Mobile Phones Article Reviews Samples For Students

Section 1: Summary

The article Cellular Census: Explorations in Urban Data Collection was published by the IEEE Computer Society during the July-September 2007 period. It was written by Jonathan Reades, Francesco Calabrese, Andres Sevtsuk, and Carlo Ratti. The article looks into a possible modern way of using mobile phone devices to collect spatiotemporal data. This new way of collecting data particularly from the urban areas is a break from the past methods of data collection such as surveys by person or phone. Urban analysis can be conducted using mobile device data gathered using this new method. However, there has been little steps undertaken in ...

The market structure for IPhones is an oligopoly, this market structure is characterized by few players that control a huge market and the other players in this high end smartphone market include Samsung, Research in Motion, Nokia and HTC. The products in this market are homogenous meaning that they are all high end smart phones there are however slight differentiations in terms of software seeing as IPhones use iOS, Samsung and HTC use android and Nokia uses Windows. Competition is very high in this market structure which is evidenced by the new innovations that keep occurring in this industry. Since ...

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iPhone vs Android
The use of mobile technology provides numerous advantages and benefits to the mobile consumers in general. The two of the most popular mobile technology there is in the market today are iPhone by Apple Technology and Android Smartphones by Google. This paper aims to evaluate these two products in terms of their features and marketability based on reputable consumer reports.
The operating system is one of the defining features that set the iPhone and Android Smartphones apart. For many years, Apple has dominated the mobile technology arena by providing what the ...

China seems to be noticing a problem with the overuse of smart phones. One report on the subject highlights two incidents were injuries occurred from distracted smartphone users. The incident that was the most troubling was the one of the teenage boy who walked off a bridge because he was not paying attention to anything but his phone. The government it is noticing the issue in calling for a change stating “something has to be done” (Shaver, 2016). In America distracted driving or using your cell phone while driving a vehicle was an issue of concern until recent studies ...

Major Focus of the Article

The smartphone industry affects everyone in the business world. So much business is done on smartphones today that they are taking over the world—Apple’s iPhone is arguably one of the most popular phones available in today’s market, according to Forbes reporter Spence (2015). Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android accounted for 96.3% of the smartphones shipped in 2014, indicating that there was a serious corner on the market for Apple. The Windows operating system for smartphones was able to control only a tiny fraction of the market at 2.7% (Spence, 2015). This indicates that between Apple and ...

The article- “The real reason why 4-inch phones are back in fashion”, published in www.thenextweb.com speaks about iPhone SE, the latest mobile phone from Apple, the business strategies, segmentation, pricing strategies and global marketing strategies . This paper will focus on identifying and analyzing the trends and significance of the event covered in the aforementioned article.

Business Strategy

IPhone, ever since its launch in 2007 has been one of the most sought after products selling millions of copies worldwide, across its product range. From the screen size of 3.5 inches in 2007, the phone kept on growing with every further launches and ...

Article review; Retailing Giant “Targets” Your Cell Phone

Businesses are faced with a need to navigate around a myriad of legal issues on a daily basis. Business activities in all classes risk going overboard into the wrong side of law if care is not taken to avoid this. Activities such as procurement, hiring, firing are all guided by strict regulation, which inhibits the business proprietor from acting in whichever manner despite their establishments being private. The need to establishment of law regulating the conduct of business is the need to protect third parties interacting with the business enterprise and shielding them from inappropriate engagement with the business. A private company, ...

1. Demand and Supply

Pepitone reported that coffee futures had dropped due to favorable coffee-growing weather conditions (n.p.). Coffee lovers now enjoy 1.6%-6.0% cut prices on several popular brands including Maxwell House, Smucker, Folgers and Millstone. Interestingly, the prices for coffee products had increased for 10-20% several months ago. Smucker had increased prices for its coffee products for 10% in February and then an increase of 10% followed in May. Starbucks had upped the price for 17% for the package of coffee in the U.S. retail stores. In accordance with Wall Street Journal, key coffee producers were having the largest harvest of ...

What is the Story about?

The new marketing story is about that marketing strategy employed by a single firm, Apple Inc. The new in the article does not center on the wider implications of the telecommunications market even though there are mentions of other market players within the industry. The company is launching a new product into the market; the iPhone 6 ready to be sold to any willing buyers in the market. As part of the marketing campaign adopted by the company, the company is lowering prices for the consumers who buy the old iPhone 5S device online to help finish current stock that the ...

