While smartphones are becoming more innovative on the inside, major design changes to hardware seem to be slowing down. Besides bezel-free displays and thinner handsets, smartphone manufacturers have yet to ‘wow’ consumers with hardware innovation in quite some time. In fact, Samsung’s new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent data security, electronic waste, and mobile technology news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 7/09-7/13. Your smartphone may be spying on you, just not how you might suspect At some point, you’ve probably wondered if your smartphone has been listening in on your calls or…
The way we interact with our smartphones is rapidly changing. With the rise of the touchscreen display in smartphones, mainstay features like buttons have been left behind in the dust. The end of smartphone buttons came about when Apple introduced a set of new navigation gestures on the iPhone X in lieu of a home…
The following is a recap of the HOBI blog during the week 1/29-2/05. Health vs. Social – What Are You Using Your Smartphone For? Cell phones first came into existence to help use stay connected to other people. These days, the modern smartphone can be used to not only help us stay connected with friends…
Just a short few months ago, the iPhone X was the talk of the town. The hype for the November 2017 release of the 10th anniversary model of the iPhone was unbelievable. Not only did the phone sell out in a matter of minutes when the online pre-orders became available, but on the release date…
Leading up to the release of the highly anticipated iPhone X, Apple shares rallied on better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings results. Apple’s market cap briefly hit $900 billion in after-hours trading Nov. 2 and sent shares of the company up 4.34 percent, leading many analysts to believe that Apple is on the path to becoming the…