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Some recent data from StatCounter has revealed that Android web traffic has edged out that of BlackBerry. Of the 15 billion page hits and 3 million sites StatCounter monitors, 14.52% came from BlackBerry handsets, while 15.16% came from Android phones. I’m surprised it’s that close of a race given how mediocre the BlackBerry browser is,…
Corroborating Nielsen’s survey, comScore has released a study showing the progress of mobile platforms in the U.S. in the three months leading up to January. Android grew 7.7% since October, and captured 31.2% of the market share, followed by BlackBerry, which was down 5.4% to 30.4%, and the iPhone which stayed steady at 24.7%. As…
In its latest report on mobile entertainment market, Juniper predicts that revenues will rise from $33 billion last year to $54 billion in 2015. Companies in the sector have growing smartphone adoption to thank for the increase in downloads of consumer-oriented apps. More precisely, Juniper said that the combination of app stores and smartphones had…
According to a new Wireless Intelligence study, the number of 3G subscriber connections in India will grow three-fold between 2011 and 2015 to reach 400 million or about 30% of the country’s total. Indian operators spent a combined $15 billion in acquiring WCDMA 3G spectrum at auction last year and are forecast to invest a…
A new study from J.D. Power & Associates has named Verizon the top carrier in the West region. The report was pretty darn comprehensive, as it measured dropped calls, failed connections, text and voicemail notifications, static and other factors. Verizon was the tops in the West with five stars, followed by Sprint Nextel with four…
Nielsen recently published some study data comparing smartphone operating system and manufacturer market share recently, showing RIM and Apple battling for second place with 27% each, while the combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG have pushed Android to 29%. It was only two months ago that iOS had a pretty distinctive lead, and…
Insurance firm State Farm, in an informal survey of 912 licensed drivers performed in November 2010, found that 19% of respondents say that they browse the web at least once a week while driving their car. If that figure isn’t bone chilling enough they also found that 74% of people take and make calls while…
Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren’t surprised to learn that Juniper Research predicts augmented reality elements within mobile applications will lead to…
Analysts are estimating that Verizon sold 1 million iPhone 4 units on its opening weekend, following up on commetary Verizon’s CEO saying that it had set records (though he didn’t disclose numbers). The iPhone 4’s debut on AT&T scored 1.7 million sales on launch weekend, so excitement for the thing hasn’t tapered off that much.…
Two analysts are providing conflicting reports over whether or not there will be enough iPad 2 tablets for buyers at launch. Goldman Sachs said the new displays would see a bottleneck, or “yield difficulties”, but that’s par for course, as they say “almost all of Apple’s new iOS products start out with limited volumes”. They…