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See Giveaway details below. Now that smartphones have features above and beyond making simple voice calls, they have become the top “on the go” device. From productivity, notes, creativity (photo’s, videos), communication, calenders, business documents, music and socializing and more – the smartphone is our own personal assistant that we have with us at all times. While phone touch keyboards are getting more sophisticated, typing is a challenge I could not seem to overcome. I typed short texts easily and quickly, but when it came to typing sentences or longer notes – I could not get my fingers to move fast enough….
The ZAGG Pocket wireless Bluetooth keyboard an “easy, on-the-go solution for smartphone typing.” Photo Credit: ZAGG The keyboard folds into a 9” X 2.5” X .5” rectangle, which is a design I have not seen before in mobile keyboards. For example, I just recently attended a Women in Growth Marketing event in San Francisco. Top 10 Smartphones. Spoka lamp from IKEA is smartphone-controlled. Smartphones account for a quarter of photos, videos taken in U.S. When it comes to taking photos and videos, an increasing number of consumers are reaching into their pocket instead of a camera bag, a new study suggests.
According to new research by the NPD group, smartphones hit a major milestone this year, accounting for 27 percent of photos taken in its Imaging Confluence Study. That's up from the 17 percent that gadget class garnered at the same time last year. What made room for that growth was a decrease in the number of photos taken by standalone cameras, the firm said. This year, those devices came in at 44 percent, down from 2010's 52 percent. Breaking that down further, point-and-shoot cameras dropped 17 percent year over year, with pocket camcorders falling 13 percent, and flash camcorders declining 8 percent.
Signs of that trend have more readily been seen on Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing service, which makes public the usage of various camera models. Download Discover for Mobile. Parents using smartphones to entertain bored kids. Almost half of the top 100-selling iPhone apps are for preschool or elementary-aged children.
More parents are handing their smartphones to their kids to keep them entertained Smartphones' designs -- touch screens and bright colors -- attract children Almost half of the top 100-selling iPhone apps are for preschool or elementary-aged kids Adults are taking advantage of the smartphone's ability to act as a learning tool (CNN) -- When Julie Sidder's daughters were younger, her diaper bag was filled with coloring books, crayons, storybooks and little games in case one of them became restless. Now that Sidder's kids are 4 and 7, the diaper bag is gone, but the need for entertainment -- especially in restaurants -- is not, which is why two-thirds of the apps on Sidder's iPhone are for her children.
"People have always brought toys, or something to entertain their child, into restaurants and stores," says the mom, who lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. "Now we just have better technology. " Momswithapps.com — Loads of online phone apps for pet lovers. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Want to find a sitter for your pet?
There's an app for that. How about a Facebook-like page for dogs and cats? Yes, there are apps for that. Pets have become big business for handheld devices and smart phones. We found all kinds of new applications designed with pets in mind, some of them practical, some of them just plain fun. Lydia Best has a dog-walking and pet-sitting service. "There's an application called DogiDuty and that application lets me e-mail my clients directly after I've been to their house," said Best. Beth Blecherman is a tech expert and runs the site TechMama. "You can track where they peed or pooed, and if they've been walked or not, and also you can find an off-leash park to walk your dog," said Blecherman.
Pet Phone and Pet Notebook help with tracking your pet's care and store veterinary data between visits. If there's an emergency? If you need to dial up discipline, there's Dog Clicker. "It helps with training your dog," said Blecherman. Tags: