According to Juniper Research, ad-funded MMS revenues are set to take-off over the next five years with annual growth rates reaching 94%. SMS and mobile email will, however, continue to dominate the person-to-person (P2P) mobile messaging market. Juniper’s report titled “Mobile Messaging & IP Evolution” also suggests that the Far East & China would lead…
iPhone 3GS Leads the Pack According to Consumer Reports’ Latest Smartphone Ratings
Consumer Reports’ recently released their latest batch of smartphone ratings, and guess who was at the top!? You guessed it, the iPhone 3GS. I should note, the 3GS just barely nudged out the Palm Pre, iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia, Samsung Epix and BlackBerry Storm. The iPhone 3GS performed at the top of the heap many…
Nokia: Frost & Sullivan says we’re no 1 for mobile navigation in Europe and Russia!
Nokia has issued a press release praising itself as the number one choice for mobile navigation over other leading handset manufacturers. Frost & Sullivan conducted the study amongst European and Russian consumers. The idea was: The key objectives of the study were to analyse consumers’ awareness of, and level of satisfaction with different types of…
ABI Research: Worldwide mobile services revenue to grow at least 1.2% annually through 2014
Despite the looming recession, a new ABI Research study shows that even under the worst recovery scenarios, mobile services revenues will continue to grow at nearly 1.2% through 2014, which is a 0.5% loss over pre-crisis conditions. According to ABI’s practice director Dan Shey, a long economic recovery places pressures on mobile operators to compete…
Gazelle is Microsoft’s research project that shares some similarities with Palm’s webOS
Palm, with webOS, has shown the market that making a platform based on standard HTML, CSS, and web hooks that tie into system level components, was possible and could be done elegantly. Ian Hickson, the man writing the HTML5 specification, who now works for Google, would like the browser to be the platform of choice…
Survey: Most Americans choose mobile phone over alcohol, dumbfounded by smartphones
We live in a very mobile-oriented society. With laptops and mobile phones in hand, Americans are increasingly more willing to coordinate their lives using mobile technology. Cellphones, in particular, are becoming more and more important to the everyday American. Case in point, a new survey, commissioned by Best Buy, indicates that 6 in 10 Americans…
Multi-Country study examines how we use mobile phones now and what we might do in the future
A multi-country study released today by Lightspeed Research shows the increasingly prominent role mobile phones are taking in our lives. With ownership of mobile phones so high and so many different functions now available, it is increasingly important to understand how people are using their mobile phones and what future opportunities there might be for…
Survey: Older people consume less mobile
The generational gap between the youngest and oldest Americans is widening. A new study from Pew Research Center shows that mobile consumption for American adults 30 and younger is shockingly higher than those aged 65 and older. It might not be a shock to hear that older generations are less technologically inclined. But, with just…
ABI Research: A dozen operators launching LTE next year
ABI Research is out with the new report, suggesting that mobile operators will start deploying LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks and offering LTE-based services to their subscribers during next year. As a matter of fact, they argue that at least 12 operators from around the world will do so: In the US: Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS…
48% of Americans Willing to Ditch Mobile Data
While cell phones are somewhat recession-proof in their necessity, a recent survey of some 1,110 people revealed a solid 48% would completely ditch their mobile data service in the face of financial crisis. Across all of the services (broadband internet, digital television, fixed voice, mobile voice and mobile data), none of them showed any indication…