-dominance-in-Q4-but-stumbles-in-U.S.-again_id38977The battle of the ecosystems is no longer a battle in a global sense as Android just continues expanding its dominant hold on the market pretty much everywhere…]]>NewsTue, 22 Jan 2013 07:58:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-further-expands-global-dominance-in-Q4-but-stumbles-in-U.S.-again_id38977/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Analyst-cites-survey-showing-shift-in-Apple-iPhone-buying-patterns-in-cutting-earnings-estimates_id38964A survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that Apple iPhone buyers are switching from buying expensive models with plenty of storage capacity to purchasing cheaper variants of the handset with smaller amounts of storage; this has led UBS analyst Steve Milunovich ti cut his estimates on the company's earnings and stock target...]]>NewsTue, 22 Jan 2013 01:16:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Analyst-cites-survey-showing-shift-in-Apple-iPhone-buying-patterns-in-cutting-earnings-estimates_id38964/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-indicates-Windows-Phone-Nokia-draws-better-customer-ratings-than-Android-and-Samsung_id38755Samsung is riding a wave of momentum, with customer intent to buy the Galaxy S III still very strong...]]>NewsWed, 16 Jan 2013 01:17:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-indicates-Windows-Phone-Nokia-draws-better-customer-ratings-than-Android-and-Samsung_id38755/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/35-of-smartphone-owners-use-them-while-driving_id38712A McKinsey study on "Mobility of the Future" revealed that 35% of those who owned a smartphone use it while driving which certainly is not the prudent thing to do and of that total, 39% are texting and driving at the same time; the report was released at the Detroit Auto Show, natch, and found that consumers can be divided in to 6 groups including one called Mobile Communicators...]]>NewsMon, 14 Jan 2013 20:53:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/35-of-smartphone-owners-use-them-while-driving_id38712/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablets-expected-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013_id38443As if we needed more proof that tablets are the new big thing in mobile computing. NPD DisplaySearch has come up with a new survey forecasting that tablets will outsell notebooks globally for the first time in 2013...]]>NewsTue, 08 Jan 2013 12:08:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tablets-expected-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013_id38443/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Surprise-Most-consumers-dont-care-if-they-are-using-iOS-Android-or-Windows_id38407Research company Accenture has come up with some pretty interesting results from its latest study. It wanted to see what part of phone and tablet consumers feel seriously attached to a particular brand or OS, as well as what are the main reasons to make people switch platforms...]]>NewsMon, 07 Jan 2013 17:47:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Surprise-Most-consumers-dont-care-if-they-are-using-iOS-Android-or-Windows_id38407/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Consumers-moving-away-from-buying-single-purpose-devices_id38355A survey done by Accenture shows that single-use items like point and shoot cameras or music players are on the way out, replaced by devices that can do multiple things like smartphones, PCs, HDTVs and tablets; over the last four years, the number of respondents with a digital camera has fallen from 77% to 68%...]]>NewsMon, 07 Jan 2013 09:20:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Consumers-moving-away-from-buying-single-purpose-devices_id38355/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-owns-U.S.-handset-market-with-26.9-market-share_id38271The latest comScore stats show Samsung is the leading manufacturer of handsets in the U.S. with a 26.9% market share for the three months ended in November; LG and Apple switched positions with the the latter now in second place and the Korean manufacturer in third; Android is the top smartphone platform with a 53.7% market share for the three months ended in November...]]>NewsThu, 03 Jan 2013 16:50:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-owns-U.S.-handset-market-with-26.9-market-share_id38271/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPhone-is-the-choice-of-Generation-Y-in-the-U.S.-Samsung-is-on-top-overall_id38129A new report from Forrester Research concludes that those belonging to Generation Y, defined as those in the 24-32 age bracket, are the largest owners of the Apple iPhone with a 29% share followed by those in Gen Z (24%) and those in Gen X (22%); not counting age, Samsung owns 24& of the U.S. market for smartphones followed by Apple and LG with both accounting for 18% of the Stateside smartphone market each...]]>NewsFri, 28 Dec 2012 02:33:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPhone-is-the-choice-of-Generation-Y-in-the-U.S.-Samsung-is-on-top-overall_id38129/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Analyst-Apple-and-Samsung-continue-to-have-a-tight-hold-on-the-mobile-market_id37917A Raymond James analyst surveyed 300 people, not a large sample size to be sure, and found that 86% of iOS users and 75% of Android users intend to keep the platform they are currently using when making their next purchase; the bad news for Nokia and Microsoft is that the analyst found that more awareness of Windows Phone is not translating into a large increase in holiday sales...]]>NewsThu, 20 Dec 2012 12:30:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Analyst-Apple-and-Samsung-continue-to-have-a-tight-hold-on-the-mobile-market_id37917/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Small-and-medium-businesses-prefer-iPhone-and-iPad-over-Android-WP-or-BlackBerry_id37881The guys from Intermedia, who are providers of cloud services to small and medium businesses, have been curious to know what kind of mobile operating systems their customers are using...]]