Posted on 09/23/2012 5:48:51 PM PDT by spodefly
After all the hoopla, the Apple’s iPhone debut on Friday more than lived up to expectations, with analysts estimating as many as 10 million sales by tomorrow and more than 130 million by the end of the year.. But there is a surprising quirk in the numbers. More than half of American mobile subscribers — 55.5 percent — are now owners of smartphones of all types, but for white people, the numbers make up just 45 percent, the lowest of any ethnic group, new findings from Nielsen show. Sixty-six percent of Asians, 56 percent of Hispanics and 55 percent of African-Americans use smartphones to check e-mail, play games and surf the Web.
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Great info. I believe the “MotionX” apps are the best. I haven’t found an app yet that can beat it. My daughter uses the “AT&T G.P.S.” app, for travel, and it costs her $12 each month. My “MotionX Drive” app. costs me $12 a year, and they both have voice guidance. I can’t convince her, to try, the “X”? But, I did convinced one, of my sons, to try the “G.P.S. MotionX,” for his business, to improve productivity. The jury isn’t in yet, but I believe, it will show improvement, and it will be fun to find out.
Considering that DC is probably one of the most surveiled cities in the world, I don’t think they need to use my phone to track me, or anyone else there.
Regardless, part of the price we pay for all the cool technology is a degradation of privacy and an increase in corporate and/or governmental tracking.
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