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On Device Research (ODR) surveyed over 15,204 people in 12 different countries to see how they were accessing the internet and the surprising results show just how many people are accessing the internet on mobile only. In the UK and US, a staggering 20% of Internet users are already mobile only users of the...
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comScore’s January US figures from their MobiLens survey shows Android taking the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2% market share, after two short months in second place. Of the 234 million Americans ages 13 and older with mobile phone almost 65.8 million (28%) now have a smartphones, that’s up 8% from the preceding three-month period and...
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The Webby awards have always been a bit of an American event despite their claims, so it’s good to see that we’re now getting a European version – The Lovie Awards. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) – the international organisation responsible for presenting the Webby Awards, Internet Week New York...
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ABI Research figures for 2010 are all in and unsurprisingly Nokia still dominate the market with just over a third of the Worldwide market, however Samsung are catching up and account for one in five phones in the market. The ABI Research figures for Q4 2010 make for some interesting viewing. Nokia is still...
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A joint task force, comprised of members of the IAB’s Mobile Advertising Committee and the MMA’s Measurement Committee, has released the “Mobile Web Advertising Measurement Guidelines”, which covers how businesses should approach measuring mobile web advertising. The intention of the guidelines is to get everyone – customers, advertisers and web publishers – singing from...
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The world of app revenue is murky to say the least, as you would expect, businesses don’t want to reveal revenue as they don’t want other’s to cash in. However at some point one of the successful businesses was going to come up for sale and one of the biggest names iFart is up...
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The iPad2 is finally out of the bag – or rather it will be to lucky people in the US in 9 days time – and it looks fantastic. The headline features are; thinner, lighter, more powerful, faster, with more features, an interesting cover, and all for the same price with the same 10...
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Analyst Chetan Sharma have compiled a 2010 wireless data review for 2010 and there are some interesting stats from the US market. The latest US Mobile Data Market Update Q4 2010 and 2010 report from analyst Chetan Sharma has a bunker full of stats, the biggest of which is that US mobile subscriptions officially crossed the...
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According to a report on website Near Field Communications World virtually all new BlackBerry devices released from now on will include Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities. At a Westminster e-forum on smartphones, tablets and apps, Research in Motion’s (RIM) UK managing director Stephen Bates suggested that almost all upcoming RIM BlackBerry smartphones and tablets...
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JPMorgan Securities expect tablet revenues and sales to increase more than they first predicted A Reuters report reveals brokers JPMorgan Securities expect tablets to evolve into a $35 billion market by 2012, eating into the share of PCs, and competition to drive down premium prices. The brokerage, has increased its forecast for tablet unit...
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Netbiscuits latest report demonstrates that unfortunately HTML5 is far from being the answer to all the questions facing mobile web application developers today. Cross-platform development business Netbiscuits has published a new edition of their free “Mobile Web Metrics Report”. The document provides up-to-date information on the HTML5 capabilities of top devices in the USA,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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.”...
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