>NewsThu, 20 Dec 2012 02:40:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Small-and-medium-businesses-prefer-iPhone-and-iPad-over-Android-WP-or-BlackBerry_id37881/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Consumer-tablet-interest-is-huge-for-the-holidays-so-who-are-the-winners_id37703A new survey has come out trying to figure out what tablet people are intending to buy this holiday season, and while some of the information is pretty easy to guess (the Apple iPad is the most popular tablet on the list), there were some surprises when it came to the Microsoft Surface and Google Nexus 7. The biggest surprise was that consumer interest in the Microsoft Surface dropped 53% after the price announcement, but Microsoft's tablet still had more interest than the Nexus 7...]]>NewsFri, 14 Dec 2012 18:32:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Consumer-tablet-interest-is-huge-for-the-holidays-so-who-are-the-winners_id37703/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Black-is-users-favorite-color-when-it-comes-to-phones-followed-by-white_id37679Now, that's not exactly what we'd call a surprise, but anyways, it appears that people's favorite color for a phone is... black. At least that is the conclusion we can make from our improvised survey of 2518 PhoneArena readers, which is actually not that bad of a sample...]]>NewsFri, 14 Dec 2012 06:08:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Black-is-users-favorite-color-when-it-comes-to-phones-followed-by-white_id37679/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Web-traffic-research-reveals-the-Microsoft-Surface-isnt-selling-very-well_id37538Research firm Chitika has come up with a new report that shows just how insignificant the sales of the Microsoft Surface RT have been, at least judging by the web traffic generated by the device...]]>NewsTue, 11 Dec 2012 08:28:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Web-traffic-research-reveals-the-Microsoft-Surface-isnt-selling-very-well_id37538/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Companies-are-expected-to-spend-more-money-on-cell-phone-parts-than-PC-parts-next-year_id37428According to a new study by research company IC Insights, next year will be the first year when device manufacturers will spend more money on phone components than PC components...]]>NewsFri, 07 Dec 2012 08:34:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Companies-are-expected-to-spend-more-money-on-cell-phone-parts-than-PC-parts-next-year_id37428/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/iOSs-share-of-the-mobile-web-is-much-bigger-than-that-of-Android_id37278Research firm Chitika has released a new interesting study for us mobile freaks. According to this report, Android's share of the mobile web is much lower than that of iOS, despite the overwhelming market share of the former...]]>NewsTue, 04 Dec 2012 05:47:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/iOSs-share-of-the-mobile-web-is-much-bigger-than-that-of-Android_id37278/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Study-Cellphone-addiction-related-to-compulsive-buying-and-credit-card-misuse_id37169Get ready for an intervention or a trip to rehab as a new survey shows that cellphone addiction is related to other compulsive things that people do like shopping and misuse their credit cards; it is all based on the levels of certain chemicals in your body...]]>NewsFri, 30 Nov 2012 03:44:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Study-Cellphone-addiction-related-to-compulsive-buying-and-credit-card-misuse_id37169/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/What-feature-is-used-most-on-a-cellphone-Hint-say-cheese_id37091The latest study from Pew Internet shows that a whopping 82% of cellphone owners use the camera on their handset, slightly beating out the percentage that use their device to text; online banking was last, used by just 29% of cellphone users...]]>NewsWed, 28 Nov 2012 01:16:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/What-feature-is-used-most-on-a-cellphone-Hint-say-cheese_id37091/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/No-surprise-kids-ask-for-iPads-and-iPhones-from-Santa_id36873According to a recent survey conducted by Nielsen, U.S. kids' holiday wish lists are dominated by one particular gadget – the iPad. The research shows that 48% of children between 6 and 12 years of age want one, which means that Apple's tablet is once again the most desired holiday gift among kids. In comparison, that figure stood at 44% last year...]]>NewsWed, 21 Nov 2012 09:17:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/No-surprise-kids-ask-for-iPads-and-iPhones-from-Santa_id36873/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-survey-shows-Android-is-Hot-among-younger-people-while-iOS-gets-the-nod-from-the-elderly_id35985A survey of 9,000 people shows that Android is slightly "hotter" than Apple's iOS even though a majority of adults deemed both mobile platforms to be hot; breaking down the numbers by demographics, iOS won out only amongst those born before 1946...]]>NewsFri, 26 Oct 2012 13:21:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-survey-shows-Android-is-Hot-among-younger-people-while-iOS-gets-the-nod-from-the-elderly_id35985/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/How-much-storage-memory-do-you-actually-have-in-your-phone-Poll-results_id35860It was somewhat of a revelation to see that almost 50% of our 4,503 respondents carried 32 GB or more in their handsets, and definitely a thing or two for manufacturers to consider when they out flagship phones with only an internal memory chip, and no microSD slot. Such phones, it seems, should be at least 32 GB to be considered viable by consumers, or offer an expansion slot, else they seem destined to be on the backburner from the get-go...]]