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Smartphone addicts report hearing ‘phantom vibrations’ when alone
Most of us use our smartphones at a healthy rate, occasionally checking email, talking or texting friends, surfing the web, or playing some games throughout a regular day. Some smartphone users, however, obsessively cling to their phones night and day. This smartphone addiction gets so intense that these users are reporting hearing “phantom vibrations” — that is mistakenly thinking your phone vibrated with a new call or text message when it didn’t. Researchers interviewed and ran psychometric stress tests on over 100 participants. They found that a person’s level of … Read more
George Tinari
75% of BlackBerry owners want to switch to iPhone or Android
It’s one thing to have some of your customers want to switch to a different brand. It’s another thing to have three-quarters of your customers unsatisfied and planning to make the switch. What company could possibly have 75% of its mobile phone users plotting to abandon it? You guessed it: RIM. According to data from Drippler, a self-described gadget news aggregator, only 25 percent of BlackBerry owners have another BlackBerry on their smartphone wish list. The other 75 percent want out of the RIM ecosystem and most of them want either … Read more
George Tinari
iPhone 4S top-selling phone on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
A report from Canaccord Genuity concludes that the Apple iPhone 4S was the top-selling phone on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint in November. Raise your hand if you’re surprised. No hands? I thought so. Yes, the iPhone is topping carriers’ sales charts once again. “IPhone 4S sales strength continues as distribution increases – Our November checks indicated iPhone sales remained strong in the US, particularly at AT&T and Sprint. Further, our checks indicated strong global share gains,” Michael Walkley of Canaccord Genuity writes. “With the iPhone 4S launching in new markets … Read more
George Tinari
Mobile coupon redemption rates to reach 8% globally by 2016 with North American and Western European users getting onboard
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the global redemption rate of mobile coupons will average at over 8% by 2016, representing an eightfold increase over the best paper coupons campaigns. The secret for this growth lies in the North American and Western European markets where users are now beginning to follow the same growth path as the Far East & China. As a result, there will be over 600 million regular mobile coupon users worldwide by 2016. The report found that mobile coupons are particularly strategic for bricks … Read more
Yoeau
29 million people actively used mobile VoIP services in 2011
According to the latest report from NPD In-Stat, last year ended with 29 million active mobile VoIP users, up from 9 million in 2010. Service providers have increased smartphone penetration and competition to thank for this surge in demand. Moreover, some mobile operators also started embracing mobile VoIP, helping drive the usage. However, the research company points that mobile VoIP market is still in its infancy, with most offerings only being developed over the past several years, leaving a ton of space for further growth. Some other NPD’s findings include: … Read more
Dusan Belic
Android Ice Cream Sandwich makes up minuscule amount of market
Google released the latest numbers showing off all versions of Android. In the Android Platform Version chart, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has a 0.6 percent share of Android Market visitors, which is the same amount for Android 1.5 (Cupcake). ICS is split into two versions, 4.0.2, which is on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and Android 4.0.3, which was being rolled out to the Samsung Nexus S (update was delayed due to battery drain issues.) Android 4.0′s low share is clearly due to the operating system being so new, as the … Read more
Charles West
Apple iPad surges to 3 billion app downloads
As of yesterday, the iPad has been on the market for 21 months and in that relatively short amount of time, iPad users managed to pass three billion app downloads, according to ABI Research. Apple iPhone users took two years to accomplish such a feat, yet the iPad already accounts for 19 percent of all app downloads on Apple devices. The demand for apps is stronger than ever. Meanwhile, this high demand for apps is much less apparent on Android tablets. So far, Android tablet owners have downloaded only 440 … Read more
George Tinari
Brits waste $207 million for electricity per year by overcharging their mobile devices
Mail Online is running a neat article, saying that Brits waste about 134 million GBP ($207 million) of electricity a year by overcharging their mobile phones and laptops. It is suggested that one in five users leave their devices plugged in once the battery is full because they don’t want to run out of power when they leave the house. On the other hand, 10% admit they are just “too lazy” to pull the plug even though it costs them money, while a quarter of respondents wrongly assume constantly charging … Read more
Dusan Belic
There were over 1 billion app downloads over the holidays
It looks like many of you got new smartphones for the holidays and that also means many of you were busy downloading apps. According to Flurry Analytics, you were very busy, as smartphone users downloaded more than 1.2 billion apps from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, since Flurry reported last week that almost seven million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day. The season of gift-giving is massively correlated with the season of peak app downloads. Flurry also monitored … Read more
George Tinari
Research shows Android keeps climbing, BlackBerry keeps shrinking
comScore today published their research results for the U.S. smartphone market in November, and it’s more of the same: RIM’s share of the pie keeps getting smaller, and Google’s keeps getting bigger. The changes since October weren’t really significant, but the course remained consistent. The BlackBerry smartphone OS market share dipped 0.6% since last month, leaving BlackBerry with 16.6% total, while Android and iPhone climbed 0.6%, claiming 46.9% and 28.7% respectively. In terms of manufacturing hardware, Samsung is still king of the hill, with 25.3% of all mobile phones sold … Read more
Simon Sage
iOS probably had more device activations than Android on Christmas
Flurry Analytics released its findings a few days ago for the number of collective iOS and Android activations made on Christmas Day this year. The statistics were impressive, but they didn’t represent the accomplishments of each individual operating system, and what would the mobile industry be today without some friendly competition between iOS and Android? So, which OS reigned as champion of Christmas 2011? According to estimates, iOS. CNN Money crunched Flurry’s numbers along with stats Andy Rubin released for Android. Flurry, based on their access to 140,000 smartphone apps, said … Read more