Entries tagged with “mobileconnectivity” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Some 39% of Americans have positive and improving attitudes about their mobile communication devices, which in turn draws them further into engagement with digital resources - on both wireless and wireline platform, reports a new report by Pew Internet.

Mobile connectivity is now a powerful differentiator among technology users. Those who plug into the information and communications world while on-the-go are notably more active in many facets of digital life than those who use wires to jack into the internet and the 14% of Americans who are off the grid entirely.

• 8% of adults use mobile devices and broadband platforms for continual information exchange to collaborate with their social networks.
• 7% of adults actively use mobile devices and social networking tool, yet are ambivalent about all the connectivity.
• 8% of Americans find mobility lighting their information pathways, but have comparatively few tech assets at home.
• 16% of adults are active conduits of content and information. 
• 61% are anchored to stationary media; though many have broadband and cell phones, coping with access is often too much for them.

Fry’s is selling the AT&T GoPhone Motorola C168i for $14.99 with $10.00 worth of airtime, a good phone at a very cheap price. This phone looks so good; pirates (I mean entrepreneurs) are unlocking them for replacement phones and selling them on eBay. I also would not be embarrassed using the C168i at any coffee house where they talk on their iPhones and RAZRs. Although Web access is slow and limited, text message search is a viable less expensive method.

There are some good features about the C168i. It is nice looking, operable with one hand, and the keys are tactile keys and don’t trip up easily by mistake. The 128 x 128 pixel 1.5 inch diagonal screen color scheme is easy to read and clear. There are Windows-like icons to find and activate features such as the phone book and Web browsing. It has SMS and MMS messaging capabilities with pre-defined templates. Text entry with the small keyboard is not that difficult if you choose your type of entry mode and play with it for a while.