>NewsWed, 24 Oct 2012 04:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-much-storage-memory-do-you-actually-have-in-your-phone-Poll-results_id35860/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/How-much-storage-memory-do-you-actually-have-in-your-phone_id35577There has been a brouhaha lately about the troubling trend of unibody smartphone designs that find no place for a microSD card slot for expanding the memory that the manufacturers decided to embed in there. That is why we wanted to ask you, dear readers, how much memory do you actually carry in your phone - we mean the internal storage amount that came with your handset, plus an eventual memory card placed in there...]]>NewsWed, 17 Oct 2012 09:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-much-storage-memory-do-you-actually-have-in-your-phone_id35577/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-of-BlackBerry-users-indicates-70-will-upgrade-to-BlackBerry-10_id35568An app developer contacted its customers and asked if they would upgrade and why...]]>NewsTue, 16 Oct 2012 00:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-of-BlackBerry-users-indicates-70-will-upgrade-to-BlackBerry-10_id35568/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-new-Maps-74-of-users-say-its-a-OK_id35408The results from a recent survey have indicated that iOS 6 users are actually satisfied by the new Maps application and have had no trouble transitioning from the previous Google-powered app whatsoever...]]>NewsThu, 11 Oct 2012 03:55:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-new-Maps-74-of-users-say-its-a-OK_id35408/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Mobile-Choice-Consumers-Award-2012-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-best-smartphone-Apple-iPad-best-tablet_id35235The Mobile Choice Consumers Award show for 2012 is now over in London and the Samsung Galaxy S III won the trophy for being the best smartphone of the year while on the tablet side, the trophy went to the Apple iPad; the Apple iPhone 5 was not included in the competition...]]>NewsFri, 05 Oct 2012 14:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Mobile-Choice-Consumers-Award-2012-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-best-smartphone-Apple-iPad-best-tablet_id35235/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-and-Samsung-are-still-on-top-of-comScores-latest-survey-of-U.S.-market-share_id35114Android and iOS are snacking off the carcass of RIM according to the latest survey of OS market share in the U.S. as tallied by comScore; the latest numbers show Android with a 52.6% slice of the U.S. smartphone pie, followed by iOS...]]>NewsTue, 02 Oct 2012 15:20:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-and-Samsung-are-still-on-top-of-comScores-latest-survey-of-U.S.-market-share_id35114/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/iOS-6-leads-to-first-ever-drop-in-device-satisfaction_id34888Apparently, most people aren't that honored to have iOS 6 on their iPhones. As a matter of fact, the sixth version of the mobile OS has lead to the first-ever drop in device satisfaction for iPhone users, according to a survey made by research firm On Device...]]>NewsWed, 26 Sep 2012 07:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/iOS-6-leads-to-first-ever-drop-in-device-satisfaction_id34888/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Cell-phone-addiction-has-a-name-and-yes-there-is-formal-treatment-for-it_id34866While certainly not as debilitating as other chemical based addictions, nomophobia has its first recovery center in southern California...]]>NewsTue, 25 Sep 2012 23:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Cell-phone-addiction-has-a-name-and-yes-there-is-formal-treatment-for-it_id34866/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/U.K.-Publishers-find-that-mobile-revenue-is-growing-much-slower-than-readership_id34800Readers have been flocking to mobile versions of newspapers and magazines, but unfortunately for the publishers, the revenue from mobile ads is not growing at the same rate as subscribers; many publishers are afraid of giving up ad sales to apps like Flipboasrd and Pulse...]]>NewsSun, 23 Sep 2012 21:51:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/U.K.-Publishers-find-that-mobile-revenue-is-growing-much-slower-than-readership_id34800/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Ways-people-use-their-smartphones-to-save-money_id34722Smartphone coupon usage is surging at an amazing rate through 2012 so far. Their usage is increasing in particular as it relates to back-to-school shopping...]]>NewsThu, 20 Sep 2012 22:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Ways-people-use-their-smartphones-to-save-money_id34722/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-shows-33-of-Apple-iPad-users-would-prefer-a-root-canal-to-dropping-their-tablet_id34617How far would you go to prevent your Apple iPad from getting dropped? A recent survey of 1,300 Apple iPad owners by Brainshark reveaks that 33% would rather have a root canal than drop their precious tablet; 60^ of those surveyed used the Apple iPad while on the potty...]]>NewsTue, 18 Sep 2012 22:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-shows-33-of-Apple-iPad-users-would-prefer-a-root-canal-to-dropping-their-tablet_id34617/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-RIM-second-in-Canadian-smartphone-and-tablet-market-share-trailing--Apple_id3457440,000 Canadians were surveyed by Ipsos Reid last month for their latest snapshot of the Canadian mobile market which showed Apple as the number one mobile device manufacturer in the country, followed by RIM; smartphone penetration in Canada is 40% according to the survey...]]>NewsMon, 17 Sep 2012 22:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Survey-RIM-second-in-Canadian-smartphone-and-tablet-market-share-trailing--Apple_id34574/commentsPhone Arena