In its new study “The Mobile Browser Market,” ABI Research predicts that mobile browsers which can handle advanced client-side coding (JavaScript) will keep growing over the next five years, as the open-Internet browser (OIB) segment for mobile grows from 76 million in 2007 to nearly 700 million browsers delivered in 2013. Still, ABI argues it’s…
Motorola Q9h beats Apple iPhone in text messaging tests
What’s this? Another usability study? A recent study found that the heralded Apple iPhone takes a back seat to the Motorola Q9h in SMS text messaging prowess, among other things. Good Housekeeping Research Institute took 11 QWERTY keyboard-packed handsets with subsidized (after 2-year contract) retail prices of $300 or less and pit them against the…
In-Stat: Digital sales will account for 40% of all music purchases by 2012
Last year, digital sales accounted for 10% of all music purchases, up from 6% in 2006. According to In-Stat’s research titled “Revenue Opportunities Abound In Online and Mobile Music Distribution,” digital music purchases will keep growing and within 4 years, they will account for 40% of overall music sales. In-Stat points out two key factors…
Wirefly: One third of Americans don’t use SMS!
I’m not actually sure whether we should trust a study conducted by a mobile comparison shopping site, but their numbers are staggering, so I decided to go with it nonetheless. Actually, it’s not a matter of trust, more it’s about the methodology used for collecting the data. Anyway, according to Wirefly‘s survey, when it comes…
ABI Research: Mobile location based services revenue to reach $13.3 billion worldwide by 2013
After years of hype, mobile Location Based Services (LBS) are finally gaining traction among mobile phone users. This growth is driven on the supply side by a growing number of GPS-equipped handsets, and on the demand side by surging consumer interest in personal navigation functionality. According to a new report from ABI Research, LBS revenue…
Two-thirds of Chinese aware of Apple iPhone
In a country that hasn’t even seen the official launch of the iPhone, more than two-thirds of the Chinese population is aware of the iPhone. There are so many iPhone clones coming out of Chinese factories, it’s almost impossible not to ignore the counterfeit side of things. Perhaps the prevalence of China-made iPhone copies has…
ABI Research: Global GSM subscriber growth rate to slow in 2008 due to migration to 3G
ABI Research forecasts global GSM subscriber growth to slow from a year-on-year rate of over 22% in 2006/07 to 14% in 2008/09, mainly due to the increased migration of subscribers to UMTS 3G technologies. UMTS (including HSDPA) experienced a nearly 83% year-on-year growth rate in 2006/07, and the research company expects global GSM subscriber numbers…
Teenagers are putting Sony Ericsson and Samsung ahead of Nokia
Over 58,000 teenagers (ages 11-18) in 31 countries were surveyed about their mobile phone manufacture of choice by Sulake of Finland, operator of the Habbo social networking site for teenagers. In 15 out of the 31 countries polled Nokia is number uno, but in places like UK, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland Nokia loses to Sony…
M:Metrics : iPhone stats
Whilst on the M: Metrics site, I spotted an interesting table relating to iPhone usage – check it out: Look at those stats! The iPhone is showing definitively that it’s leading the evolution of the Mobile device to a increasingly popular platform for consuming digital media. Awesome. [Via: M:Metrics]
M:Metrics : Mobile Games Data
When the VP of Corporate Communications from a company like M:Metrics contacts you, you know you should take a look at what they have to say – that is exactly what has happened in this case! M: Metrics have some interesting data on Mobile Gaming as a whole, contextualised by the recent “launch” of N-Gage…