Day: 21 July 2010

ABI Research says it’s time for marketers to wake up to mobile

Marketers should wake up to the potential of mobile say ABI Research The mobile web is here to stay but unfortunately marketers aren’t catching on to the true potential. According to ABI research the mobile web opportunity is there and while it’s not a “tsunami” of opportunity it is “the first waves of what could…

BBC News iPad app hits 1 million downloads

MobileIQ the developers of the BBC News iPad app announced that the app had hit 1 million downloads. The 1 million download landmark was hit in less that 15 weeks from the apps launch on April 3 and it was all driven by users outside of the UK. The app was available on day one…

Tablet computers to ship over 11 million in 2010

When ABI Research first examined the media tablet market in February, neither Apple’s iPad nor any other multinational-branded tablet had been released. Six months later, the firm has revisited its forecasts, almost tripling the original estimate to reach about 11 million tablets expected to ship by the end of 2010, with the majority of the…

Smartphones herald a new era of smart shopping

According to new research from PriceGrabber.co.uk, smartphones have created a new type of shopper, ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to the, “smartshopper.” The smartshopper doesn’t just use their smartphone to browse the internet for bargains they also use it as a bargaining tool in store, and it’s the big ticket items that the…