iPad Sees Drop in Market Share Over 2012 Christmas Period – Infographic

Jan 08, 13 iPad Sees Drop in Market Share Over 2012 Christmas Period – Infographic

Posted by in Handsets, Infographics, Tablets

The team over at Chitika have created an infographic detailing the results of a recent study which used data from hundreds of millions of smartphone and tablet impressions from the Chitika Ad network. The study looked at market the shares of the most popular smartphones and tablets and the changes that were seen over the 2012...

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2 million iPhone 5s Ordered in First 24 Hours

Sep 18, 12 2 million iPhone 5s Ordered in First 24 Hours

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Over 2 million iPhone 5 handsets have been pre-ordered in just 24 hours following its release, Apple has confirmed. This is double the amount of pre-orders made for the previous model, the iPhone 4S. Apple said it was “blown away” by the positive response from consumers. The new phone, which sports a 4-inch screen,...

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iPhone 5 Has a 4-inch Screen & No NFC

The iPhone 5 has arrived! And it seems that all the rumours were true… As we mentioned previously, the new model has a 4-inch screen (half an inch more than the previous iPhones) giving users 5 rows of apps instead of 4. There is still a Retina display which offers the same 326ppi as before, but with the extra length the...

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iPhone 5 & iPad Mini Launch – Will Your Web Design Be Affected?

So, the general consensus is that, in just a couple of days time, the iPhone 5 will be unveiled and a new set of specs will create hell for mobile web developers and designers. Various sources, including Tech Radar and T3, suggest that the new iPhone 5 will have a 4 inch screen with a resolution of 640 x 1136. That’s quite a...

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Mobile Phone Sales Drop in Q2 as Consumers Wait for iPhone 5

Aug 19, 12 Mobile Phone Sales Drop in Q2 as Consumers Wait for iPhone 5

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Gartner have reported that global sales of mobile phones have dropped 2.3% in Q2, as consumers eagerly await Apple’s iPhone 5 launch. Read the full press release here. There were 419 million mobiles sold to end users in the second quarter of 2012, which was a 2.3% decline from the same time last year. Anshul Gupta, principal...

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Optimise Your Images for Retina Displays with Retina Images

Apr 26, 12 Optimise Your Images for Retina Displays with Retina Images

Posted by in Mobile Web Design, Tablets

Following our post on optimising sites for the retina display, Jeremy Warboys of Complex Compulsions has a method for presenting high-res images to users without the device having to download both versions of the image. The method, called Retina Images, uses PHP to serve different images to the user based on the device they are...

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