InMobi’s October research findings suggest the obvious – the number of Android smartphone owners is on the rise. And it’s not just Android, overall there are more smartphones out there. Here are the highlights from InMobi’s report: Smartphone impressions are now majority (56%) of US mobile ad inventory. Smartphone share gains were driven mainly by…
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Berg Insight: Mobile to account for 3.4% of global ad spend in 2015
Although mobile marketing industry keeps growing like crazy, it still accounts for just a fraction of the global ad spend. According to a new report from Berg Insight, the total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from 1.7 billion EUR last year at a CAGR of 41% to 13.5 billion…
China Mobile to make OPhone closer to Android?
We all know that China Mobile has its own special version of Android called OPhone. From what we’ve understood, it’s a platform that sits on top of Google’s original mobile operating system, allowing the world’s largest mobile operator to better control its ecosystem. However, now they’re thinking to bring OPhone a step closer to Android…
Pocket Devil: Hell Yeah! chapter 15 is out – Happy Helladays
It only seems natural that when other popular iPhone games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope are getting their Christmas-themed editions, Eyedip does the same with its Pocket Devil: Hell Yeah! title. That’s exactly what they’ve did in the latest update (chapter 15) called Happy Helladays which is placed in an uncommonly icy Underworld…
Apple takes 66.2% of the digital music market in Q3; Amazon is #2 with 13.3%
Apple and their vast catalogue of music available via iTunes is the number one way to purchase digital music in America, and the latest numbers from the NPD Group show that the Cupertino based firm has 66.2% of the market. To shed some light on how massive that truly is, the second largest player is…
BlackBerry OS Roundup for December 20th, 2010
This past week has been quite a busy one on the BlackBerry OS front. We’ve seen more than a few official releases and links hit us. Funny how these OS updates always seem to hit us in bunches, isn’t it? Next week could be completely quiet, only to ramp up again with a batch of…
Carphone Warehouse drops the price of the Nexus S to £430 from £550 [UK]
Google’s Nexus S, their flagship smartphone meant to show off what Android 2.3 Gingerbread is capable of delivering when it isn’t mucked up by operators and handset makers looking to differentiate themselves, recently started shipping America, but it’s only now coming to the UK. Carphone Warehouse has an exclusive distribution deal and when they first…
Nokia India tweets that the N8 will get a firmware update in January
The first Symbian^3 device to ship from Nokia, the N8, has been a mixed success. The Finnish handset maker claims that it set a record in terms of preorders, but failed to provide any hard sales numbers. Early reviews say the hardware is beautiful, the camera is the best on the market, but the operating…
Nokia in talks with Microsoft about making Windows Phone handsets [Yep, this rumor again]
Ever since Stephen Elop became the CEO of Nokia earlier this year, many in the industry have suspected that he’ll use his former ties with Microsoft to get the Finnish handset firm to start making Windows Phone 7 powered smartphones. It’s a rumors that has popped up week after week, month after month, and now…
Canada’s ‘Big 3’ Waive Activation Fees Until December 31st
A quick note here for all of the Canadians out there looking for a new mobile contract before the end of the year. Turns out that all of the ‘big 3’ wireless carriers in Canada are all waiving their activation fee until the end of the month. TELUS calls it an ‘account setup charge’, Bell…