Introduction

The Wide-Band Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) is a third generation handset system that achieves high data transmission by utilizing a wider spectrum frequency. Issues that arise in handsets such as a low spectral growth and maintenance of modulation accuracy require a low adjacent channel leakage power ratio (ACLR) especially in the case of the W-CDMA handset systems. High linearization in the portable W-CDMA systems can be improved by increasing the gain compression point that creates the AM-AM distortion. As such this can be achieved by using an on-chip linearizer.
A new on-chip active bias circuit can be used ...

Introduction

As of today, many information technology companies are being built due to the fact that it is an important tool for any firm to have one so as to apply its advancements to their business. Hence, many have already been thinking of the way they can do best in their businesses. It is also necessary to filter out collected data which can be useful in making sound decisions in regards to business. Inevitable, competition can’t be eradicated especially for resources and customers. Company executives are now experiencing stress and a lot of pressure in handling the business due ...

The increased use of wireless and mobility technology that came towards the end of the twentieth century has led to the creation of many gadgets that enable movement and connectivity of people at the same time. In the past wire connection was a must for someone to communicate with another, but presently people communicate at any part of the world using a hand held device. The information and technology sector has greatly been accelerated by the fast revolution that plays a great role in ensuring success in the area of wireless and mobility. The wireless and mobility concept ensures that an individual ...

Key learning from society’s efforts to create meaningful environmental shifts

One major lesson from society’s efforts is the need to be able to adapt to black swans. Black swans, as Taleb calls them, are big events that are both unanticipated and highly consequential. Typically, nobody sees them coming, but when they arrive, they immensely shape our world. Events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the way the world views security issues and terrorism. Furthermore, the internet and Google have revolutionized the way we communicate and obtain information in ways never imagined before. The two have opened up new opportunities and jobs that nobody ever predicted. On the ...

Question 1

Amazon has the benefit of eliminating overhead as well as carrying hefty quantities of inventory because it usually orders these books from it distributors. The company has grown to emerge as one of the largest retailing online companies as well as the largest e-commerce retailer globally. It avails goods such as books, clothing, toys, and electronics at competitive prices. Additionally, Amazon usually spends much of the earned cash in building more satisfying centers in order to accommodate more data and technology offerings. Walmart is among the largest e-commerce retailer on the internet, which provides Amazon with stiff competition. Walmart ...

Companies in the world are tirelessly working day and night to see that people can get better and improved batteries that are convenient to use and carry around as they carry out their daily tasks. When this breakthrough is eventually achieved, people will find themselves using devices which are not using the ordinary batteries, but instead they (the devices) will power themselves with either energy from the air, cellular, TV or Wi-Fi signals.
The major drive to the development of the battery has been for the companies to meet customer needs by making sure that the customers get ...

Apple utilizes business strategies that are unique and of great help to the company. The business strategies that are utilized by the company help it to compete with other companies in the world that offer similar products with those that the company produces. For starters, the company releases products that are highly anticipated by the high end consumers in small quantity. This strategy is important to the company as a target market for the products is clearly defined and identified. Apple also majors on producing the best products that have made great advances in technology and are artistic in nature. ...

I agree that two possible reasons for failure of team collaborations is ego and introvert persons. These two affects the team’s communication which is very essential to have a successful team. With ego and introvert persons, the contributions they may give to the success of the project like their ideas may not be fully blown. They have a tendency that they may not voice out their ideas even if these are good because they may be afraid that other members will not like them.

Building Trust Among Virtual Teams

I agree that trust takes time to establish and reliability and consistency are two helpful characteristics ...

Evolution – The Reality of Existence

This paper deals with two articles and two conversational scripts, each of which tries to emphasize the predominant role and the process of evolutionary development that dates back to our ancestors, and which cascades down to our own lives and plays a role in determining our current behavior and lifestyle.
The first article titled Potential Evolutionary Role for Same-Sex Attraction (Association for Psychological Science, 2010), published in the Science Daily on Feb 4, 2010, tries to highlight the role of human evolution in promoting homosexuality amongst men. The article -- based on the research findings of two evolutionary psychologists, ...

International Implementation Strategies

Strategy is often defined as a long-term direction of the company, which considers available resources and environmental challenges in the attempt to meet customer and stakeholder demands. Strategies, which are implemented internationally and are designed for major global players, should carefully consider customer preferences and the peculiarities of the markets not only on the national level but also internationally.

The recent example of Nokia shows the difficulty of capturing the market globally and maintaining leadership for a longer period. Continuous success may result in irresponsiveness of the company to the emerging trends, which eventually may be detrimental for the company’s ...