Battery power consumption depends on factors such as network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, vibrate mode, backlight settings, browser use, frequency of calls and voice, data and other application usage patterns.

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To do this requires the ability to gain insights as they occur to understand allocation of network resources based on traffic and application requirements, network usage patterns.

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That's a remarkable difference--going from prioritizing among big problems to lining up newly available targets of opportunity and potential, but as the application of business analytics makes it possible to see patterns in data that we couldn't see before and answer questions we couldn't even ask before, why wouldn't we shift our thinking from solving old problems to unlocking new possibilities?

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An interview of Craig Palli from Fiksu provided some fascinating figures about how the value of iPad, iPhone and Android smartphone application users is changing as the device owner profiles shift and usage patterns evolve.

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