Opera Software released the January edition of its “State of the Mobile Web” report, highlighting Middle East mobile web usage. Some of the more interesting data from the report include: In January 2009, Opera Mini usage jumped 12.1% over the previous month to 20 million unique users. Monthly page views increased even more, jumping 18%…
ABI Research: More than 17% of US respondents spent more than $100 on mobile apps last year
In November, ABI Research conducted a small survey involving 235 US smartphone users who installed applications on their devices in 2008. Even though the number of respondents is small, the results were surprisingly solid for the mobile software market: 16.5% spent between $100 and $499 on mobile apps during the year! According to ABI’s senior…
comScore says: Light PC Internet Users are 30 Percent More likely than Heavy PC Internet Users to Access Mobile Internet Content
comScore has reported the results of the first study of its cross-media panel of PC and mobile Internet users in the U.S., finding that light PC Internet users are 30 percent more likely than heavy PC Internet users to use their mobile devices to access Internet content. In total, 42 million people used their mobile…
Juniper Research: Ringtone sales may go down, but mobile music revenues are set to reach $14.6 billion by 2013
Juniper Research’s latest report argues that a sharp fall in ringtone revenues will be more than offset by growth in full-track downloads, streamed music services and ringback tones. As a matter of fact, the research company forecasts that global revenues from mobile music services will reach nearly $14.6 billion by 2013! Juniper has found that…
SMS text messaging makes kids smarter
If you thought today’s kids were hurting their literary skills with all those grammar-killing, abbreviated text messages, you might be wronger than you know. Contrary to some research that would indicate otherwise, a new study from the British Journal of Developmental Psychology suggests that frequent text messaging by children actually boosts reading skills. In essence,…
Poll: iPhone 3G or Palm Pre?
With all the mobile world’s eyes fixed on Palm and the upcoming Palm Pre, there’s little doubt that the pebble-shaped smartphone is set to compete with the smartphone big-dogs like the iPhone 3G. But, which would you choose? On the one hand, we have the Palm Pre with its Web OS. We’ve covered the Web…
Fuel on the fire: iPhone 3G or Palm Pre?
Well we’re running a poll at the mo’ on which phone you’d choose – iPhone 3G or Palm Pre – and whilst that’s going on, Mr Gadget (Australia’s No#1 Gadget Site!) has posted up a comparison table of the two devices. I won’t spoil it by revealing which phone won which categories, save to say…
Report says Americans watching more TV than ever!
TMCnet have got an interesting story up, based on some research that was done by the Nielsen company. The thrust of the research is that Americans are watching more TV than ever – and doing across “three screens” – namely TV, Computer (InterWeb), and Mobile. Now of course, we could assume that the percentage of…
BlackBerry Curve Tops U.S. Handsets for January
Avian Research has published the results of their monthly retail tally, with the BlackBerry Curve dominating the top spot, followed closely by the iPhone and, shockingly, the BlackBerry Storm. Really? The Storm is selling that well? The survey included answers from 100 retail managers and sales reps from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile shops across…
Research shows you neglect your iPhone apps like a bad mother
Like an unwanted child, your iPhone applications are probably languishing in an idle pool of non-use. Sound harsh? Well, research shows that we’re probably more on point than you’d like to admit. Thanks to iPhone application analytics provider Pinch Media, we now have compelling statistics on iPhone app-use that indicates most people are likely to…