7:21 PM
The DoD awarded a $3 mil contract to a California company to turn a commercially available smartphone into a device that scans and transmits data from someone's eyes, face, thumbs and voice:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/biometric-smartphone/
Apple has about 100 people working on the iWatch, a wristwatch-like device that can do iPhone or iPad like tasks:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-12/apple-said-to-have-team-developing-wristwatch-computer.html
Samsung's complete dominance of the worldwide smartphone sales of Android devices is overshadowing the Android brand in the minds of consumers. Samsung has 42.5% of the Android smartphone market while the next highest selling Android smartphone company has just 6%!
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/gartner-samsungs-sales-dominance-overshadowing-android-brand/2013-02-13
Clearwire has 8% less subscribers than last year, in large part because Sprint is selling LTE phones instead of WiMAX phones that will use Clearwire's network:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwires-customer-base-drops-96m/2013-02-12
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/biometric-smartphone/
Apple has about 100 people working on the iWatch, a wristwatch-like device that can do iPhone or iPad like tasks:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-12/apple-said-to-have-team-developing-wristwatch-computer.html
Samsung's complete dominance of the worldwide smartphone sales of Android devices is overshadowing the Android brand in the minds of consumers. Samsung has 42.5% of the Android smartphone market while the next highest selling Android smartphone company has just 6%!
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/gartner-samsungs-sales-dominance-overshadowing-android-brand/2013-02-13
Clearwire has 8% less subscribers than last year, in large part because Sprint is selling LTE phones instead of WiMAX phones that will use Clearwire's network:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwires-customer-base-drops-96m/2013-02-12