We’re still none the wiser to how many apps Samsung has on Bada, but thanks to Samsung US we now know they have had 14 million downloads of their apps. Samsung has marked the first anniversary of its Samsung Apps store by announcing that since the launch of Wave in June 2010 (the first smartphone…
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App figures round up – Android now number two
We’re just doing some work on applications here at Business Mobile for a business partner, and part of that is to try and see the size of the market, so we went hunting for figures on the number of applications in the wild. Unfortunately we just couldn’t find a single place with good figures that…
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Nokia’s revenue and profit trends point to its key problem: commoditisation
Analysis of the troubled mobile company’s financial results shows that its principal problem is that though it is selling more phones, the profit and price it gets are falling
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Nokia replaces Kallasvuo with Microsoft’s Elop
Nokia ousts chief executive and brings in Microsoft business head Stephen Elop as mobile phone maker struggles to compete with Apple iPhone and Google Android handsets
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Apple opens App Store to programs written in Adobe Flash – and more
Flash developers stand to benefit as app review guidelines are also published – but Apple will do well as more apps can be developed for iPhone and iPad
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Autonomous mobile search is the new future
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt closed this years IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin with some thoughts about search and mobile. It’s a reflection of just how important mobile really is that the head of one of the largest technology businesses in the world takes time to look at mobile and talk about mobile in the…
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Apple will dominate tablet market until 2012
According to research from analysts iSuppli Apple are set to dominate the tablet computing field at least until 2010, and won’t really start to see any competition until at least Q2 of 2011, allowing the company to maintain a dominant share in the tablet market at least through 2012. According to iSuppli’s research the iPad…
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BlackBerry buys DataViz
The one app that BlackBerry users have always moaned about not having, is an app that gives you the ability to actually edit those darn Microsoft Office files that people keep attaching to the emails. Luckily someone else managed to rectify this sometime ago, and DataViz have been making rather a lot of cash out…
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Three to get Samsung Galaxy Tab
Three have announced that they will be one of the first networks to get the Samsung Galaxy tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) for those of you who have been on planet Mars – or like us Northumberland – for the last two weeks is Samsung’s Android tablet aimed at attacking the growing Apple iPad…
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Tesco grocery iPhone app
Tesco’s head of R&D Nick Lansley has leaked a few pics of the new Tesco grocery iPhone app – which should be released on to the iTunes store from 6am tomorrow (9 Sept 2010) – along with some descriptions of how it will work. UPDATE – The app is now launched and available on iTunes…
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IDC bet on Android to continue to top Apple iOS
According to a recent post on eweek a new research note from IDC has predicted that Android and Windows Mobile will see their smartphone market share increase by 2014, both Apple and BlackBerry will experience declines. Which is stating the obvious but it’s always good to reinforce the message that mobile is not just all…
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Saleforce to add Mobile angle to Chatter
Cloud computing poster boys Salesforce, are to launch a mobile angle to their Chatter social media service. When Chatter Mobile launches, users will be able to monitor their Chatter feeds, including posts from colleagues and alerts from apps, as well as post status updates and comment on relevant conversations. “Chatter Mobile means you can know…
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Find an office with an app
Serviced office business Regus are the latest business to launch a mobile app for the iPhone. The app is aimed at the 500,000 Regus users worldwide and allows them – and anyone who downloads the free app – to find office space and conference rooms near them from a selection of 1100 locations in 85…
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Nokia N8 gives you a chance to be a movie star
Nokia are to make short film with Pamela Anderson to promote the forthcoming Nokia N8. If you’re lucky/unlucky and free on the 20 September you could feature in a film alongside popular, Pro-PETA, pert Playboy, panto star Pamela Anderson.* The short film is produced by the McHenry brothers (a quick look on IMDB reveals they’re…
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Android web consumption rises off the back of Droid devices
More Android users are getting onto the mobile web bandwagon according to the latest traffic stats from Quancast, which show Google’s OS catching up with Apple’s iOS. Apple’s iOS platform is still a way ahead of Android in web browsing terms according to Quancast’s stats, but Android is rapidly gaining ground on its rival. In…