Via the February 2010 Mobile Metrics report at AdMob, I noticed some quite interesting results concerning the mobile web browsing use by my fellow Canadians. Take a look at the chart above. It denotes Operating System Share for Canadians in February 2010. Notice anything? See that giant 80% chunk of the pie chart? Yeah, that…
Mplayit: People are more willing to pay for mobile apps than you think
Mplayit, the Facebook application/service that lets users discover and share new and interesting mobile apps, released their latest mobile app analysis, showing that more than one-third of users across all top mobile platforms are interested in paid applications. According to Mplayit, that goes against conventional wisdom that users aren’t willing to pay for anything. Here…
Mobile data usage surpasses voice services in 2009!
With the smartphone movement heating up and consumers looking more and more towards handsets that can keep them connected to the web and all its many wonders, mobile data traffic is becoming a big money maker for wireless carriers. So much so that 2009 was the first year that mobile data traffic surpassed voice traffic.…
More users plan to buy and Android phone than iPhone?
ChangeWave has released an interesting survey, asking people what kind of smartphone they are interested in buying. Now historically, the reigning champion has always been the iPhone, but in the newest survey, although by a very small amount, Android devices are on more minds than the Apple iPhone. The chart below shows which operating system…
Juniper Research: Mobile web presence-based revenues to generate $6 billion by 2012
Juniper Research’s Mobile Web 2.0 report forecasts that the value of presence based Mobile Web 2.0 services will increase to more than $6 billion by 2012. Two factors that will help spur the growth are a growing number of smartphone users and an increased usage of mobile instant messaging. However, the report also noted problems…
How many iPads will Apple sell this year?
With the Apple iPad launch looming, and pre-sales already sold out for launch day, it’s clear that iPad fever is running rampant throughout the consumer tech world. But, just how that will translate into annual sales of the Apple tablet has yet to be seen. In the meanwhile, we’ll just have to make do with…
AdMob’s February 2010 metrics examine the use of smartphones, feature phones and MIDs
Mobile advertising network AdMob is out with its February 2010 metrics report. This month they examine the traffic across three categories – smartphones, feature phones and mobile Internet devices. Here are their findings: Smartphones: In February 2010, smartphones accounted for 48% of AdMob’s worldwide traffic, up from 35% in February 2009. Most of the growth…
ABI Research: Mobile broadband subscriptions surpassed 271 million in 2009
According to ABI Research’s forecasts, the GSM subscriber growth, on an absolute basis, is slowly grinding to a halt, and is expected to flatline by mid-2011. The number of high-speed connection users, on the other hand, keeps growing. At the end of 2009, there were 181 million HSxPA subscriptions, with overall mobile broadband subscriptions growing…
AdMob unveils results of its developer survey
While AdMob was announcing its first developer’s conference, they also invited all interested companies and individuals to fill out a special survey. And voila… the results are here: 31% of AdMob developers are working across multiple mobile platforms today and almost half (47%) said they plan on developing on more than one platform in the…
Have problems disconnecting? Mail your mobile phone away for a few days
Johanna Nieminen, a student at the Aalto University School of Art and Design in Finland, created an exhibit titled “Disconnected Holidays” for her MA Industrial and Strategic Design Program. The concept is devastatingly simple. Say you’re going to go on a holiday, and you don’t want to be plagued by the constant beeping and buzzing…