Android is making huge inroads into the Apple iPad tablet heartland with one in five new tablets running Android. The latest research from market research company Strategy Analytics, finds Android making big gains in the tablet market. According to the research during Q4 2010, 22% of the 10 million tablet devices that where shipped ran…
Month: February 2011
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Android apps to outpace iOS by mid-2012
The App Genome project has measured a huge growth in the number of Android apps since August 2010 The App Genome Project is a survey by mobile security app business Lookout (they produce the rather good SmrtGuard iPhone/Android/BlackBerry/Windows app) and the latest figures culled from 500,000 users across the iOS and Android platforms in the…
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One in three UK and US consumers are accessing the Internet on mobile at least once a week
A new mobile internet attitudes report shows mobile internet adoption is on the rise an the UK users are more enthusiastic in their use of the mobile internet than US users. The second annual 2011 Mobile Internet Attitudes Report from Antenna Software conducted by YouGov measured the attitudes, preferences and behaviours of adult consumers in…
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RIM to run Android apps on BlackBerry devices?
Even with the best will in the World, BlackBerry hasn’t a hope in hell of catching up with Android or the iPhone in the apps war, so if you can’t beat them join them. The constant criticism that the Blackberry is getting for its poor showing in the app department – 10+k apps and that’s…
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Cisco predicts more than 5.6 billion personal devices will be connected to mobile networks by 2015
A new report from Cisco predicts huge increases in data traffic and even larger numbers of devices attached to the mobile Data from the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2010 to 2015 predicts worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold during this time period reaching 6.3 exabytes per month…
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How Android has taken over the World on video
This YouTube video demonstrates how spectacularly successful Android has been at conquering the world mobile market. The video from the Android Developers channel maps Android activations over time on to a world map and on to the major regions Europe, Americas, Asia, and moves from the launch back in October 2008 to January 2011. The…
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1 in 5 smartphone owners are addicted to their smartphone
Yeah I’ve got an Android phone but I can handle it right? I don’t need to …oh hang on my phone’s ringing The latest JustAsk! Research Study from US business Crowd Science into consumer smartphone behaviour and attitudes reveals that smartphone owners are unable to give up their devices, and are thoroughly addicted to the…
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M-commerce goes in-store with Digby In-store Mobile Module
Ever wondered how to talk to your customer via their mobile while they’re in your store? Wonder no longer. US mobile commerce business Digby have developed an In-store Mobile Module, that lets retailers engage and communicate with their customers from the moment they enter the store to the time they leave, all through the retailer’s…
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iPad 2 to launch March 2
Oh the irony, the rumours yesterday were all of delays for the iPad 2 and today we actually have a day for the launch. Apple have sent out invites for an event on March 2 with a tantalising glimpse of an iPad and the words “come see what 2011 will be the year of.” (see…
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Smartphones 82% of all Pay monthly connections on Everything Everywhere
Everything Everywhere, have a poor last quarter and reveal that smartphone devices on the network now account for 82% of all Pay monthly phones Badly-named, twin-headed telecomms company Everything Everywhere, announced their results today, and as part of the results revealed that smartphone devices on the network now account for 82% of all Pay monthly connections –…
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK now available
The final version of the software Development Kit (SDK) for Android 3.0 – codenamed Honeycomb – is now available. Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead announced on the Android Developers Blog that the full SDK for Android 3.0 is now available to developers. The API’s are the versions that will ship, and developers can now develop…
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Music on mobile to generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015
Music consumed on mobile handsets will generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015, a rise of $3.1 billion from 2010 The music recording business can rest easier if Juniper Research’s new report is to be believed, we say easier as the $5.5 billion is a drop in the ocean, compared to the money the industry has…
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iPad 2 thinner, lighter, later?
New rumours are surfacing saying that Apple’s long awaited iPad 2, will be late, and will be heading for a June launch not April as expected. As we have said before More iPad 2 Feb 2011 rumours, Apple is normally very regular with their hardware launches, the iPhone, Macbooks, ipods etc all operate on a…
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More than a third of Americans have 4G mobile access
The findings, from a new US national broadband map show that more than a third of Americans have access to mobile broadband at speeds over 6Mbps. The new US broadband map, developed by the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and in cooperation with the US Federal Communications Commission has revealed that, 36% of…
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Martin Sorrell “apps still only touching the tip of the iceberg”
Businesses need to embrace mobile to succeed as the use of applications continues to boom, according to Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP. In a speech at Mobile World Congress 2011 Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of advertising giant WPP, noted that the average Apple user has 60 applications across devices such as the iPhone, iPad…
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Average mobile app usage exceeds 11 hours a month
The fastest way to a smartphone user is via an app or messaging as new research shows smartphone users spend more time with their apps and messaging than they do on calls and web browsing. According to the study, commissioned by, the research arm of the GSMA, mobile apps are responsible for 667 minutes of…
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Verified by Visa is preventing mobile commerce claims Mobgets
Alternative app platform Mobgets is getting hot under the collar about Verified by Visa and its incompatibility with mobiles and smartphones. Independant mobile app platform Mobgets are very very angry with Verified by Visa; they’ve been complaining for 12 months and now they’re threatening a “case against both the banks and Verified by Visa for…
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Apple app store loses market share but doubles revenue in 2010
Apple’s app store is losing its lead in the market according to new figures from iSuppli, while BlackBerry, Ovi and Android all grow significantly. However while their market share is down revenue is up. Research firm iSuppli, has issued its full-year data on app stores in 2010. According to the company’s report, Apple’s market share…
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Nokia giving away free kit to mobile developers
Nokia developers are getting free devices and other goodies as a way of pushing developers to start developing for Nokia and the new hybrid Nokia and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices Nokia has just notified its Launchpad members that they’ll be receiving free hardware in the form of Nokia’s new flagship E7 phone and a…
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Owning a BlackBerry increases your workload and decreases your productivity
A new book The Activity Illusion finds that smartphones are not the answer to all our worries but are in fact the cause of all our worries. It’s what we all knew, but were afraid to say. Yes the BlackBerry, CrackBerry is more a hinderance than a help. In a new book The Activity Illusion…