According to a new eMarketer report, the U.S. spending on mobile content and services like video, text messaging, and music is set for a significant growth in the coming years, and is estimated to hit $37.5 billion in 2010, up from $5.4 billion in 2006. eMarketer’s report also shows: Mobile messaging spending will account for…
Happy birthday to Nokia Research Center
After Sony Ericsson, we have another birthday happening these days. This time it’s Nokia’s corporate research unit, Nokia Research Center, which today celebrates its 20th anniversary at its global headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1986, the research center today employs a diverse group of 1,100 researchers located in Finland, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan and…
Mobile video – a tough sell!?
I’ve just found this JupiterResearch’s release, which suggests that mobile consumers are not that likely to buy a mobile video content. With 11% of mobile phones which will be sold this year sporting video playback capabilities, it’s logical to expect that companies will compete to sell this kind of content to consumers. However, Jupiter’s paper…
Mobile dating is growing
A new report from visiongain indicates that 13% of US users currently access dating services from their mobile phone. The non-mobile Internet dating still leads with the remaining 87% of users. These figures show that dating services and other community based websites are starting to make the transition to mobile and are now being more…
Mobile phones usage reaches 2.5 billion
Only 12 months ago there were 2 billion mobile phones around the world. A year later, things have changed with half billion added, reaching the total number of 2.5 billion mobile phones in use. A quarter of the growth is (of course) coming from China and India, two of the most inhabited countries. But the…
Symbian OS handset manufacturers among the greenest
Two of the largest Symbian OS handset manufacturers, Nokia and Sony Ericsson, are ranking high in environmental responsibility, according to a recent report card released by Greenpeace. Nokia topped the list along with computer maker Dell, while Sony Ericsson resides on the fourth place just after HP and before Samsung.
148m EDGE enabled handset will be shipped in 2006
According the recent forecasts from ABI Research, EDGE-enabled handset shipments will reach 148 million in 2006, representing 14% of the total mobile phone market. Principal analyst Stuart Carlaw pointed out that EDGE is downplayed in the market because it cannot really provide a mobile broadband experience and is therefore not seen as being at the…
Mobile search awareness and usage continue to grow
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) just announced the results of its first-ever mobile search study, which identifies many things such us most popular search categories, willingness to receive ads based on searches, average number of searches, usage by income level, acceptance of sponsored links and overall satisfaction with mobile search among the US consumers.
Smartphones market growth remains 55%
The latest research from Canalys highlights the continuing shift from handhelds to converged devices. Overall year-on-year market growth of all smart mobile devices was largely unchanged from the previous two quarters at 55%, but converged device shipments (smartphones and wireless handhelds) rose 73%, while handhelds continued to slide, down 33% compared to the same period…
Smartphones encourage mobile content consumption
Smartphone owners are more keen to consume mobile content, than the average (non-smart) mobile phone user, according to M:Metrics, a mobile market research firm. M:Metric watched mobile content consumption in France, Germany and UK and found out that while smartphone users make up only a small percentage of total mobile phone users, they are more…