Posts Tagged ‘ iphone ’

37% of published apps have been removed from the Android Market

October 24, 2011
By Editor
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Research by Research2guidance has revealed that the Android market is growing faster than iPhone and it would be almost catching up with IOS if it wasn’t for those pesky App store owners. The Research2guidance (R2G) research shows that while there are tens of thousands of new Android apps appearing, there are an equally significant...
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Apple innovator Steve Jobs has died

October 6, 2011
By Editor
Apple innovator Steve Jobs has died

Steve Jobs, the computer visionary and Apple co-founder who led a renaissance at the company and revolutionized the music, mobile and entertainment markets has died after a long battle with health issues. He was just 56. His death was confirmed by Apple. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that...
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Android accounts for 1 in 3 smartphone users in US

April 5, 2011
By Editor
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Android topples RIM in the US to grab first place in the smartphone market.
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Windows Phone 7 hits 11,500 apps with 65% paid v’s 35% free

April 4, 2011
By Editor
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Marketplace boasts of faster growth than the other app stores.
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Half a billion a year spent on apps in the UK

April 4, 2011
By Editor
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More than half a billion (£581 million) is spent by UK consumers via apps
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App discovery still creating problems

March 24, 2011
By Editor
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App discovery is still a major problem for app builders, but there's some good news for Android developers as more say they'll move to Android for their next phone.
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Debenhams make £1 million sales from their iPhone app

March 21, 2011
By Editor
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Debenhams iPhone app has boosted Debenhams sales by over £1 million in the last five months, and has prompted them to launch a new Android and Nokia app. Following the success of their iPhone app Debenhams has launched an app for Android and Nokia phones, making the retailer the first on the high street...
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iPad apps outnumber Ovi, BlackBerry and Windows combined

March 18, 2011
By Editor
iPad apps outnumber Ovi, BlackBerry and Windows combined

Apple now has over 300,000 iPhone apps in the US, more than twice the nearest competitor according to February’s Distimo figures The latest Distimo report for Feb 2011 looks in depth at the Mac app store and has some interesting things to say about Mac desktop app users versus Apple mobile app users. Distimo...
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Tesco sells more Android phones than iPhones

March 15, 2011
By Editor
Tesco sells more Android phones than iPhones

Tesco now sells more Android phones than iPhones. File under “It had to happen”, Mobile Today has a report that Tesco are now selling more Android phones than iPhones. It comes as no surprise that Apple iPhones are being outsold by Android, after all there are more models and more manufacturers producing Android phones,...
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2010 mobile sales see Samsung growing fast

March 6, 2011
By Editor
2010 mobile sales see Samsung growing fast

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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Thinner, lighter, faster, better, iPad2 and it’s out this month

March 2, 2011
By Editor
Thinner, lighter, faster, better, iPad2 and it’s out this month

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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1 in 5 smartphone owners are addicted to their smartphone

February 24, 2011
By Editor
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...
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Martin Sorrell “apps still only touching the tip of the iceberg”

February 21, 2011
By Editor
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,...
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Average mobile app usage exceeds 11 hours a month

February 21, 2011
By Editor
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...
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Android now the number one smartphone

February 10, 2011
By Editor
Android now the number one smartphone

Android is now the number one operating system for smartphones and dislodges Symbian from the number one position it has held for 10 years. According to research company Canalys, Android sold 32.9 million devices during Q4 2010, overtaking Symbian, which sold 31 million. This represents a 615% year on year sales increase for Android,...
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A quarter of downloaded apps are used only once

February 9, 2011
By Editor
A quarter of downloaded apps are used only once

Bad news if you’re thinking of producing an app that will make you millions, a new survey has found that most downloaded apps are used only once. Localytics studied the thousands of Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 apps over the last year, and the good news is that users are willing...
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Apple’s iOS accounts for 5% of all browsing in the UK

February 2, 2011
By Editor
Apple’s iOS accounts for 5% of all browsing in the UK

Figures from web site NetMarketShare show’s Apple’s iOS is accounting for almost one in every twenty web pages viewed in the UK, and one in fifty worldwide. NetMarketShare tracks web traffic by browsers in real-time and Apple’s share of the market on iPads and iPhones now exceeds 2.06% of all browsing on the web...
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Mobile developers are switching to tablet apps over Android

January 26, 2011
By Editor
Mobile developers are switching to tablet apps over Android

Tablets – particularly iPad tablets – are hot property with mobile developers according to the Appcelerator Mobile Developer Report, and the desire to get a iPad app out has put developers off developing for Android. Appcelerator and IDC surveyed 2,235 Appcelerator Titanium developers from January 10-12, 2011 on perceptions surrounding mobile OS priorities, feature...
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Apple adding mobile payments in iPad and iPhone

January 25, 2011
By Editor
Apple adding mobile payments in iPad and iPhone

The rumours that Apple is to build-in mobile payments into the iPhone 5 are old, but now the rumour is that payments will also be built into the iPad 2 and enable iTunes for m-payments. According to the report in Bloomberg Apple will embed a NFC-based mobile payment services into the next iteration of...
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Apple’s App Store hits 10 BILLION downloads and 350K apps are now on the app store

January 24, 2011
By Editor
Apple’s App Store hits 10 BILLION downloads and 350K apps are now on the app store

Just a few days after kicking off its online counter, Apple’s app store has officially hit the 10 billion mark. Yes, only last week Apple launched it’s count down to 10 Billion downloads and now they’ve done it, the counter started off at around 9,900 million downloads and in less than a week they...
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