According to a recent study conducted by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), there are only about 2 million users in the country actively (at least once a month) accessing Internet through their mobile phones and other mobile devices. The association goes on suggesting that about 27% of all mobile phones — which…
Study: Half of holiday shoppers looked to mobile phones to research in-store purchases
This past year’s holiday shopping season was marked by a flood of consumers using their mobile phones as discount-finders and product research tools to help make a buying decision. Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions has released a report that indicates that 51% of holiday shoppers in 11 countries turned too their cellphones to compare prices, reviews…
TNS: Recession set to end in the North American mobile market this year
According to results from the latest TNS’ study, 53% of Americans (55% Canada) plans to buy a new mobile phone in the next six months, up from just 24% (19% Canada) this time last year. Not surprisingly, touchscreen-equipped handsets are set to be the big winners, with 29% of consumers (28% Canada) looking to buy…
NAVTEQ Reveals Data On ‘The State Of Navigation’
NAVTEQ has been doing quite a bit of research on consumer use of navigation, it would appear! Looking across the industry as a whole, the following [edited] facts emerged: Consumer experience with navigation is double that of just a few years ago; but even in mature markets it has reached only around 50%. A NAVTEQ Tracking…
BillShrink Compares ‘The New Generation of Smartphones’
The good folks at BillShrink.com have put together a ‘comprehensive guide’ on some of the hottest smartphone devices on the market today. The list contains the iPhone 3GS, the Palm Pre, the Motorola Droid, AND… *drumroll* the Nexus One. Check out the table/graphic below for the full comparison. When it comes to flat out cost,…
PowerPoint: What are the mobile trends we’ll see during the next decade? [I helped make this]
What better way to start 2010 than with a PowerPoint presentation? OK, admittedly that sounds horrible, but this is different. Towards the tail end of 2009 I got an email from Rudy De Waele informing me that he was working on a project that involves asking various brilliant people in the mobile industry what 5…
Forrester: 17% of Americans have smartphones, 15% of Americans have dumbfones with QWERTY
Charles Golvin from Forrester Research has just reported that they’ve received data back from a survey they issued during October and November of 2009. It wasn’t mentioned how many people were surveyed, but here are the results anyway, and they’re rather interesting: Smartphone penetration, and a smartphone is defined as something running an operating system…
ABI Research: In 2014 there will be 58 million mobile broadband equipped devices sold
The Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, what do they have in common? They both have wireless capabilities built in. It’s a feature that many wireless operators are only now starting to capitalize on. After all, what better way for operators to increase their bottom line than to partner with companies who then go…
Most drivers know texting and driving is dangerous, still do it anyway
In a not too surprising, but still really disturbing announcement, cellcontrol today unveiled the results of a new study that indicates most people are aware of the dangers and risks involved with distracting habits like texting and driving yet still continue to practice unsafe texting. It seems that all the awareness campaigns aimed at educating…
Android web browser share up 55% in late 2009
It looks like Google ended 2009 with a bang as far as its Android OS is concerned. New metrics from Net Applications indicate that the Android mobile web browser grew its market share 54.8% in the last two months of 2009, which suggests that the Android OS has likewise increased its market share by a…