Just because they’re getting setup to be absorbed by No. 2 (for now, at least) US wireless carrier Verizon Wireless doesn’t mean they don’t have to, or want to, for that matter, increase their presence in the US. Alltel has done a bang-up job at amassing more customers to keep in their subscriber piggy-bank. In…
Are you texting while driving? New study suggests you are
Sure, talking on your mobile phone while driving is illegal in certain parts of the country, but it’s a heck of a lot better than sending SMS text messages or emails while trying to keep your car on the right track. Unfortunately, a new study by FindLaw suggests that many of you out there are…
JupiterResearch: Social networking, SMS use impact effectiveness of email marketing
JupiterResearch has found that rising popularity of social networking sites and other forms of communication including text messaging and mobile phone use are beginning to impact the effectiveness of email marketing, particularly the numbers of consumers that say promotional messages inspired purchases. According to a new report titled “The Social and Portable Inbox: Optimizing E-mail…
ABI Research: Linux will take lion’s share of MID market
According to ABI Research, the MID market is likely to be the first real example of a greenfield situation in which all mobile operating systems start on the same equal footing. The Linux OS in the form of Moblin, LiMo and Maemo looks ready to take the lion’s share of the MID market and is…
Juniper Research: More than 2 billion users will buy digital goods with their phones by 2013
A Juniper Research’s analysis of the global mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 2.1 billion mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. The research company defines digital goods as music, tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games — any content bought by phone and delivered to the…
The 10 best selling phones in July 2008
Krussell, one of the premier names in consumer electronics cases, has just released a report detailing the “Top 10” best selling mobile phones in July 2008. The figures are based on the number of cases purchased for each specific device, and should be taken as a loose interpretation of general handset sales in July 2008.…
RIM mounting BlackBerry counter-offensive against Apple iPhone
It’s clear that the Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G have been the most sought after handsets in the US smartphone market for some time now. Following on the previous ChangeWave survey that indicated that the iPhone 3G would have a “tsunami like impact” on the smartphone market, ChangeWave has released a new survey that shows…
ABI Research: Economic woes won’t affect global mobile device market this year
In the Q2 2008, tier one handset vendors enjoyed year-over-year unit shipment growth of between 15 and 22 percent. According to ABI Research estimates, 301 million units were shipped during the period reaffirming the research company’s forecast that the mobile device market will deliver 13% growth to take 2008 annual shipments to 1.3 billion units.…
ABI Research: Location-based mobile social networking will generate $3.3 billion in global revenues by 2013
According to ABI Reseach, the emergence of location-based mobile social networking services such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking and is set to generate $3.3 billion by 2013. However, at the moment it’s not the advertising that generates the revenue for the service providers. Rather it’s licensing and revenue-sharing deals that location-based…
Hitachi uses Silicon alloy to increase Li-ION battery capacity by 20%
Portable electronics are in store for some longer up-times as Lithium-ion (Li-ION) batteries (the predominant power source technology used today) become increasingly more efficient and longer-lasting. Following on the previous research-breakthrough that yielded ten times greater power storage capacity by replacing a Li-ION power-cell’s Carbon anode with Silicon, Hitachi has announced that they’ve created a…