Day: 9 June 2010

How to upgrade from a 3GS to an iPhone 4 on O2

O2 have revealed their “Early Upgrade Charge” Offer for Pay Monthly & Business customers and it’s quite straightforward. The offer is open for a limited time but there’s nothing that says how limited this offer is. If you have an iPhone contract and a 3GS phone and you want to upgrade to an iPhone 4…

Dixons almost sold out of iPads

If you don’t have an Apple store in your town and you want to get an iPad from PC World then forget it. iPad wi-fi versions are available in slightly larger quantities than the 3G versions but we’re talking one or two more. If you want a 3G version you need to spend the full…

Zippo app hits 10 million downloads

The US developer of the virtual Zippo iPhone lighter app Skyrockit , recently announced that its app has passed the 10 million downloads milestone on the Apple iTunes app Store. The app was launched back in September 2008, and lets users flick on a virtual lighter flame, with branding from lighter firm Zippo. The app…

Mobile users view most between 7pm and midnight

Measurement firm Ground Truth’s first study of mobile media usage in the United States by time of day, found that in the month of April, 32 percent of daily page views occurred between 7pm and midnight, with the highest volume occurring at 9pm, local time. The figures from Ground Truth’s April census of 4.24 million…

Mobile app revenues to exceed $30 billion by 2015

Analysts Juniper Research www.juniperresearch.com forecast that, the combined revenues from apps funded by pay-per-download (PPD), value-added services (VAS, including “freemium” and subscription) and advertising, including apps on portals and dedicated app services like iTunes etc is expected to rise from just under $10 billion (£6.9 billion) in 2009 to $32 billion (£20.7 billion) in 2015.…