Mobile Loose Ends 30/07/10 A weekly round up of things we thought were useful but didn’t have time to cover 1) Are your apps secure? Smartphone security business Lookout has launched the App Genome Project the largest study of mobile apps ever. It’s intended to be an ongoing effort to map and study mobile applications…
Day: 30 July 2010
News
Worldwide mobile phone shipments jumped by 14.5% in the second quarter of 2010
Worldwide mobile phone shipments jumped by 14.5% in the second quarter of 2010, driven by sales of smartphones and entry-level handsets. The worldwide mobile phone market continued to show signs of improvement during the second quarter of 2010, driven primarily by smartphone vendors and companies outside the top five leaders worldwide. According to IDC’s Worldwide…
News
iPhone 4 goes on sale at Three shops
As reported yesterday Three is stocking iPhone 4′ s from today but as we reported yesterday we’re not going to be getting a phone from Three, and the phones are only available to new customers. “The anticipation around iPhone 4 has been unprecedented,” said Marc Allera, sales and marketing director at Three. “The feedback we received…
News
iPad apps have more in-app purchases than iPhone apps
The latest Distimo Report (July 2010 looking at June 2010) from app store analytics company Distimo looks in detail at app stores and how effective they are – particularly for in-app purchases. In the report Distimo looked at the Apple App Store for iPad and iPhone, BlackBerry App World (Worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi…
News
RIM betas BlackBerry App World version 2.0
If you’re one of the few many users who use BlackBerry’s App World to download apps, updates, content etc you’ll be very pleased to see that App World 2.0 has just gone live in beta form. App World 2.0 brings a number of enhancements to the app site, and some much needed new payment options…
Analysis
By limiting mobile data usage you limit the future
The big question for operators today is not what monthly fee should they charge for the latest smartphone? But it is, how much data does a smartphone user use? The networks are all adopting smartphones as their defacto device, but nobody knows quite what a strain this will put on their network. Many are worried…