Blogs

QR codes have been around for 20 years and have now appeared everywhere. They're an ideal method of gaining instant feedback, entering competitions, providing additional information to customers or all 3.

This blog highlights 3 simple techniques to consider when using QR codes. Using a recent UK McDonalds campaign as an example I show how it could be improved to provide an experience I'd really love.

In this Chart of the Week we will look at the general distribution of Internet traffic originating from Sony mobile devices per country and examine several significant markets for Sony. Data represents devices used to access the Internet and not the actual device volume figures.

This week introduces LG 's smartphone G3S D724 that was announced in July 2014 and was released in August 2014.

Device detection brings meaning to user agents. When used in aggregate analysis of web log files insights can be gained about the characteristics of device accessing a web site. This information can then be used to make smarter design decisions improving user experience and return on investment. Properties available include screen size, supported input methods, web browser capabilities and much more.

This example is written in Java and can be downloaded directly from our website.

For the first time 51Degrees brings insight into the retail price of mobile and tablet devices accessing the web. Using US dollar pricing the most popular mobile devices have been classified into price bands between $50 and $999. Charts show which price bands are the most popular along with details of the top devices in each price band.

Like Motorola, Apple have also decided to hold their very own press event in California at their Cupertino headquarters, rather than at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA). As the dust settled and details emerged we finally got a look at the new iPhone 6 lineup, the iPhone 6 Plus, the iPhone 6 and the first official look at the Apple Watch.

Motorola were not in attendance at this years Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA), however they did hold their very own press event at their headquarters building in Chicago, America. Whilst there they finally revealed the second generation models of the Moto G and Moto X and we also got to see the first incarnation of the Moto 360 smartwatch.

The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin 2014 (IFA) has is almost complete and for the last five days we have seen a vast array of new smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and mobile accessories. Microsoft and Nokia recently treated us to three brand new devices known as the Lumia 830, Lumia 730 and Lumia 735.

In this Chart Of The Week we have re-visited the data for NFC-enabled web traffic. Almost one fifth of all devices observed accessing the network in August 2014 were NFC-enabled. Find out why this is important and what consequences NFC technology holds for the conventional plastic Credit Cards.

The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin 2014 (IFA) is almost ready to open to the public, the last few days handset vendors from around the world have been revealing which new mobile devices consumers are going to be able to get their hands in the near future. Unlike Sony and Samsung, HTC already has its 2014 flagship smart phone in commercial production, the HTC One (M8), so we didn't know what to expect from the Taiwan based manufacturer.