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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Translators Needed!
The OpenSignal app is truly international. As we roll out our new and improved version we hope that our users will be able to help us by providing translations for the new text we have in our app. Last time … Continue reading
Posted in Help Needed!
Tagged Google Play, help, language, Translation required, userbase
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On buying your mum a tablet
My mum had been dropping hints about getting a tablet for a while. We – the kids – were a little surprised at this as mum is by no means a technophile, but she’d read in a magazine of the … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Trends
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Explaining Google Play Services
Google’s apps are usually the most highly rated on the market. Google Mail has a rating of 4.3 and Google Maps 4.4. These are apps I use everyday, highly functional yet extraordinarily simple. Google’s latest app (if it can even … Continue reading
Posted in Android Development
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What Your Smartphone Will Do Next Year
The end-of-year prediction list is a staple of blogs and newspapers, especially for those with a technological bent. There is, however, too often a temptation to allow the promise of future technology to infiltrate the present, leading to bold predictions … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Trends
Tagged android, iPhone, nest, shopping, smartphone, tado, thermostat, wireless coffee machine
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Why You Shouldn’t Buy a Subsidised Phone
The news that T-Mobile will be ending mobile phone subsidies from 2013 onwards is good news for consumers. Under the new system T-Mobile will offer sim-only plans which can be used with any phone, allowing them to shop around the … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Trends
Tagged best deal, cell contract, data plan, iPhone, phone contract, phone subsidies, price plan, subsidy, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone
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The Economic Case for 4G
The problem with working in any industry is that it inevitably leads to a kind of tunnel vision. This is especially true of working in the world of technology, where advances are often seen in a purely linear fashion – … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Trends, Reports
Tagged 4G, economics, FCC, Heathrow Airport, LTE, OfCom, UK network
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Preliminary Results of our Global LTE Speed Test
As the end of 2012 approaches we are able to publish a preliminary set of findings from our global 4G speed test – focussing just on LTE. This test aggregates 130,000 network speed tests run by OpenSignal users across specific … Continue reading
Posted in Comparing Coverage, Understanding signal
Tagged 4G, Japan, network coverage, speed test, Sweden, USA, Verizon
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Christmas Wi-Fi Names
Here at OpenSignal we’re getting excited about Christmas. Yes, we know it’s still early in December, but the swirl of snow descending on Stansted this morning has brought the Yuletide spirit roaring to life among us. Back in May we … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged christmas, christmas puppy, christmas wifi, funny, wi-fi, wi-fi names
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OpenSignal is Growing!
OpenSignal is pleased to announce the arrival of two new team members. We’d like to welcome Andrea, from Veneto in Italy, who joins as our lead iOS Developer having previously worked freelance (possibly as a magician). He arrives to strengthen … Continue reading
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