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KIRKLAND, Washington, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For U.S. consumers looking to fix a problem with their smartphone, the internet has become a convenient and popular support option. However 75 per cent fail to find a satisfactory solution, according to new study by WDS into the mobile customer experience. The top five problems that smartphone users tried to resolve online were email set-up, importing contacts, internet connectivity, app downloads and camera usage....

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com The number of smartphone owners continues to rise in the U.S., and so does the number of tablet owners. Smartphone ownership rose from 9.7 percent of the U.S. population in Q2 2011 to 23.6 percent in April 2012. At the same time tablet ownership increased, with a greater number of smartphone users adopting a larger screen than the rest of the U.S. audience. That's according to data released by comScore as part of its TabLens report. The total mobile audience...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Retina-X Studios, winner of the 2012 TopTenREVIEWS.com Gold Award for cell phone monitoring software, announced today the release of SmyleSafe Mobile Browser and Parental Control Suite for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 smartphones. The cloud-based Web filtering system provides an effective way for young family members to safely surf the mobile Web. An included online dashboard allows parents to squash inappropriate...

RESTON, Va., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released new insights on the U.S. tablet market from comScore TabLens(TM), its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the U.S. with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. The study...

Android users now able to ask and answer questions by uploading videos and pictures directly from their phones, without needing to download an app (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 FixYa, the leading product Q&A destination, today announces the launch of FixYa Mobile, a complete HTML5 overhaul of its mobile website designed to optimize the most comprehensive product solution site in the world for use on smartphones and tablets. To see the newly-designed site and all of its added features visit...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Tactus Technology unveiled a new technology at the SID Display Week 2012 that brings the feedback of touching something back to a smartphone. The company showed off a prototype Android tablet that was able to provide haptic feedback to the user, using keys that appeared and disappeared. The "keys" rise out of the touchscreen and provide a tactile feel for the user's fingers, receding back down into the touchscreen once they are no longer needed. The...

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Small businesses can launch their own mobile marketing campaign in just 15 minutes by using a new APP called Bizhappy (www.bizhappy.com). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120607/CG21192) "The price of developing a mobile APP is way out of range for most local small businesses like barbers, dry cleaners, doctors and restaurants" said Vinny Baratta, Founder of Bizhappy.com (www.bizhappy.com) "We have created a...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the next 12-18 months, every major company around the world will have hundreds of mobile apps being used by thousands of users with access millions of documents. Mobile apps and content are becoming the primary way people do their work. This represents a fundamental computing shift that is as significant as the transition from mainframes to PCs. Building on its history of innovation, MobileIron, the leader in security...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, today announced a collaboration with CMI (Chimei Innolux), a leading TFT-LCD manufacturer, to bring Synaptics' industry leading In-Cell ClearPad(TM) 4260 to market. Synaptics and CMI will leverage their industry leading core capabilities to deliver a cutting edge 4-inch WVGA In-Cell touch...

A recent mobile survey conducted by Prosper Mobile Insights™ included 331 smartphone and tablet users from the SSI Panel who completed the survey on their devices. The survey was collected from 5/21 - 5/25/12. 157 respondents were male while 174 were female, and the average age of the sample was 46. Margin of error is 5.4%. The analysis reveals that Mobile Users are most likely to fully pay attention to ads while surfing the web and visiting social media sites. Men are also more likely...