Purchasing goods on cellular phones is a growing medium for ecommerce, with users sourcing deals from their phones and tablets before visiting physical stores. A new study by Usablenet tracked various retail websites and tracked 18 million page views and 1 million mobile users over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It saw mobile traffic to its clients was up 60% from the same period last year, with Thanksgiving sending more traffic than the following…
Called the next possible iPhone killer? Probably. Will it actually kill off the iPhone? No. Samsung is releasing The Galaxy Nexus, running on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform in November of this year. It features a 4.65-inch high definition Super AMOLED display screen and a 1.2 gigahertz dual core processor that upgrades speed. The exact carriers that will have the phone aren’t clear as of now, but expect more news…
Not too long ago you heard me sharing the great news of Android being the highest selling cell phone operating system. Well, Android continues to impress, this time with an adorable application for your phone. Called Androidify, it allows you to take their Android logo and customize it to look just like you. Below is an alteration of yours truly. Check it out on your Android phone!…
Sonos recently announced an app for the Android operating system and it’s said to be even better than Sonos’ own controller. Why? Because on Android you can use your phone’s hardware buttons (volume rocker, search, etc) to control your Sonos system and even use your phone to voice search. The application is expected to come out in March. Check out our full line of Sonos products.…
Whether you are talking about R2-D2 from Star Wars, Bishop from Aliens, or Abt’s Customer Service Representative, Gary Q’s favorite character, Data from Star Trek, androids are all the rage in cinema and TV. That certainly hasn’t changed in the world of cell phones; Android cell phone operating systems to be precise. “Android” is now the world’s most popular cellular phone OS (operating system), shipping out 33 million to customers since its creation…
It’s 7 am. The month of December. 22 degrees outside. You have to be at work in an hour, but you just woke up. You need to shower, change, eat breakfast, make a lunch and give yourself about 10-15 minutes to warm up your car properly. Sure, you could throw on the coat, gloves, scarf and run out to your car, turn it on and run back inside. But as technology progresses,…
Today, T-Mobile and Samsung unveiled the new Samsung Vibrant, their latest Android cell phone, in our mobile showroom. This weekend only, you can come to Abt and have T-Mobile and Samsung specialists answer your questions about the latest Android phone either at their tent camped outside the front of our store or in the T-Mobile RV (which is packed with their entire cell phone line and some accessories). To celebrate the arrival,…
Tomorrow is the official start of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Many people will arrive today to get a head start on viewing all the greatest new consumer electronics. Some of the newest technology has already been leaked. Here are a few of the new products that you should check out. iHome is revealing the iP2. It’s an iPod docking station perfect for a kitchen. With a 50-watt amp…
Yesterday, Google announced the long awaited Nexus One. This phone could be the first to give the iPhone a run for its money. Nexus One operates on an updated version of the Android operating system. It has a 3.7-inch touch-screen, a 5-megapixel camera for video and photos, GPS, stereo Bluetooth connection for headphones, LED flash, Wi-Fi, and a noise cancelling mic for clearer conversations. The wow-factor? The Nexus One has speech dictation,…
