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American adults now spend more time fiddling with their mobile device than reading print media
In a recent survey done by the folks at eMarketer, they discovered that America’s adults are now spending more time with their mobile device than they are with newspapers and magazines. An average adult spends 65 minutes a day staring into their smartphone’s screen, versus 26 minutes for newspapers and 18 minutes for magazines. In other words: 65 minutes in front of a phone, 44 minutes with dead trees. Now that’s not to say that people aren’t looking at their favorite old media brands on a smartphone screen, eMarketer’s data … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
10% of U.S. consumers own a tablet, two thirds are iPads
A recent survey by Kantar Worldpanel concluded that 10% of American consumers over the age of 16 own a tablet of some kind. Of course, the iPad accounts for about two thirds of that, but over the last six months, iPad’s share of sales has shrunk to 50%. As a case in point, 10% of respondents said they were planning on picking up the Amazon Kindle Fire in the next year. According to the research, 72% of iPhone owners intended to buy an iPad, meanwhile other research has indicated that … Read more
Simon Sage
International remittances sent via mobile phones to reach $55 billion in 2016
According to a new report from Juniper Research, almost $55 billion in international remittances will be enabled via mobile devices in 2016, up from less than $12 billion this year. Unsurprisingly established migration corridors such as the US-Mexico and intra-regional transfers across Africa and the Middle East will lead the growth, though inter/intra-regional activity from and within Western Europe will account for the largest remittance volumes by the end of the forecast period. The research company goes on suggesting that touchscreen interfaces, apps and Internet access will help drive the … Read more
Yoeau
Honeycomb grabs a shameful 1% of all Android usage
The world’s smallest violin is playing for Android Honeycomb tonight as a study reveals that the tablet-optimized OS only claims a one percent share among versions of Android. Lackluster Android tablet sales throughout the year make this less of a shock, but it still is a little startling. The Chitika ad network wanted to conduct this study to determine which versions of Android have had the biggest impact on overall growth. Android 2.3 Gingerbread takes the cake with 65 percent of market share, while 28 percent of users are still … Read more
George Tinari
Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry users want an iPad
Once again the iPad validates itself as the number one desired tablet in a new survey by Maritz Research. In addition to the iPad being the most popular brand among businesses, people that own Android, BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows mobile phones show a preference for iPads over any other tablet else. This is interesting because you would think people who have a particular type of OS would pick the same OS when it comes to purchasing a tablet. Wrong. This is how the numbers shake out: BlackBerry users - More than half (53%) of … Read more
Charles West
Analysts say Apple is poised to sell 30 to 35 million iPhones this quarter
Apple did something different when the announced the iPhone 4S. Instead of terminating sales of the previous generation model, the iPhone 4, they continued selling it at a discounted price. They didn’t stop there though, they also kept on selling the now 30 month old iPhone 3GS. All that choice means the iPhone has all of a sudden become not just a device for the affluent, but for nearly everyone. With the holiday shopping season about to kick off, and the first quarter of Apple’s fiscal year about to end, … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
Most want a tablet or smartphone for the holidays
A recent survey conducted by IT security expert Avira revealed that 60 percent of consumers want a tablet or smartphone for the holidays. When people were asked the question ”What new IT gadget would you like for the holidays?” 30 percent said a tablet and 28 percent said a smartphone. Not everyone is as into mobile as us, as 24 percent stating they disliked tech gadgets as a gift (honestly, who are these people?). Discussing the survey results, Elisabeth Rothbart, PR manager at Avira said: “It was very interesting to find out what gadgets people are expecting … Read more
Charles West
Six million households paid a bill with a smartphone last year
Fiserv, a financial and technology solutions company, conducted some really interesting research that showed a significant uptick in the way consumers pay their bills. It turns out that six million Americans have used smartphones to make bill payments in the past year, according to the company’s 2011 Billing Household Survey. This is not only due to the change in how mobile devices operate, but the way all billers have made it easier for customers with destination websites for billing and payment – tailored for last minute and one-time payments. Discussing the survey’s findings, Jardon … Read more
Charles West
Why go to the store? Shop on your smartphone like everyone else
Not too long ago, a very large sum of people were afraid to shop online due to fears of credit card theft and other reasons. Not only are most of us now comfortable with shopping online, we’re going on shopping sprees on our mobile devices more than ever, according to a new study from comScore. The report suggests that mobile shopping is now going mainstream, stating 38 percent of smartphones owners have made at least one purchase using their handset. Of all the types of shopping, buying digital content is … Read more
George Tinari
Android Gingerbread now on 50% of all devices – No sign of Ice Cream Sandwich yet
We knew that Android 2.3.x Gingerbread would eventually become the largest version used and Google’s latest stats prove just that. Gingerbread is now running on slightly more than 50% of all devices that have accessed the Android Market in the past two weeks and has no signs of slowing down. Introduced almost exactly a year ago, Gingerbread was a small update but added some very nice tweaks and aesthetic changes to the Android OS. We saw better application, power, and download management, as well as a better keyboard, text selection … Read more
Blake Stimac
Video: Senseye brings eye control to smartphones, coming in the second half of 2013
Horace Dediu, former Nokia employee turned Apple analyst, was one of the first people we can remember who suggested that the invention of unique and different input methods are directly responsible for the user interface revolutions that we’ve experienced over the past few decades. Apple changed things with the mouse, then with the mulitouch screen, and now with Siri. Senseye thinks they’re one step ahead of everyone else, that eye tracking is going to be the next major user input. They put together a video demoing how one could control … Read more