What was Apple thinking in pricing their HSDPA-toting, 3G-capable, next-generation iPhone 3G as low as they did? Well, they (by which we mean Steve Jobs) was most likely looking to spark the interest of the iPhone-loving masses that just couldn’t swallow the previously too-expensive price point or couldn’t deal with the sluggish 2.5G EDGE connection.…
Nielson: 9 million have used mobile phone to pay for goods and services in US
It’s not an incredibly large proportion of the US population that has done so, but it seems that more than 9 million Americans (9.2M, to be exact) have used their mobile phones to pay for goods or services in the past. And, more encouraging is the statistic that 49% of data users plan to give…
Juniper Research: Transport based mobile ticketing to surpass 1.8 billion transactions by 2011
A recent report from Juniper Research calculates that transport based mobile ticketing will grow from 37.4 million transactions in 2007 to just over 1.8 billion by 2011, with Far East and China making up 73% of the total number of transactions worldwide. The report found strong activity in the mobile ticketing transport sector, especially in…
Ad-supported gaming works; Greystripe has the numbers to support the claim!
Greystripe unveiled statistics from their internal database of users, their catalogue partners and third party research studies. And they (numbers) rock! But let me stop here and let the numbers talk instead: Greystripe’s 800+ games are the most popular among the sought-after 18 to 34-year old age group. 68% of Greystripe’s GameJump users are in…
Informa: Mobile advertising yet to convince big brands
According to Informa’s report titled “Mobile Advertising: Cutting through the Hype,” the mobile advertising industry has become consumed by short term hurdles and must focus on long-term strategic issues if it is to become a truly multi-billion dollar industry. Informa forecasts that the global mobile advertising market will be worth $12.09 billion by 2013. By…
In-Stat: Mobile social networks embraced by millenial generation
According to In-Stat, mobile social networks are quite popular with the millennial generation, just as social networking is. Blogging, photo and video sharing, location-based socialization services, games, SMS, and IM will eventually be combined to afford the user the entire social networking experience from a mobile application. In-Stat found that: Nearly 30 million of US…
Virgin Mobile USA poll reveals that most subscribers will likely vote Obama
One of the United States’ most important events is imminently closing in on us. No, I’m not talking about the 3G iPhone launch, although I have a feeling that more people actually care about the next-generation iPhone than went out to vote during our last election period. No, the most important near-term event for US…
Apple clinches No. 3 spot in global smartphone market, RIM sees crazy growth, Nokia easily No. 1
With the highly-anticipate and quite polarizing Apple iPhone on the verge of making its second-generation debut next week, a new research report from Gartner has surfaced. The report puts Apple, with just a single iPhone model to boast of, in the No. 3 spot among global smartphone vendors for Q1 2008. Cupertino took broke into…
Juniper Research: South American mobile data revenues could to rise to $23 billion by 2013, if content priced correctly
According to the new Juniper Research’s report titled “South American Mobile Markets: Trends and Forecasts 2008-2013,” increasing adoption of messaging and content services is expected to push operator-billed data revenues in South America from $8.7 billion in 2008 to more than $23.3 billion by 2013. As voice revenues are coming under ever-increasing pressure from competitive…
Are you paying more for your mobile phone? New study says you are.
Following on news that the mobile phone industry has seen smartphone sales increase whilst the rest of the not-so-smart handset offerings are seeing less and less demand, JD Power and Associates has released a new study that indicates the average buyer paying more for their cellphone. After querying almost 20,000 cellphone users, JD Power found…