As handset manufactures push smartphone features into their lower-range offerings, more and more people are likely to pick up a smartphone in the coming years. New research from ABI Research indicates that 31% of all mobile phones in 2013 will be a smartphone. Currently, one in ten cellphones are smartphones. “Smart operating systems are continually…
Americans fall out of love with gadgets – consumer spending way down
In case you haven’t noticed, the US economy is tanking an Olympic nose dive into recession. For those of you outside the US, you’ve probably heard about our Yankee troubles (if you haven’t felt the financial pinch in the stock market already). There doesn’t seem to be a quick solution to bring the US economy…
iPhone users hitting the web with fury
Corroborating the StatCounter statistics that puts the iPhone at the top of the mobile browser market (No. 1 in the US, and No. 2 in the UK), M:Metrics, our favorite web-usage statistics firm, has released new research that indicates that iPhone users are hitting the web with a fury. Virtually every single iPhone user is…
GSA: 7 out of 8 WCDMA operators have launched HSDPA
People want faster data transfer speeds on their phones and it’s not a big surprise that carriers around the world are updating their 3G networks with HSDPA support. According to GSA’s (Global mobile Suppliers Association) recently published 3G/WCDMA-HSDPA Fact Sheet, 211 WCDMA operators have launched commercial services in 91 countries, of which 185 operators (87.6%)…
Apple iPhone takes the lead as No. 1 mobile browser in US, No. 2 in UK
Browsing the web on the iPhone is a dream. The experience is unrivaled by any other mobile browsing platform. So, it’s no wonder that the iPhone’s Safari browser has already climbed to the No. 1 spot among mobile browsers in the US. What makes it so great? Sure, there’s multi-touch, capacitance touchscreen, Safari, and tabbed…
Juniper Research: Mobile search revenues to reach $4.8 billion by 2013
A new report from Juniper Research titled “Mobile Search & Discovery: Opportunities & Markets, 2008-2013” suggests that annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013. According to the report, while revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than that generated by mobile advertising at…
Internet/Email/Text messaging addiction soon to be official
If your compulsive urge to surf the internet, hammer out an email, or tip-tap a text message is starting to interfere with your daily activities, you might be glad (or not) to hear that you’re facing addiction straight in the face. Forget that “texter’s thumb” of yours, that need for internet/email/text messaging could soon be…
Half of all Japanese use their mobile phone in the bath
Wait, does anyone actually take baths anymore? I sure don’t. None of my friends (girls and guys) do either. I guess it’s popular in Japan. A new study from Sega polled 16,250 people regarding their mobile phone use. Following on the absence of 2G mobile phone sales in January, the new report finds that the…
InsightExpress: You’re either a Mobile Pioneer, Wannabe or Traditionalist
A new research from InsightExpress suggests that mobile consumers can be segmented into three distinct behavioral profiles: Mobile Pioneers, Mobile Wannabes and Mobile Traditionalists. This research, which surveyed 1,516 mobile device owners age 18+ in January 2008, indicates that when it comes to usage, two ends of the mobile spectrum exist. The Mobile Pioneer (15%…
AUDEO: Talk on your mobile phone without talking; thought-controlled conversations due later this year
Like a gadget straight out of some Sci-Fi flick, Ambient (using technology from Texas Instruments) has busted up the mobile phone industry with their new thought-controlled communications technology. AUDEO, as it’s called, picks up the neurological signals produced by the mere thought of speech and translates the nerve-impulses into audible words. “The Audeo can enable…