A new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that the gross transaction value of payments made via NFC for relatively low value purchases (i.e. refreshments, tickets and food) will exceed $75 billion globally by 2013. In the second report in its “Mobile Payment Markets” series, Juniper Research found that there is a significant…
Phones microwave Popcorn and pop it?!
In recent weeks, there have been a series of videos on YouTube, showing how how you can use a cell phone to pop popcorn! In the video (here), you see 4 cellphones used to pop kernels on a coffee table by calling the handsets. The videos ended up being emailed around the world, with the…
Interesting stats from immediately before iPhone3G launch
Immediately prior to the launch of the iPhone3G last Friday, comScore served up some tasty stats on what effect both the iPhone and 3G (independently) had had on content consumption – I guess the idea being that this data is the ‘before’, and after a couple of months, we’ll get the ‘after’… So the stats…
Informa: SMS prices for EU roamers up to 75% higher than in 2006
The European Commission will most probably impose price cuts on SMS roaming following the failure of mobile operators to make voluntary price cuts before the July 1st deadline. EU Commissioner Vivien Reding warned operators in February that without these price cuts, she would have no choice but to propose more regulatory intervention. According to Informa…
ABI Research: Location based services set for growth in Asia and Europe
During the last year, North America generated 81% of the world’s Location Based Services (LBS) revenue. In 2013, however, that percentage will be just 32% — Europe’s combined LBS revenues will jump from just 5% to 31%, while the Asia-Pacific region will see a rise from a 2007 share of 11% to 27%. LBS’s slow…
Study: Apple’s iPhone 3G to have “tsunami” effect on consumer smartphone market
The iPhone 3G will be launching at 8am local time on July 11. And, as soon as sales go live, the US is going to see a tremendous shift in the smartphone market. According to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, consumers are looking more toward the iPhone 3G than either the RIM-made BlackBerry lineup…
US tops in mobile internet usage
The US is one confused wireless market. By some measures, the US lags behind Europe and Asia in the mobile industry, by other measures, the US is tops. Case in point, mobile internet usage. A study from Nielson Mobile (PDF link) shows that the US ranks as the country with the highest percentage of mobile…
Businesses lining up for iPhone integration
With the original iPhone and next-generation iPhone 3G set to take on a decidedly more enterprise-savvy role with the upcoming iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, businesses can finally integrate the iPhone with their Exchange-based corporate communications systems. A survey, conducted by Goldman Sachs, of 100 executives revealed that 17% of businesses will be bringing the iPhone…
comScore finds that MMS is more popular in the US during summertime…
comScore today released the latest figures from the M:Metrics Benchmark Study which reports that photo messaging (MMS) from mobile phones has grown 60 percent in the United States over the past year and 16 percent in Europe, where photo messaging got an earlier start. Interestingly, the stats show that for the US, in both July…
Survey: 82% of US doesn’t use SMS text messaging
In a seeming confirmation of the US wireless market’s inherent naivety, a new research study has shown that SMS text messaging just isn’t as popular as other reports would have you believe. Sure, there have been trillions upon trillions of SMS text messages sent over the years, but just how does that translate to a…