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New iPad already accounts for 5 percent of U.S. iPad traffic
Apple confirmed yesterday it had sold three million iPads since launch and now we have another testament to the tablet’s incredible success. Though it was released less than a week ago on Friday, March 16th, online ad agency Chitika claims that the new iPad already accounts for over 5 percent of iPad traffic in the United States. Chitika set up a web page where you can monitor iPad traffic live via a pie chart that separates the market share between the new third-generation iPad and the previous generations combined. Based on the … Read more
George Tinari
Customers unhappy with battery performance of 4G LTE phones
Prepare to be shocked. According to J.D. Power and Associates, some of the most unhappy mobile phone customers are ones with 4G LTE smartphones. The sole reason? Poor battery life. The data J.D. Power and Associates collected shows that dissatisfaction with battery life alone on LTE smartphones “greatly impacted” overall satisfaction of the phones. 4G smartphone owners gave their devices a rating of 6.1 out of 10 on average. On the other hand, customers with 3G smartphones rated their devices 0.6 points higher at 6.7. Battery performance for smartphones in … Read more
George Tinari
Survey says 90% of people want their next phone to have a larger screen
When Google announced the Samsung Galaxy Nexus back in October of last year we were taken aback by their decision to equip it with a 4.65 inch display. Then last month at Mobile World Congress we saw HTC announce the 4.7 inch One X and LG announce the 4.7 inch Optimus 4X HD. This is (sadly?) the new normal, so we hope you have larger pockets. But do folks actually want their next smartphone to have a larger display? According to a recent study done by the guys at Strategy … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
Juniper Research: Smartphones to play a pivotal role in Internet connected cars which will exceed 90 million by 2016
An increasing number of car makers have started integrating smartphones into their in-car infotainment systems. As a matter of fact, this feature will become all but standard on new models, according to a new report by Juniper Research. The company forecasts that 92 million vehicles will feature technology to integrate the smartphone into the head-unit by 2016. New protocols such as MirrorLink from the Connected Car Consortium will help automotive manufacturers introduce technology to allow the smartphone to become hub that enables mobile internet, app and content access. Some other … Read more
Dusan Belic
Analyst: Apple will sell about 1 million iPads on first day of sales
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is forecasting that Apple will sell over one million new iPads this Friday when it goes on sale for the first time. Munster has been fairly on target with Apple predictions in the past compared to other analysts. There’s no reason to not believe that figure. Shipment dates for the new iPad have already been pushed back to at least 2-3 weeks after just a few days of being available for pre-order. I personally remember delays getting as long as 4-5 weeks when I ordered my … Read more
George Tinari
Juniper Research: NFC payments to reach $74 billion by 2015
NFC-based contactless payments have been around for the last couple of years but are still waiting to reach the tipping point. According to the latest report by Juniper Research, these transactions will reach $74 billion by 2015, with folks using the technology to pay for goods in-store and as transport tickets. Furthermore, the research company also pointed out that that all segments — including money transfers, banking, payments and coupons — are forecast to exhibit significant growth rates. At the same time, the report warns that mobile commerce providers need … Read more
Dusan Belic
In-Stat: Proximity mobile transactions to approach 9.9 billion in 2016
Everyone’s talking about mobile payments these days. Google has its own scheme, mobile carriers their own (Isis Mobile in the U.S.), while big retailers are also teaming-up to get involved in this hot-paced action. And while there’s still no single model that’s been adopted by the entire market, things are moving forward. Some companies offer NFC-based solutions, whereas some others rely on barcode scanning (i.e. mFoundry and Starbucks, PayPal and Home Depot). According to NPD In-Stat, proximity mobile payment transactions will approach 9.9 billion in 2016, which is an almost … Read more
Dusan Belic
Random Black Friday 2 is a hit for Shopkick
Shopkick, the location-based shopping applications that offers up rewards just by having its app installed and walking into a store tried a little experiment late last February, which they called Black Friday 2. What’s that, you ask? Read on to find out. The Black Friday 2 experiment, which took place on February 24th of this year, offered up bigger and better rewards to walk-in customers across all stores partnered with Shopkick. Partners include: American Eagle Outfitters, Best Buy, Crate and Barrel, Macy’s, Old Navy, Simon Property Group, The Sports Authority, … Read more
Blake Stimac
StatCounter: Mobile Internet usage is doubling every year
Global internet usage through mobile devices, excluding tablets, is doubling every year. According to StatCounter, as of January 2012, the mobile Internet access accounted for 8.5%, which is up from 4.3% a year before. Moreover, in January 2010, the figure was at 1.6%, which again is more than double than in 2009 – 0.7%. StatCounter’s CEO Aodhan Cullen describes the pace of growth with a word “remarkable” and we really have nothing to add to it. When it comes to manufacturers, Nokia is leading the world, most likely thanks to … Read more
Dusan Belic
Juniper Research: Mobile TV viewing on tablets to reach 3 hours per month by 2014
In its new report titled “Mobile TV: Applications, Devices and Opportunities 2012-2016,” Juniper Research talks about mobile TV usage. According to the research company, growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. As users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, they will increase their viewing times. North America will lead the way since there is already significant mobile TV usage, with services like Hulu … Read more
Dusan Belic
More US citizens own smartphones than dumbphones
Pew asked 2,253 adults about their mobile phone in a survey conducted last month, and the results suggest that smartphones have finally overtaken dumb phones in the US. The survey shows that 45 percent of cell owners say their phone is a smartphone, and 49 percent of cell owners say that their phone operates on a smartphone platform. These numbers are up from 33 percent and 39 percent in 2011, respectively. Not surprisingly, the biggest group of smartphone adopters are college graduates, 18-35 year-olds and people with an annual household income of $75,000 or … Read more
