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HTC is driving Android’s rise and is leading the pack with its myriad of handsets including the popular Verizon HTC DROID Incredible and WiMAX-enabled Sprint HTC EVO 4G. HTC was the first device manufacturer to produce an Android handset when it launched the T-Mobile G1 in 2008. Amazingly, recent sales figures released by the NPD…
A new survey from ChangeWave suggests Apple iPhone 4 owners really enjoy your handset. I don’t want to jinx it, but they may be in love (fingers crossed). The report said 72% of Apple iPhone 4 owners said they were “very satisfied” with the handset while 21% said they were “somewhat satisfied. That’s pretty good…
Mobile data usage continues to grow exponentially as 3G technology spreads globally. From 2009 to 2015, data usage in Western Europe and North America is expected to increase at a CAGR of 42% and 55%, respectively. This year, the average North American user is expected to consume 159 MB of data, which is up from…
Android 2.1 (Eclair) is gaining more and more ground as the weeks go by. This time around, it has managed to grab a total of 59.7% of all active devices, up from 55.5%, in just a few weeks. It looks like Google is slowing seeing their mobile OS ecosystem becoming more and more consistent as…
ABI Research is out with its quarterly handset shipment numbers. In total, the Q2 ended with 321.2 million mobile phones shipped, representing a 5.9% increase from the previous quarter. Of all the handsets shipped, the WCDMA-enabled ones made up 31%. Nokia continued to shed market share, declining to 34.5% in the quarter. LG notched up…
Despite all the super cool video-streaming capabilities of things like Hulu Plus, a new survey from Nielsen indicates that e-mail is the most common mobile Internet activity. As you can see from the chart above, mobile e-mail is the most common activity, followed by portals, social networks and search. I expect a few of these…
The iPhone and Android operating systems are taking the US by storm, and it seems Google’s mobile OS has just surpassed Apple’s little darling of a smartphone in sales this past quarter – Android comprised 27% of last quarter’s smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 23%. Meanwhile, it seems that most BlackBerry owners aren’t…
In the “No sh*t, Sherlock” category, a new survey from Seventeen magazine and the American Automobile Association said the majority of teens have driven while being distracted in some form. The survey said 81% of teens admitted to driving while being distracted by things like talking on the phone, sending a text, fiddling with the…
Consumer Reports aren’t the only respected testing service who have called out the iPhone 4 for faulty antennae design; Europe’s oldest non-profit consumer protection association, l’Union Fédérale des Consommateurs and their publication, Que Choisir, are unable to recommend the iPhone 4 due to Death Grip issues. This judgement is in spite the fact that it…
And we have another mobile banking survey results to share. This time, it was KPMG that conducted the survey among more than 5,600 people in 22 countries worldwide. Here are the key findings from the U.S. respondents: 19% of respondents have conducted banking transactions on a mobile device, up from only 9% from 18 months…