by Pivot
Tag: Devices
Accenture: Artificial Intelligence Will Drive Smartphone Sales Increase
Accenture is expecting a smartphone sales increase in 2017, marking a rebound after reaching a three-year low in 2016. Lower prices, improved security, new features and overall performance improvements, along with product refresh cycles will boost…
Report: Drone Delivery Interest Among Consumers is Low
Drone delivery interest isn’t exactly high among consumers for now, despite the attraction of receiving purchases faster and at lower cost, according to a drone delivery survey from Report Linker. Less than half of Americans…
Strong Satisfaction with Wireless Charging Reduces Smartphone Battery Anxiety
A survey of 2,000 smartphone users in the U.S., Europe and Asia conducted by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) reveals a high level of customer satisfaction with wireless charging, an indication that smartphones equipped for…
Report: IoT Device Penetration Reaches 62% of Americans
Just over 6 in 10 Americans (62%) own at least one IoT device, be it a connected/smart TV, car, fitness tracker, home control system, Internet-enabled voice command assistant, smart wearable device or VR headset, according…
Large Alaska Telco Launches Streaming TV with Innovative Systems
Palmer, Alaska — December 15, 2016 — The APMAX StreamingTV™ service that lets consumers stream Live TV channels to Roku® devices, Tablets and Smartphones over a service providers data connection has now been deployed at…
Weekly Online Video Viewing Exceeds Two Hours for 50% of Americans
Just over half of U.S. and U.K. consumers surveyed by Limelight Networks for its fourth semi-annual “State of Online Video” report said their weekly online video viewing exceeds two hours. Released Dec. 14, the report…
First Amazon Drone Delivery is Highlight of Coming IoT, 5G Future
A commercial first happened in England last week, when the first Amazon drone delivery of a package took place. Amazon’s Prime Air is a new drone delivery service that the e-commerce giant hopes to expand…
NPD: Unlocked Mobile Phone Penetration Hits 12%
Mobile devices in the U.S. have traditionally been tethered to one particular service provider.But that’s beginning to change, and rapidly, according to new market research from NPD Connected Intelligence. U.S. unlocked mobile phone penetration is…
UNH-IOL Opens IPv6 Ready IoT Testing Lab
UNH-IOL (University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory) announced the launch of its Internet of Things (IoT) IP Testing Services, which among other things will test products wanting to use the IPv6 Ready IoT brand, which…
Using T-Mobile DIGITS on Competitor Phones Has Strings Attached
The T-Mobile DIGITS phone number offering announced yesterday breaks a lot of new ground, but may not be quite as disruptive as it initially appears, as a Telecompetitor email exchange with a T-Mobile spokesperson revealed.…
Cellular Network Traffic Forecast: Avg Smartphone Data Usage will Reach 5GB/month
Telecom and Internet service providers should be preparing for another sharp rise in mobile network traffic. More specifically, the annual volume of cell phone data traffic will reach 129,000 petabytes by 2018, according to a…
IDC: Tablet Shipments Will Rebound Thanks to Detachables
In just a short span of time, tablets have gone from a computing/communications device and consumer electronics growth leader to an als0-ran. Growth will pick up again, but not until 2018 and then top out…