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OpenCloud, a technology firm that sells hardware and software that enables operators to deploy services on the cheap, has commissioned a survey, performed by research agency Loudhouse, on 1,000 mobile users in the UK. The results are not what you would typically expect if all you rely on for an accurate depiction of the mobile…
eMarketer is out with its latest report on mobile marketing, predicting that this year will end with $743.1 million in total mobile ad spending, representing a more than 25% increase over last year’s forecast. Moreover, the research company’s projections are up on the order of 25% to 35% per year through 2014. Among the factors…
Strategy Analytics, an analyst firm that keeps a running tally of how everyone is doing in the mobile industry in terms of unit shipments, took out their abacus, punched some numbers, and found that 77 million smartphones shipped during the third quarter of this year. That’s up 78% compared to last year. The biggest “winner”…
Scientists have recently been looking at human communication patterns to see if they can identify trends that speak to how society is adopting technology. Often people think that a new social network or other such service is going to change human behavior, but soon reality sets in that people simply use new methods of contacting…
The Retrevo 2010 Gadget Census has been conducted, and the results are in. Very interesting results I might add. As you can see from the infographic above, the spread of iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users is quite varied, with Android taking hold in the heart of the nation… and for whatever reason, the coasts seem…
A new research report from Berg Insight forecasts that the number of mobile subscribers using a turn-by-turn navigation service or application on their mobile phone grew 57% from H1-2009 to H1-2010 and reached 44 million worldwide. In terms of the future use, the analyst firm expects the subscriber base to grow at a CAGR of…
New forecasts from ABI Research suggest just over 11 million tablets and 43 million netbooks will ship worldwide this year. The netbook figure is somewhat lower than observers expected at the end of last year, but the growth is still impressive, though not as meteoric as during the past couple of years. One of the…
Thanks to the strong mass-appeal of the Apple iPad, Gartner is predicting that global tablet sales will reach about 19.5 million this year. The research firm is expecting the tablet market to blow up over the next few years, as it predicts tablet sales will shoot up to more than 54 million units this year…
The analysts and researchers at IDC are cautiously optimistic about the chances of Windows Phone 7 in the smartphone market but it says Microsoft does face a steep challenge. As you know, Microsoft showed off nine Windows Phone 7 handsets earlier this week for its new smartphone platform. The company started fresh from its Windows…
U.S. teens seem to be permanently glued to their cell phones – even in class, inevitably getting themselves in trouble. On average, they send and receive 3,339 text messages or SMS each month. Nielsen has compiled data from 60,000 phone bills and compared usage during Q2 2010 versus the same quarter the year prior. Data…