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Tag archives: smartphones
Media Future: 2014 high-end phones of the year
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) It’s easy to confuse the best phones with the most marketed phones. My pick of 2014 delves into both the best-known and the unknown among the high-end smartphones.
Media Future: Mid-range Smartphones of the Year
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Not in the market for a wallet-busting flagship smartphone but still want the cutting edge? Media Future names his best mid-range and lower-range smartphones of the year.
Ad of the Week with Oresti Patricios – A Wallet for all Reasons
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) For the middle-to-upper classes, who have several accounts, true convenience would be having everything in one place: on their smartphones. The latest ad from MTN, announcing the ‘MTN Wallet’ seems to be aimed at this segment.
The great Internet shift
The switch-on of the WACS cable, the first in-flight WiFi in South Africa and the latest Internet stats made for a big Internet week.
Forget about customised business phone numbers
Still using a custom phone number that lets callers key in a word instead of a number? Well, your number is obsolete, along with several other innovations you thought were cutting edge.
Arthur Goldstuck calls 2012
Smartphones, tablets, undersea cables, fibre networks and the Cloud will all contribute to a storm of change in 2012.
Tablets leaking ad dollars to mobile from ‘Net – BuzzCity CEO
BuzzCity is a global mobile advertising network focused on emerging markets. In Africa this Singapore-based company, in which media giant Naspers owns a stake, does substantial business in South Africa (where it also has a sales office), Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana. It also sees significant growth in mobile traffic in African markets north of the Sahara.
Data now 14% of Vodacom income as smartphone use surge
Vodacom has 4.1-million smartphones in use in the South African market – each averaging 80MB data per month. That has grown data to 14% of revenue, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.
The next big shift in smartphones
Lurking beneath the headlines of the iPhone 4S launch was a signpost to the next big shift in smartphones – high end devices at low-end prices. ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK explores the meaning of a $99 iPhone 4.