Mobango has been busy compiling its stats, and has concluded that in 2009, it passed 100m visits to its mobile site worldwide. Apparently over 60 per cent of all users coming to Mobango connected through Nokia phones. Out of the top 10 phones used to connect to Mobango, eight were Nokia phones. SonyEricsson and Samsung took a joint second place with 12 per cent each. Motorola…
ABI Research: 163 million smartbooks expected to ship in 2015
According to a new ABI Research study, 163 million smartbooks will ship worldwide in 2015, which is a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008. Qualcomm and Freescale are leading the way, whereas Texas Instruments and NVIDIA also want a piece of the action. The first products are…
Android pulls ahead of Windows Mobile as hottest trending mobile OS
Social media is a great way to get a bead on the hottest trends in almost any industry you can think of, and the Android OS has just been crowned the hottest mobile OS in the smartphone space. A new study from Norwegian consulting firm Integrasco shows that Android has pulled ahead of Windows Mobile…
Cheaper iPhone with new controls may come this summer
Apple will be bringing out lower-cost iPhones this June with new, gesture-based controls, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty. In a note to investors, Huberty said research suggests the biggest barrier to iPhone entry for many consumers is the price of hardware, followed by the cost of the service plan. This was the case…
Almost all iPhone users would recommend phone, gender split nearly equal
Apple fans are some of the most loyal bunch of customers any tech company could ever hope to have, and when it comes to the iPhone, users are almost guaranteed to recommend the iPhone. A new report from mobile advertising firm AdMob indicates that a whopping 91% of iPhone users are so impressed with their…
AT&T tops 3G speed test
It looks like AT&T’s network upgrades are paying off, as the carrier’s 3G network bested Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon in PCWorld’s 13-city mobile data test. The report said AT&T’s download speeds were 67 percent faster on average than its competitors, with an average download speed of 1410 kbps and 773 kbps upload. This is a…
Mobile phone data can be used to predict your location with 93% accuracy
Your mobile operator has some pretty valuable data. They know who you call, who you text, what websites you visit, but most important they know where you are. You don’t need some fancy high end smartphone with GPS to figure out your location either, they know which cell tower your device is connected to at…
Research: Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps
Mobile application analytics firm Distimo has published some numbers on U.S. app stores that might surprise those who have had to wade through the mountains of free software on iTunes. As it turns out, it’s the Android Market that actually has the highest proportion of free applications available. Android’s app market growth is also…
Juniper Research: Mobile location-based services market to exceed $12 billion by 2014
According to a new Juniper Research’s report, revenues from mobile location-based services are expected to reach more than $12.7 billion by 2014, driven by 1) smartphone proliferation, 2) surge in application storefront launches, and 3) developments in “hybrid positioning technologies.” The research company goes on explaining each of the points: New smartphones all have a…
iPhone sales help fuel big smartphone market gains in 2009
Everyone is talking about smartphones these days, and that has translated into a huge increase in the iPhone’s smartphone market share, which in turn has helped boost smartphone sales for 2009. Apple saw its iPhone sales hitting almost 25 million units in 2009, giving Apple a 14.4% share of the worldwide smartphone market. Given the…