About Jody

I love gadgets and technology. I have worked at Sell My Cell Phones since 2011 and my ambition is to make them the best cell phone selling comparison site in America. Cell phone and gadget recycling is a great way to help the environment. The more we do it, the better our world will be!

Smartphone sales figures hit record high

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Jody

According to IDC, smartphone sales figures hit a worldwide record in the third quarter of the year and topped the 250 million mark for the first time ever. Figures across the globe show that 258.4 million smartphones were shipped which is a 38% increase on the same period in 2012.

The smartphone sales figures increase can be attributed to a surge in devices running Google’s Android operating system combined with lower smartphone prices and technology that seems to become more advanced every month. Continue reading →

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iOS7.0.3 download now available

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Jody

As I told you earlier in the week, the iOS7.0.3 download to fix all of our bugs and issues is now available to all iPhone and iPad users. The iOS7.0.3 download also includes some new features along with the bug fixes that we are waiting for to solve issues such as iMessage failures.

The update includes new iCloud Keychain and Password Generator support. iCloud Keychain keeps track of all of your account names, passwords and also credit card numbers, these are then accessible across all of your devices and the info is encrypted so cannot be read by Apple. Password Generator allows the Safari browser to suggest hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts to increase your security. Wikipedia and web search have also been added back in to the spotlight search. Continue reading →

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iPad Air price announced at Apple event

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Jody

Apple yesterday (October 22^nd) unveiled new iPad models at their launch event in San Francisco with a brand new 5^th generation iPad and updated iPad Mini the focal points. The new iPad Air price will be $499 for the entry level 16GB WiFi only model. The iPad Air price is the same as entry level models of all previous incarnations of the iPad but this one, although similar in looks, sets a new standard within the tablet market and carries the catchline “The power of lightness”. Continue reading →

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Nokia World 2013 highlights

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Jody

Nokia had their new product unveiling in Abu Dhabi today (22^nd October). Below are some of the Nokia World 2013 highlights and takeaways.

As I predicted yesterday, one of the highlights was the unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet. I must say, the technical specs for this new light yet supersized handset are very impressive. Despite being slim (8.3mm) and light it sports a 6 inch 1080p HD display, 20 megapixel PureView camera with Carl Zeiss optics and quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. This makes it the first quad-core handset Nokia have ever produced. It also comes with an impressive 32GB of onboard memory which is also expandable. Continue reading →

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iOS 7.0.3 update on its way to fix all our problems?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Jody

It looks like Apples much anticipated iOS 7.0.3 update will be rolled out this week. Rumor has it that iOS 7.0.3 is currently being put through its final tests by employees and Apple partners before being released. Let all of us Apple users hope that this round of testing is far more thorough than the tests that iOS7, iOS 7.0.1 and iOS 7.0.2 were put through before being released riddled with bugs. Continue reading →

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