Category: News

Mobile subscribers pass 4.35 billion mark

ABI Research figures show global mobile subscription numbers surpassed 4.35 billion by the end of 2009, with a YoY growth of 10.4%. ABI also predict that a staggering 80% of the world’s population will be using mobile phones by early 2014. Mobile subscriptions slowed perceptibly in the first half of 2009 as emerging markets took…

Data traffic surpasses voice and it’s Facebooks fault

At last it’s happened, the internet on mobile is bigger than the voice on mobile. According to Ericsson mobile data surpassed voice on a global basis during December of 2009. Ericsson’s findings show that data traffic globally grew 280% during each of the last two years, and is forecast to double annually over the next…

Mobile networks mimic fixed line – no really, they do!!

I was about to file Sandvine’s latest report “Mobile Networks Mimic Fixed Line ” under the stating the obvious section of the site, aka the trash. But I thought better of it as unbelievably there are people out there who think that mobile networks are a law unto themselves, and who for some reason think…

Smartphones almost mainstream

AdMob’s latest Mobile Metrics Report monthly figures out today show a phenomenal rise in Smartphone usage on the AdMob network in the last year. According to AdMob’s February 2010 figures smartphones now account for around 48 percent of AdMob’s worldwide traffic. That’s up from 35 percent in February 2009. AdMob put the rise down to…

The future is 4G

Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse had some really interesting things to say about WiMAX and 4G at CTIA. He said his company’s bet on Clearwire and mobile WiMAX over LTE was necessary, and that the technology will help spark a revolution in the mobile industry. Hesse took part in a chat with CTIA President and…

Windows Phone 7 Series videos

Curious about what Windows Phone 7 will look like? No we weren’t either, but someone must be, as Microsoft have finally this week released a Windows Phone 7 Series promotional video, and to be honest it’s actually managed to get us interested. In the video Microsoft gives a quick guide to their new operating system…

Why the Mobile Web is Disappointing End-Users

Web performance company Gomez has launched a recent survey of 1001 mobile Web users and it should make essential reading for any mobile developer. The survey “Why the Mobile Web is Disappointing End-Users” also revealed how unsatisfactory mobile Web experiences can negatively shape a consumer?s opinion of an organization. The survey found that users have…

AdMob releases new publisher tools

Mobile ad company AdMob has launched a whole series of new tools for their publishing platform to help make the whole advertising process on mobiles and in apps much more efficient. The tools have been beta tested with a select group of AdMob clients and are available now. New tools include a new Publisher Dashboard,…

Yahoo launches Sketch-a-search for iPhone

Yahoo has launched two new search apps for the iPhone Sketch-a-Search http://itunes.com/apps/yahoosketchasearch and Yahoo Search http://itunes.com/apps/yahoosearch Yahoo has partnered with more than 80 leading carriers and original equipment manufacturers around the world to deliver what it calls a “an industry-leading mobile search experience” and Sketch-a-search certainly fits the bill. Here’s Yahoo’s explanation of it Yahoo…

When will Opera hit the iPhone?

Opera submitted their latest version to iPhone and have set up a counter to the iPhone being released http://my.opera.com/community/countup/ If you guess correctly you can win an iPhone. I for one am very keen to get my hands on it because Opera is quick!! take a look at the demo video here and be astounded…

Quick there’s a sale on – Teenage girls love mobile

If you were to believe the media – no not us – you would believe that teenage girls spend their life on Facebook, discussing the date, time and locations of the latest sales. Well according to Euro RSCG Worldwide -WARNING It’s a PR firm – they’re actually on the phone doing it instead, and the…

iPad submissions start now

According to a report Apple on Fierce Developer http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/apple-now-accepting-ipad-app-submissions/2010-03-20 Apple is now accepting application submissions for its iPad device, and if a report in Business Week is to be believed everything is starting to go a little cloak and dagger if you want to test your apps on a real-life iPad. According to details of…

The secrets of App store pricing revealed

The latest Distimo Report, based on February 2010 data has some interesting reading, especially if you’re looking at building Apple apps. The monthly report focuses on the worldwide Apple App Store and it finds that the more expensive the app, the more popular the app is – obviously there’s a limit here – in Europe,…

openMIC Mobile Innovation Camp

The latest openMIC Mobile Innovation Camp is being held in Cambridge, UK, on the 30th of March and it’s aimed at anyone with an interest in mobile development. It’s a full day event, and it’s free.

Google says mobile ad rates to pass PC rates

We’d so love this to be true. The prediction comes from Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra in a call with some analysts last monday (15th March) and he did not say when he expected the crossover to occur. However if Google think it then it’s probably true. As far as we’re concerned it’s not…