A new report from AdMob shows that Apple’s iPhone AppStore is big business, bigger than you could imagine. Official numbers are staggering. Apple’s own stats show that the AppStore is home to some 65,000 iPhone apps that have apparently been responsible for over 1.5 billion app downloads since its inception last year. But, that’s just…
J.D. Power: US wireless carriers service improved
In the world of wireless cellular service, having good call quality makes a big difference. Nobody wants to deal with dropped calls, echoes and static when they’re talking on the phone. Unfortunately, crappy cellphone calls are just part of the game. But, according to J.D. Power and Associates, US carriers are getting better at serving…
Study: 2009 Mobile Accessory Market Valued at $63 Billion
A recent study of some 1000 mobile phone owners revealed that consumers spend on average $60 on accessories over the lifetime of their phone, primarily spent on chargers, but cases, batteries and memory cards were also popular choices. Predictably, the younger, sub-40 crowd was more prone to pick up accessories at the time of handset…
Video: New report about mobile phones causing brain tumors released; video shot on a mobile phone
A new study called “Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone” (what the fuck is an Interphone?!) was published yesterday by the EM Radiation Research Trust. They prepared the video below to gather up support for their cause, which is apparently to scare the living hell out…
Study: BlackBerry Adds 15 Hours to Work Week
While BlackBerry has become something of a standard issue for many enterprises, it’s gradually turning into an HR headache as the threat of employees demanding overtime on mobile devices looms. Keeping time sheets for personal/business mobile use is a bit impractical – some companies simply institute mandatory BlackBerry blackouts in order to save themselves the…
Wireless Power Consortium release next draft of standard
The Wireless Power Consortium has released the 0.95 technical specification for review by its members and announced the launch of prototype testing at a members’ interoperability test to be held on 15-17 September, 2009. The Consortium also announced that it has chosen the logo “Qi” (pronounced “chee”, meaning “energy flow”) to represent the first international…
Video handsets sales to go up, but same isn’t true for content – says Analyst
Infonetics Research has just released a summary of the findings from their latest mobile video report which makes interesting reading… basically it says that whilst sales of video-enabled handsets will surge, the revenue from video and other content won’t! “Though video-capable phones continue to become more widely available, subscriber uptake of pay TV services (not…
Juniper Research: Low-cost handsets to account for over half of all mobiles by 2014
Latest Juniper Research’s report goes in line with ABI’s prediction for low-cost handsets – their shipments will keep growing. As a matter of fact, Juniper argues that these kind of devices will account for over half of all mobile phones by 2014. Moreover, the research company argues that this is due to market polarization that…
Mobile music demand doubles in US, still disappointing
Imagine a world where your mobile phone is more than just a cellphone. That world would have you using your handset to take pictures and video, send messages to loved ones on the other side of the globe and listen to music. In fact, with the growing popularity if smartphones, this kind of “converged world”…
iPhone Subsidies Make Device Unprofitable for Carriers
Copenhagen-based Strand Consult has recently released a study that shows the iPhone is actually hurting carriers more than helping them. “According to the research we have conducted on the operators, not one of these have increased their market share, revenue, or their earnings as a result of introducing the iPhone… On the contrary, some operators…