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Award-winning ESCORT Live(TM) Ticket Protection App and ESCORT MobileTV(TM) Digital Receiver Featured at Showstoppers and Pepcom Press Events LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CTIA Mobile Wireless Show -- ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), designer and manufacturer of the world's best radar detectors and premium automotive accessories, returns to the 2013 CTIA Mobile Wireless Show with its new ESCORT MobileTV(TM) Digital Television receiver in Las Vegas this week. The category...

Lucintel estimates global smartphone industry to reach $259 billion by 2018 Irving, TX (PRWEB) May 18, 2013 Exhibiting significant growth over the next five years, the global smartphone industry is expected to reach $259.2 billion by 2018. The industry is highly concentrated, as the top five players account for more than 80% of the market. Smartphones have experience rapid growth driven by the rapidly expanding availability of apps and a faster Internet experience. The industry is...

Samsung expects to sell 10M in less than 30 days. Technology Industry Analyst Jeff Kagan is available to speak with reporters, or may be quoted through this release. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 18, 2013 Samsung says they expect to hit sales of 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones within the first month according to industry trade Fierce Wireless on May 17. Wireless analyst Jeff Kagan offers congratulations to Samsung, and offers comment on this story. “If the Galaxy S3 was a home run for...

This is the first time Microsoft Windows Phone has passed Blackberry in smartphone shipments. Technology Industry Analyst Jeff Kagan is available to speak with reporters, or may be quoted through this release. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Microsoft Windows Phone has passed Blackberry for third place in smartphone shipments based on IDS research as reported in Fortune magazine in conjunction with CNN on May 16, 2013. Tech analyst Jeff Kagan offers comment on this story. “The...

My Local Leads discusses the benefit of local businesses investing in effective mobile marketing in order to get the phone to ring Kennebunk, Maine (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 As the summer moves in, many local business owners and contractors are prepping for a shift in business. With the economy beginning to stabilize and improve, many have already began to notice the new business environment and have begun making changes that will help them succeed on into the future. The question remains,...

A smart piece of wearable technology – shipping in July this summer Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Paul and Rudi are the creators of the EMBRACE+, an innovative bracelet that keeps users informed while their smartphone stays in their pocket or purse. They re-focused, re-designed, and re-launched their Kickstarter project and achieved the funding goal within several days. The EMBRACE+ connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth and alerts wearers to changes in their environment. Through...

T1Visions will present interactive multitouch technology and a new smartphone application at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, May 18-21, 2013. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 T1Visions, a leader in interactive displays, will be attending the 2013 National Restaurant Association show in Chicago May 18-21. T1Visions will be showcasing their inTouch™ Interactive Display technology at the show and will debut several new product features and a new Smartphone...

ASAP Systems, a market leader in barcode-based inventory management and asset tracking software, today announces a fast and easy way of entering barcode data into the BarCloud mobile app on iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and other tablet PCs using Unitech’s MS910 wireless compacted Bluetooth scanner. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 ASAP Systems provides the ability to quickly scan data directly into the BarCloud online inventory and asset management mobile app for smartphones or...

Mobile Percentage of Sales Reaches 17 percent, as On-the-Go Consumers Shop for Mom ARMONK, N.Y., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mother's Day online shopping grew 15 percent in the week leading up to Mother's Day, compared to the same time period last year. Spurred by mobile commerce, mobile percentage of sales reached 17 percent, according to IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Digital Analytics Benchmark, a cloud-based analysis of the online retail market. (Logo:...

HONG KONG, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- USmart Mobile Device Inc. (OTCBB: ACLO), an integrated China-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of advanced technologies spanning smartphone and semiconductor components, reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Mr. Ben Wong, Chief Executive Officer of USmart Mobile Device Inc., commented, "We ended the first quarter of 2013 with a net income of $888.3 thousand thanks to a one-off profit from...