Day: 10 September 2010

Nokia accounts for 47% of mobile ad impressions

Research from mobile ad network InMobi shows Nokia accounts for 48% of mobile ad impressions Nokia  (including Symbian) accounts for 47.4% of global* consumer mobile ad impressions in July 2010, according to the first metrics report from mobile ad network InMobi. Global Manufacturer Share July 2010 Manufacturer Impressions %Share Change Nokia 9,661,872,987 47.4 -3.6 Samsung…

Android to be number one mobile platform by 2015

Figures from Gartner show Android will be the number two platform by the end of 2010 and should surpass the number one platform Symbian – Yes we said Symbian not Apple or RIM – by the end of 2014. The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the…

Apps downloads to eclipse iTunes downloads

Mobile app developer and analysis firm asymco predicts that downloads via Apple’s App Store will exceed downloads from its iTunes music store by the end of 2010. asymco has been blogging around Apple quite a lot recently, and this week they’ve highlighted an interesting little stat. Asymco have noted that Apple’s recent announcement that the…

Google instant for mobile coming soon

Google are to release a mobile version of their latest instant search technology by the end of the year. Yesterday we reported about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s intentions for everything to be released on mobile first, and today we have to point out that it’s just not happening. Google’s new Google Instant search facility is…

Twitter users are now more mobile

Twitter’s mobile user numbers have increased 62% since April following efforts to make the service easier to discover and use on smartphones. A post on blog.twitter.com by Evan Williams Twitter co-founder and CEO added that 16% of all new Twitter users were using it on mobile and that 46% of all active users regularly use…