Wow. According to United Nations study, globally we sent over 1 trillion text messages, that’s over 200,000 every second. The study into information and communications technology was conducted for World Statistics Day by the UN. The study paints a global picture of how connected we’ve become over the last decade. The study unearthed gems such more »

According to International Data Corp, smartphones outsold PCs in the last quarter of 2010 in global sales. While sales of both PCs and smartphones were up from 2009, smartphone sales rose 87.2% year over year while PCs only grew 2.7%. Consider this news a sign of the times. It will come as no surprise to more »

If you bought a smartphone last quarter from AT&T, chances are you’re on an iPhone. According to the companies earnings report, AT&T activated 4.1 million iPhones in Q4 while adding 7.4 million smartphones overall. That some impressive numbers considering the warnings from major news outlets that 2011 would be the year of the Verizon iPhone. more »

Today’s phones scare a lot of folks. Pantech has those folks in mind with it’s new 3G Pantech Breeze II, a basic phone that was announced today and will be on AT&T. The phone costs $19.99 after rebate and two-year contract. Hearkening back to a time when people just talked on phones, the Breeze II more »

AT&T announced two Samsung devices, the Strive and Sunburst as well as two Pantech devices, Link and Pursuit as part of the there new Spring line up. AT&T also announced services to make their quick messaging phones behave more like costly smartphones at a much lower price. The services are designed to mimic the sharing more »

Are you bored of having virtual road trips around the world on Google Street View? Don’t fret, as you can now have virtual ski trips instead. The Google Street View snowmobile will record ski slopes around the Whistler Blackcomb Mountains in Vancouver. Building on the idea of the Street View car and the Street View more »

Did you think Microsoft forgot all that stuff they said about clouds and their products? Nope. After the flurry of activity surrounding Office 2010 this morning, here comes the web part. Microsoft will begin limited testing of the web apps today by invitation. When the apps are available online, all you’ll need to get in is a Live ID as the apps like Word and Excel will be free.

Korean mobile phone manufacturer Pantech recently organized a contest in which students from Korean Universities were asked to create design concepts for cellphones that can be made available by 2010. And in its conclusion, five dazzling mobile phone concept designs were released. Pictured here is the Cell Dot cellphone design, featuring a very minimalist overall look and feel, plus it’s seriously slim. Other designs include the Tower Lily, Wavy Stream, Waterfall Fish, and Simplice Section.

With the way things are working right now, it’s a little hard to believe that phones just like this one will be available in just two short years. Well, although I’m certainly up for something like this, at this point in time I just don’t see where a device like this would be coming from. But then again, I could be wrong. Any student who took part in Pantech’s design contest could stand up and bring his/her concepts to life. You never know.