In 2015, 3.8 billion mobile handsets – slightly more than 60% of the installed base of mobile handsets worldwide – will contain mobile web browsers, according to a new study from ABI Research. That doubles today’s penetration rate and the research indicates that the installed base of full Internet browsers will exceed that of proxy-based browsers sometime in 2012.…
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Almost a third of consumers are banking on their mobile
Research from mobile messaging service Sybase 365, shows that demand for mobile internet and banking services has exceeded expert expectations, with almost 50% accessing the internet on their phone and almost a third of consumers are banking on their mobile. Thirty percent of mobile users currently use banking services on their mobile handset, compared to…
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Smartphones now 25% of US market
Android shows rapid growth as smartphone market grows to 25% in the US. Smartphones are really taking off in the US where they now represent 25% of the US mobile market, up from 23% in the last quarter according to recent data from The Nielsen Company. Not only are Smartphones growing they’re also predicted to…