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83 percent of Americans don’t know BlackBerry 10 even launched
Well, RIM’s not off to a good start with the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and new BlackBerry Z10 phone. Let’s be real though: did anyone actually think BlackBerry 10 was going to be RIM’s total saving grace? While it’s a definite step up from the BlackBerry models we’ve come to loathe, the problem RIM is having is that no one seems to give a damn, at least according to recent polls. MKM Partners researched BlackBerry 10 by the numbers and found, well, some pretty bad ones. When … Read more
George Tinari
Android App Can Hijack Aircraft With a Finger Press
With smartphones in just about everyone’s pockets today, we tend to forget just how powerful and revolutionary these devices are. They have transformed the way we interact with the physical world, changing the way we communicate and navigate our space. A new smartphone app developed by a German security consultant Hugo Teso showcases just how smartphones could be used for nefarious reasons as well, such as hijacking and controlling airplanes from the ground. Yikes. Before we all start panicking, let me just assure you that this app, dubbed PlaneSploit, is … Read more
Ian Kersey
More and more Europeans looking for a more affordable smartphone
According to France Telecom’s CEO Stephane Richard, European consumers are increasingly avoiding the lure of high-end smartphones as the cost and rapid turnover of technology puts them off. “We are in a period of changing consumer behavior,” he said in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York, adding that there are fewer shoppers in search of the latest and greatest gadget, with more of them seeking lower prices on wireless service. France Telecom is noticing this trend across its European footprint, where customers are switching networks, but often keep … Read more
Dusan Belic
Android to account for 58% of all smartphone app downloads this year, iOS rules the tablet apps market with 75% share
According to a new study by ABI Research, the annual volume of smartphone app downloads will reach 56 billion this year, with Android platform grabbing more than half (58%) of the market. Rest of the cake is split between Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone and BlackBerry, accounting for 33%, 4% and 3%, respectively. When it comes to tablets, the situation is different – of 14 billion tablet apps that will be downloaded this year, Apple’s iOS will lead the way with 75% of the market. Android without Kindle Fire will … Read more
Dusan Belic
Mobile power users rule the day
A company called SessionM prepared two infographic to show us mobile user behavior and trends. Their focus is on the most active mobile user group that is also known as power users. The research looks to answer questions like where they are from, what days they are most likely to use apps, how much they use apps on their phones, and so on. Some of the findings includes: Most active users are least likely to engage with an app on Mondays, and most likely to engage on Tuesdays. This group … Read more
Dusan Belic
Study: iPhone is eating away at Android’s enterprise market share
Egnyte, a paid service geared toward “enterprise file sharing” across devices, did an experiment tracking which mobile operating systems a sample of 100,000 of its paying customers were using to access it. While Android’s market share remained at a standstill for the majority of 2012, the iPhone (iOS) has started thinning out Android’s slice of the pie so far in 2013. In Q3 2011, Q4 2011, and the entire year of 2012, Android’s enterprise market share among the 100,000 Egnyte customers remained at 30 percent. In the second half of … Read more
George Tinari
59% of global mobile web users now comfortable with mobile ads (as they are with TV or online advertising)
InMobi released the findings of its Mobile Media Consumption Report, revealing that mobile is not just a fundamental part of consumers’ communication needs, but increasingly the core platform through which they access the Internet and engage with brands online. Conducted over 15,000 mobile users in 14 markets across all continents, the study shows that 50% of the average global mobile web users now use mobile as either their primary or exclusive means of going online. Mobile devices are steadily becoming a shopping tool, and are now used throughout the research … Read more
Dusan Belic
Amazon positions itself as second most desired tablet
Amazon is slowly moving in on Apple’s tablet market share. According to a recent Yankee Group survey, Amazon is the second most desirable vendor among consumers planning to buy a tablet. Of course Apple still remains the tablet leader by a wide margin, with 47 percent of U.S. consumers citing the brand. Amazon, however, is second with a 7 percent share, just ahead of Samsung’s 6 percent and Hewlett-Packard’s 3 percent. Seven percent seems like a tiny number to tout, but if you look at the numbers as a whole, … Read more
Charles West
Direct carrier billing key for driving app transaction and increased customers conversion rates
App stores like Google Play and Windows Phone Store that have implemented Direct Carrier Billing solutions have experienced a sharp increase in transaction volumes, average transactions values and conversion rates, according to a new white paper from Juniper Research and Amdocs. The research has also found that while operator storefronts and portals now account for less than 7% of the 55.9 billion app downloads in 2012, the introduction of Direct Carrier Billing solutions on third-party storefronts enabled operators to substantially increase their content revenues. And this solution works both in … Read more
Dusan Belic
There were 30 million active mobile money customers in 2012
The GSMA’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) programme released the findings of its second annual Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey to analyze the state of the mobile money industry in 2012. The research shows the number of active mobile money users grew impressively with more than 30 million people undertaking 224.2 million transactions totaling $4.6 billion during the month of June 2012 alone. The impressive figure exceeds the 196.3 million transactions performed by PayPal customers on average each month during Q3 2012. The study demonstrates that the mobile money … Read more
Dusan Belic
By 2018, carriers will make more money from mobile data than voice minutes
Mobile operators are all set to turn into dump pipes, with GSMA predicting their data revenues overtaking voice revenues globally by 2018 as we move towards a fully connected world. A surge in demand for connected devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications is driving this trend, transforming the “socioeconomic future of people” in both developed and developing countries. In developed countries: mHealth could save $400 billion in healthcare costs Connected cars could save one in nine lives through emergency calling services mEducation can reduce student drop-outs by eight per cent or … Read more