Information Week is reporting on some research by In-stat, that says the number of mobile application store users will grow by 4x to more than 100mn, within just 5 years! In-stat’s report is called “The Apps Store Is Born” – and clearly informed heavily by Apple’s App Store – which has seen 800mn+ downloads in…
ABI Research: Next year the bleeding stops for handset sales
Although this year is slated to be tough for handset sales, the next one may be a little bit different story. ABI Research is cautiously optimistic about the 2010 figures, saying we could expect a flat growth, as opposed to this year’s at least 8% fall. Naturally, some regions such as the Middle East and…
Report: 70% of Mobile App Users now Surf the Web more on their Mobile than on their PC
According to GetJar (“the world’s leading independent app store”), rapid growth in the use of mobile applications is leading to significant changes in consumer choice and behaviour. Results of a survey of over 2000 of its European users revealed that they are increasingly using mobile social networking apps instead of making voice calls, now take…
You-powered cellphones made possible with piezoelectric nanowires!
The trick thing about peizoelectric materials is that they can generate electrical currents through simple mechanical stresses – they essentially convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. The technology has great potential for future energy-generation solutions, including future cellphones powered by your body! New research breakthroughs in nanowire technology has allowed scientists to harness the energy…
No QWERTY, yet UK iPhone users love on-screen keyboard!
No, there’s no study that measures how much UK iPhone users actually “love” their iPhone’s on-screen keyboard. That would be silly, measuring love. What we can do is look at mobile email adoption rates among UK iPhone users to indirectly measure how iPhone owners in the UK feel about their virtual keyboard. New data from…
Orange sponsor research that shows Mobile is definite channel for Marketing
Orange has launched Exposure 2, which is a survey to find the role of Mobile within the media marketing landscape. The survey uses a variety of methods on over 2000 users across the UK – and finds out about consumption of media, and attitudes toward it when it’s used for marketing purposes. Here are some…
Study: Mobile App Stores Users to Quadruple by 2014
Apple, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Nokia, even Acer and Samsung, are all pointed towards on-device digital distribution; according to In-Stat, upwards of 100 million handsets with application stores on them will be in the market by 2014. Whether or not that translates to people who will actually use said channels is another issue altogether, but…
Android Captures 5% U.S. Smartphone Web Traffic
The latest report from AdMob reveals that T-Mobile’s G1 has claimed a solid 5.2% of the American smartphone web surfers. It’s a far cry from the iPhone’s 50%, but hey, a good start for the little guy, no? Worldwide, Symbian still rules, but their share is rapidly dropping, and Apple’s is on a meteoric rise.…
Smartphones pulling down 1/3 of all mobile ads
Smartphones, especially touchscreen smartphones are starting to gain traction in the mobile advertising world. A new study has found that fully one-third (33%) of all mobile advertisement requests were made by smartphones in February 2009, up from 26% the previous month. More specifically, AdMob’s monthly Mobile Metrics Report has found that touchscreen smartphones like the…
Mobile Phone App Being Tested as Mental Health Gauge
Australian carrier Telstra is sponsoring a project at the Murdoch Institute’s Centre for Adolescent Health which will hopefully help out teens with depression. By getting patients to regularly answer questionnaires on their mobile phone regarding mood, drug use, sleeping patterns and other lifestyle variables, doctors hope to more accurately diagnose and treat troubled youth. The…