Claim: iPhone is the cheapest to support

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Harvard Students Put Smartphone Usability to the Test

TIME - Harry McCracken - 10 Aug, 2011
Professor Dennis Galletta has been teaching a summer course at Harvard on Human Factors in Information Systems Design. As part of it, his students conducted some usability testing of the iPhone 4, Samsung's Windows ...

Harvard Smartphone Usability Study

YouTube - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎
... ability of novice users to complete 3 tasks on the iPhone 4, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry and Android. Read more at WMPoweruser.com here http://wmpoweruser.com/usability-study-finds-windows-phone-on-par-with-iphone-ahead-of-android-and-blackberry/

Claim: iPhone is the cheapest to support

TG Daily - David Gomez - 10 Aug, 2011
Apple fans don't really need additional reasons to worship at the altar of Steve Jobs, but they're getting them anyways. Yes, research firm ClickFox claims the iPhone requires less support and related resources compared to Android or BlackBerry ...

Android Phones vs iPhones

Connected Internet - 10 Aug, 2011
This is a guest post by Spencer. If you want to guest post on this site, then please read our guidelines here. In a world where cell phones are becoming more and more technologically advanced, the Android and iPhones are two of the most popular cell ...

Smartphone Usability [Harvard Study]

Bostinnovation - 10 Aug, 2011
Students in Harvard's Human Factors in Information Systems Design summer course recently tested the usuability of 4 different types of smartphones: a Windows 7 phone, a Blackberry, an iPhone and finally an Android phone. More specically, a Samsung ...

Are Android phones really that hard to use?

Ubergizmo - George Wong - 10 Aug, 2011
Some results of the latest research from ClickFox, an analytics company, show that most Americans find Android and BlackBerry phones difficult to operate. ClickFox recently did some research on smartphone service ...

Apple scores a couple of points against rivals in usability and support

VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi - 10 Aug, 2011
Apple, which is gunning to be the world's most valuable public company this week, scored a couple of points against its rivals as it scored better in both usability and support in independent assessments. Those are small victories for Apple, ...

Blackberry Users Are More Important than iPhone or Android Users

Gizmodo - 10 Aug, 2011
Social influence-ranking service Klout released some interesting numbers yesterday showing BlackBerry users are more influential than Android or iPhone users. Take that, you smug RIM-hating jerks. Klout reported that the average Blackberry user it ...

Average Klout Score Of A BlackBerry Influencer Beats iPhone & Android Influencers

BlackBerry Rocks! - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎
Klout recently published a report where they compared scores for iPhone and Android influencers. Between the two, iPhone influencers won. After posting this report Klout apparently got a request to include the average score of a BlackBerry influencer. ...

Research group shows iPhones cost less to support

PhysOrg.com - Bob Yirka - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎
(PhysOrg.com) -- ClickFox, a firm that analyzes customer experience when trying to solve problems with their technology has focused its attention on how much work and cost is involved in supporting and troubleshooting problems related to the three main ...

Klout: BlackBerry Users Have Highest Score vs iPhone & Android

BerryReview - Ronen Halevy - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎
Klout is an interesting startup that measures a individuals influence based on their ability to drive action. It aggregates data from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to measure how many people you influence, ...

Smartphone hacking becomes more common with newer technology

Nooga.com - Gabrielle Chevalier - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎
Making sure to have a secure Wi-Fi connection and keeping your phone password protected are two of the easiest ways to prevent yourself from being hacked, according to experts. With the recent uncovering of the cell phone hacking ...

Survey: Cell phones more important than sex, shoes, exercise

WXYZ - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
CINCINNATI - Cell phones are an important part of many peoples' lives and a survey recently found that many would rather give up every day things than be out of touch for a week. A study by TeleNav asked more than 500 US mobile phone users older than ...

Study Probes the Depths of Cell Phone Attachment, Proves We May Have a Problem

Geekosystem - Erin Podolak - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
No sex, no shoes, no problem? Maybe if you are as attached to your cellphone as one new study would suggest. A new study, commissioned by communications company TeleNav, says that our society is obsessed with ...

Study: Windows Phone as usable as iPhone, more so than Android and BlackBerry

Zunited - Michael Collado - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
A Harvard study conducted by professor Dennis Gallatta has found that Windows Phone is comparable to the usability of an iPhone â€" and reigns victor against Android and BlackBerry. The study tested all four operating systems on a ...

One in Five Would Go Shoeless Rather Than Part With Their Cellphones

All Things Digital - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
A third of all surveyed were willing to give up sex for a week rather than forego their mobile phone. (A full 70 percent of those willing to give up their phones were women.) When it comes to guilty pleasures, 55 percent were willing to go without ...

Apple iPhone 5 holds doubts for some people

Boosh Articles (press release) - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
Apple is expected to be releasing the iPhone 5 device over the next couple of months and although there hasn't been any official word from Apple on the features of the phone or even whether it is actually going to be released, there has been a lot of ...

Cell phone or sex: Which would you choose?

WOAI - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
When it comes to things you can't do without, cell phones seem to be at the top of the list. One out of every three users said in a new survey they'd give up sex for a week, if they can hang on to their cell phone. The survey was done by GPS ...

Fact or Fiction?: Cellphone May Cause Cancer

AMOG - Ion Cortez - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. ...

Another reason to go iPhone: It's cheaper to support

InfoWorld - Galen Gruman - ‎Aug 8, 2011‎
Users already seem to have decided that the iPhone is the way to go when it comes to smartphones, but IT isn't always so convinced. Here's something that might help IT skeptics relax: iPhones require less support than ...

Retrevo Study Looks at Cell Phone Security

Appscout - ‎Aug 7, 2011‎
Who are the most irresponsible cell phone owners? Android owners, according to a new study by Retrevo. The site questioned over 1000 cell phone owners and found that 39 percent of Android owners haven't done anything to prevent someone from misusing ...

Blackberry Users Are More Important Than iPhone Or Android Users

Gizmodo Australia - Mat Honan - 10 Aug, 2011
Social influence-ranking service Klout released some interesting numbers yesterday showing BlackBerry users are more influential than Android or iPhone users. Take that, you smug RIM-hating jerks. ...

 

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