According to a new study by research2guidance titled “UK Smartphone App Market Overview,” smartphone users in the UK downloaded over 860 million mobile applications in 2010 with 105 million downloads counting for paid apps. Revenue wise, that’s 280 million GBP for the UK’s total paid application downloads. The good news is that there is still…
Millennial Media February 2011 Mobile Mix report: Verizon’s iPhone takes 4.5% of U.S. iPhone impressions
Mobile ad network Millennial Media is out with February 2011 Mobile Mix report, highlighting the smartphone usage trends. Without further ado, here’s what they got: In the first two weeks following the launch, the Verizon iPhone represented 4.5% of all U.S. iPhone impressions on Millennial Media’s network. Samsung grew 50% month-over-month to reclaim the number…
Ohio State University figures out people read the news on their phone because they’re bored
When your out and about, running around town, and you have some time to kill while waiting in line or commuting, chances are you whip out your mobile phone and start catching up on what’s going on with your friends and around the world. This was always assumed to be the ultimate use case for…
TeleNav research: Walmart is the most searched business in the U.S.
Location-based services provider TeleNav released results of its annual usage data analysis identifying trends in Americans’ use of GPS technology. Unsurprisingly more and more folks are starting to use navigation capabilities of their phones to guide them along the Nation’s roadways, avoid traffic and to find their favorite destinations. Here are the results: Most searched…
In-Stat: There will be more than 375 million mobile payment users by 2015
Mobile payments are widely seen as a promising market and In-Stat predicts that by 2015, more than 375 million users will pay stuff using their mobile phones. That’s an increase from this year’s forecasted 116 million mobile payments users. According to market analyst Amy Cravens, there is a consumer demand for mobile payments. However due…
Android 2.2 Froyo holds over 60% of all devices as 2.3.3 and 3.0 debut
Google took longer than usual to update the Android version numbers this month, but they have finally arrived. Even with the debut of Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread and 3.0 Honeycomb, Android 2.2 Froyo still commands over 60% of devices today. Coming in at 61.3%, Android 2.2 Froyo will likely remain in the lead for some time,…
Survey says people love to read local news via mobile apps, but no one is willing to pay for them
Thanks to high speed mobile networks, smartphones with large high resolution screens, and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the way we consume news today is remarkably different to the way things used to be just 10 years ago. According to a survey done by the Pew Research Center on 2,251 people during January,…
ABI Research: Mobile app downloads approach 8 million last year
As part of its “Mobile Applications Market Data,” ABI Research issued a press released on the progress of mobile app downloads. According to the research company, nearly 7.9 billion apps have been downloaded from mobile app stores, 5.6 billion of which from Apple’s AppStore. However with the rise of other platforms (namely Android) and third-party…
Juniper Research: 1 in 8 people to use mobile ticketing by 2015
According to the latest report by Juniper Research, one in every eight mobile users worldwide will either have a ticket delivered to their mobile phone or buy a ticket with their phone by 2015. In other words, we’re talking about more than 750 million users, which is up from existing 230 million (1 in 20).…
Harris Interactive: Tablet users more likely to transfer sensitive data than smartphone users
During the 4 days of January (27-31), Harris Interactive conducted an online survey among 2,364 U.S. online adults aged 18+ to determine whether they trust using their tablets and smartphones for transferring sensitive data. The results show that those with tablets are more willing to do so than smartphone users. Here are the finding: Of…