The issue of Consumer Reports for January ’09 has made it online, listing the following as their top choices in the smartphone category. Samsung Blackjack II (AT&T) – score: 69 (out of 100) T-Mobile Wing – score: 66 Motorola Q 9c (Verizon) – score: 65 T-Mobile Shadow – score: 65 Pantech Duo (AT&T) – score:…
ABI Research: Capacitive touchscreens not the wave of the future for most mobile phones
Despite the fact the Apple iPhone disrupt the industry with great user interface that relies on capacitive touchscreen and the fact that Google Android-powered T-Mobile G1 uses the same technology, it’s the resistive (rather than capacitive) touchscreens we’ll see in most devices being released in the future. According to ABI Research’s director Kevin Burden, the…
Handset shipments drop 58% in Japan
According to Forbes, who got their info from Reuters, Mobile phone shipments in Japan dropped 58% (!) in October to what is the lowest monthly total on record. Now for us Mobile-centric bods, that IS worrying news – because Japan is often considered a barometer for the rest of the world, albeit usually ahead of…
Informa: 5 billion mobile subscribers to generate $1 trillion in revenues by 2013
According to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Global Mobile Forecasts, annual revenues from the global mobile market will top $1.03 trillion by 2013, and the number of subscriptions worldwide will rise to more than 5.3 billion. From end-2007 to end-2013, the global mobile market will increase in size by over half (56%) thus driving total annual…
Mobile coupons are going be to very popular by 2013…
Juniper Research has released a new report saying that Mobile coupons redemptions will have reached 200m by 2013… Apparently it’s a mature market in Japan and Korea, but even less mature markets like the US and Europe are showing growth in some big retail sectors like entertainment, shopping, and not surprisingly, food – nothing like…
Juniper Research: Video chat services to drive mobile adult content market to $5 billion by 2013
Despite the economic downturn, Juniper Research forecasts that mobile adult market will reach $4.9 billion by 2013, driven by video chat services. The report titled “Mobile Adult: Subscriptions, Downloads, Video Chat & Text-Based Services 2008-2013 (Fifth Edition)” found that although such services were utilised by a comparatively small number of users, the high spend levels…
Mobile email very popular, says survey by SEVEN
Mobile email company SEVEN just completed of over 1000 mobile email users world wide – over 300 in Europe. The research provides intriguing insights into how and why subscribers are using different types of messaging on mobile devices. Key insights from the survey included: Mobile email is being used even more than SMS or voice…
Nano-material breakthrough may make voice-powered mobile phones possible!
As wireless devices become ever more integrated into our daily lives, the struggle to keep them all charged and ready to work becomes a real problem. There are only so many different charging cables a person can carry around before going nuts. Now, imagine a future where your mobile phone is actually powered by the…
Americans twice as text-happy as their European counterparts
An SMS text messaging craze is taking the world by storm, and the US is apparently leading the charge. Despite Europe’s head start on text message adoption, it seems that Americans send far more SMS text messages per month than their European counterparts. A new study from Portio Research has found that US monthly text…
Juniper Research: Mobile betting is recession-proof; Set to hit $3.6 billion in 2009
Juniper Research’s latest report titled “Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries and Betting (5th edition)” argues that despite global economic recession, mobile gambling will perform strongly in 2009. In addition, the report found that total wagers on mobile phones will more than double in 2009, reaching more than $3.6 billion, where as user spending on mobile TV…